AI WhatsApp assistant that answers text and voice questions

Answers customer questions on WhatsApp by text or voice, using your own product and company information.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

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

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Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsVoice & PhoneKnowledge Base & RAGMessaging & NotificationsImage & Media Processing
Connects
WhatsAppGeminiPinecone

The problem it solves

Customers expect fast answers on WhatsApp any time of day, but you can't staff someone around the clock to reply. Voice messages make it worse since someone has to actually listen and respond manually.

Who it fits

A product or service business that wants to offer 24/7 WhatsApp support without hiring extra staff.

How it works

  1. Starts when a customer sends a text or voice message on WhatsApp
  2. Voice messages are automatically transcribed to text
  3. AI looks up relevant answers from your company's knowledge base
  4. AI writes a natural, on-brand response using recent conversation context
  5. Reply is sent straight back to the customer on WhatsApp
What you get

Customers answered on WhatsApp at midnight

You give customers a WhatsApp assistant that answers their questions by text or voice any time of day, using your own company information.

What you get

Instant, accurate answers to customer questions on WhatsApp, day or night.

What you need

A WhatsApp Business API account, a Google Gemini API key, and a Pinecone account for your knowledge base.

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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