Small business owner gives his AI assistant Dot its own phone number to handle clients
Early-Protection2386 · reddit · 2026-10-16
A Reddit user who runs a small business shares how he turned his AI assistant Dot into a quasi-employee: to avoid keeping the app open all day, he gave Dot a dedicated Google Voice number and let it text him important updates. Dot now handles client messages and follow-ups, plus household errands and returns — though it has started volunteering to strangers that it's an AI assistant. He posted a detailed review of what worked and where he had to intervene, asking how reliable others' agents have become.
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