Turn business card photos into ready-to-send follow-ups

Send a business card photo and get contact details plus a personalized follow-up message ready to go.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsEmail AutomationMessaging & NotificationsDocument Processing & OCRSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
TelegramGoogle VisionOpenAI

The problem it solves

After a networking event or trade show you end up with a stack of business cards and no time to type them all into your CRM or write personal follow-up notes. Leads go cold while the cards sit on your desk.

Who it fits

Founders, salespeople, and business development teams who collect business cards at events.

How it works

  1. You send a photo of a business card through Telegram
  2. The system reads the card and pulls out the name, company, role, email, and phone number
  3. AI reviews the details and drafts a personalized follow-up email and message
  4. You receive the contact info and ready-to-send follow-up copy
What you get

Follow-up drafts ready to send after every event

Walk away from events with contact details and a personalized follow-up message ready to send.

What you get

Structured contact details and a personalized follow-up email and message draft.

What you need

A Telegram bot, a Google Cloud Vision API key, and an OpenAI API key.

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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