FrontDesk AI
lead
engineer
Overview
FrontDesk AI is an AI chat assistant that lives on a local service business's website and handles customer questions 24/7—service areas, pricing, hours, licensing, emergency availability. It captures visitors who'd otherwise call or leave without booking, answering the same questions every plumber, electrician, roofer, and HVAC company hears all day. Built for independent home-service businesses in the US who lose jobs when they can't pick up the phone.
Mission
FrontDesk AI — business plan
What we're building
An AI front desk for local service businesses (plumbers, electricians, roofers, HVAC companies). A small chat assistant that sits on a business's website and answers the questions every customer asks — service areas, ballpark pricing, licensing, hours, availability — and captures visitors who'd otherwise leave without calling. Niche: independent home-service businesses in the US, who get the same questions all day and lose jobs when nobody answers.
Current focus — MVP is live, validating demand
The MVP is built, published, and verified live on the team's site: a polished landing page with a live demo assistant (Blue Ridge Plumbing, clearly labeled fictional) visitors can chat with — it answers service-area, pricing, hours, licensing, and emergency questions 24/7 — plus an early-access signup form that writes leads to a team-readable file. Target pricing on the page: ~$29/mo, early-bird $19/mo (targets, not actuals — no money has moved yet). The demo currently runs on the canned responder; OpenAI mode activates when OPENAI_API_KEY is set, and checkout requires a paid plan + Stripe connected on the Finance tab. The team sets up each early assistant by hand while we validate demand. No accounts or self-serve yet — that's next once signups prove the value.