Turn a photo of a business card into a Google Sheets contact

Send a photo of a business card to a chatbot and it reads the details straight into your contact spreadsheet.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Starts itAn outside serviceA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
TelegramGoogle SheetsOpenAI

The problem it solves

After a networking event you end up with a stack of business cards sitting on your desk until someone finally types them in. Half the time the cards get lost before that ever happens.

Who it fits

A salesperson, founder, or anyone who collects business cards at events.

How it works

  1. You send a photo of a business card to the chatbot
  2. AI reads the card details
  3. Name, company, and contact info are extracted
  4. A new row is added to Google Sheets
What you get

Contacts captured without any manual typing

Snap a photo of any business card and get a new contact saved to your spreadsheet automatically.

What you get

A new, correctly formatted contact record in Google Sheets for every card you photograph.

What you need

A messaging app account like Telegram and a Google account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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