AI WhatsApp chatbot that answers customers and knows when to hand off

An AI chatbot answers customer WhatsApp messages, understands text, voice, and images, and alerts your team when a human is needed.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5)

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Starts itA stepA record or sheetOne path onlyPaths rejoinResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsAI Chatbots & AssistantsEmail AutomationMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
WhatsAppOpenAIGoogle SheetsGmailRedis

The problem it solves

Customers expect fast replies on WhatsApp, but your team can't watch the chat around the clock. Simple questions pile up alongside urgent ones, and without a system, someone always slips through or waits too long for an answer.

Who it fits

Small businesses and support teams that handle customer conversations over WhatsApp.

How it works

  1. When a customer messages your WhatsApp number, the automation reads text, voice notes, and images
  2. AI analyzes the message and drafts a reply, keeping track of the conversation history
  3. If the AI detects the customer needs a real person, it flags the conversation for your team to take over
  4. Every conversation is logged to a spreadsheet for review, and important alerts are emailed to you
What you get

Customer chats answered around the clock

Your customers get instant WhatsApp replies to text, voice, and photos, with your team looped in whenever a real person is needed.

What you get

Automatic replies to customer WhatsApp messages, a spreadsheet log of every conversation, and email alerts when a human needs to step in.

What you need

A WhatsApp business messaging account, an OpenAI account, a Google Sheets account, and a Gmail 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.

Let's Talk Strategy

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