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I'm talking with business owners about AI and how they would like to use it. Getting a few questions like this:
"I have a small Intranet, with a bunch of PDFs, videos, slide decks, word docs, spreadsheets, and a variety of other files. How do I build an AI/chat bot easily and cheaply that can look at all that and then build a new Intranet so that I and my employees can chat with all that to find and generate new marketing and other plans. Oh, and I am not an expert on AI and I don't have one. Which company is best for doing all that?"
@bindureddy and @abacusai comes to mind but sending these people to her website is scary, lots of nerdy terms that typical business people get turned off by, and seems to be built for a team that understands AI already.
Who out there is helping small to medium sized businesses get into the AI world fast?
I'm looking to do interviews with founders who are building said companies. Tomorrow I'm interviewing Bindu and will spend most of the interview talking to those people.
Case study? @scottevest makes my clothes, has a small team, with tons of media and these kinds of files, along with email and other tech running their business and customer service, and I'd love to be able to tell Scott, and similar business people, about a new system that's easy to use, powerful, and really assists his business. He's not a computer scientist or an AI person beyond he uses ChatGPT and Siri occassionally to help with writing marketing copy and business plans for new business lines.
@benparr you've been building AI chatbots for businesses for years. Are we there yet where a business person can just easily hook up to all their technology and file stores and have it bring real value without having consultants or high up front costs?
If so, would love to hear more.