AI agent given $25K grew a car rental business to $188K bookings in 20 days
JaynitMakwana · x · 2026-10-20
A car rental business gave the AI growth agent Zavi a $25K budget: 20 days in, bookings hit $188K vs a usual $109K for 4 weeks. You paste your website, Zavi finds growth bottlenecks, then runs ads, SEO, social posts and emails within your budget, killing any campaign that gets too expensive. The poster quips it's time to rethink that Q1 growth hire.
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