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An AI receptionist that books appointments while you sleep.

Answers your phone, qualifies the caller, books the appointment, transfers humans when needed, and emails you the transcript — 24/7. Sub-1-second answer time. Same voice agent live on this site’s hero. Call it before you commit.

10+ Southern California small businesses on this stack since 2025.

The reality

Voicemail loses leads. Answering services cost $4 a minute. Both options stink.

Goodcall, Smith.ai, and Ruby will rent you a receptionist for $300–$1,200 a month forever. PolyAI builds enterprise-only. DIY no-code voice tools sound like robots and break the moment a caller goes off-script.

We build you the receptionist instead of renting it. One-time setup, your infrastructure, your data, your voice. Pay once. Operate for years.

How a call flows

From ring to booked appointment in under 60 seconds.

Same path every inbound call takes. Sub-1-second answer. Calendar booked while the caller is still on the line. Receipt in your inbox before they hang up.

  1. 0s

    Caller dials in

    Inbound number, day or night. Telnyx routes to FreeSWITCH.

  2. <1s

    AI answers, qualifies

    OpenAI Realtime picks up. Asks the questions you scripted.

  3. ~30s

    Books or transfers

    Reads your calendar live. Books slot, or warm-transfers a human.

  4. ~60s

    You get the receipt

    Transcript, summary, and CRM record before they hang up.

Want to hear it? Call the live demo — same stack running on this page’s hero.

What it does

What an AI receptionist actually handles

Real capabilities, not framework demos. Each of these runs in production on client lines today.

  1. 01

    Answer 24/7

    Picks up before voicemail kicks in, every hour, every weekend. Sub-1-second answer time, natural-sounding voice, configurable greeting.

  2. 02

    Qualify the caller

    Asks the questions you tell it to ask. Captures name, phone, intent, urgency, and any custom fields you want logged before a human ever sees the lead.

  3. 03

    Book appointments live

    Reads your real calendar (Google, Microsoft, GoHighLevel, Cal.com), offers actual open slots, books while the caller is still on the phone.

  4. 04

    Warm transfer to humans

    If the caller wants a human, the agent transfers to your cell, your team, or your existing PBX with a spoken hand-off summary so nobody re-asks the same questions.

  5. 05

    Email + CRM logging

    Every call ends with a transcript, summary, and qualification fields pushed to your inbox and your CRM. No tab-switching, no manual notes.

  6. 06

    Sounds like you, not a robot

    OpenAI Realtime voice with custom persona and brand vocabulary. We tune the voice, the script, and the personality to match how you actually talk.

The stack

We name our parts. No black boxes.

Every layer is open, owned, and replaceable. Nothing locked behind a proprietary “AI platform.” This is also the FreeSWITCH + OpenAI Realtime stack live on this site’s hero demo.

Telephony
FreeSWITCH (self-hosted, no per-minute Twilio markup)
Voice model
OpenAI Realtime API (gpt-realtime)
Trunking
Telnyx or BYO SIP trunk
Calendar
Google, Microsoft 365, Cal.com, GoHighLevel
CRM logging
HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Supabase, custom webhook
Hosting
Your VPS or ours · 100% your data
Where it pays for itself

Best-fit use cases

After-hours overflow

You're closed. Voicemail loses leads. The AI receptionist takes the call, qualifies the lead, and either books them or sends you a summary so Monday morning isn't a black box.

Single-line businesses that miss calls

Solo owners, contractors, clinics, and small shops where every missed call is a missed sale. The AI catches everything that would've gone to voicemail.

High-volume inbound qualification

Service businesses where 60% of calls are unqualified tire-kickers. The agent screens, qualifies, and only routes the real ones to a human.

Bilingual reception

English + Spanish out of the box. Caller picks language, agent switches automatically, transcripts logged in both.

Proof

40% more booked appointments at Fix It San Clemente in 90 days.

Pricing

Two tiers. Owned, not rented.

One-time build fee plus your own infrastructure costs. No per-minute markup. No subscription that doubles next year.

Pilot

$4,997

one-time setup · ~$300/mo infra

One inbound number, one persona, one calendar integration, one CRM webhook. We launch in 10 business days. Perfect for proving it out before scaling.

  • Single phone line + AI persona
  • 1 calendar integration (Google or Microsoft)
  • 1 CRM webhook (HubSpot, GHL, Supabase, or custom)
  • Email transcript + summary on every call
  • Warm transfer to a single destination
  • 30 days of post-launch tuning included
  • You own the FreeSWITCH config + repo
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Production

$9,997

one-time setup · ~$500/mo infra

Multiple lines, multiple personas, IVR routing, after-hours rules, bilingual support, and analytics. The full receptionist your front desk wishes they were.

  • Multiple lines + per-line persona
  • IVR menu routing + after-hours logic
  • English + Spanish (or other language pair)
  • Multiple calendar + CRM integrations
  • Recorded call analytics dashboard
  • Custom escalation paths (cell, team, on-call)
  • 60 days of post-launch tuning + monthly tuning calls
  • SLA on uptime + response time
Talk through production scope

10-day pilot

Most pilots are answering real calls in ten business days from contract signed.

Your data stays yours

Hosted on your infrastructure. OpenAI no-train commercial terms by default. NDA + DPA on request.

No per-minute markup

You pay OpenAI + your SIP trunk at cost. We don’t resell minutes.

FAQ

What buyers ask before signing

Can I actually call your AI receptionist before paying anything?

Yes. The live demo on our homepage uses the exact same FreeSWITCH + OpenAI Realtime stack we deploy for clients. Enter your phone number, the system places an outbound call to you, and you talk to the agent. That's the demo. No watered-down sandbox version.

How is this different from Goodcall, Smith.ai, Ruby, or PolyAI?

Goodcall, Smith.ai, and Ruby are subscription answering services — you pay per minute or per call forever. PolyAI sells to enterprises only. We build a one-time, owned system on FreeSWITCH that you keep. Lower long-term cost, no per-minute markup, full control over the voice and the script.

What does the voice sound like?

OpenAI Realtime — currently the most natural production-grade conversational voice on the market. The agent can interrupt, be interrupted, handle uh-huhs and side comments, and switch tone. Most callers don't realize it's AI on the first call.

Where does the data live?

Your infrastructure. We host FreeSWITCH on your VPS (or ours, if you don't have one). Calls are logged to your CRM, transcripts stored in your storage. We don't keep copies. OpenAI handles voice processing under their no-train commercial terms.

What if the AI gets confused or a caller demands a human?

Built-in escape hatches. Caller can say 'human' or 'transfer me' at any point and the agent immediately transfers with a spoken summary so the human isn't lost. We also configure custom escalation triggers (e.g., emergency keywords, irate sentiment, complex pricing questions).

How long until it's live?

Pilot: ~10 business days from contract signed. Production: 3–4 weeks. The bottleneck is usually the calendar/CRM integration on your side, not the voice agent.

What happens if OpenAI's API goes down?

We configure FreeSWITCH to fail gracefully — caller hears a brief 'one moment' and is transferred to a fallback number (your cell, voicemail, or an answering service). We've never lost a call to an outage in production.

Can it handle HIPAA, PCI, or other regulated data?

For HIPAA: yes, with a BAA and a model-routing setup that keeps PHI out of the conversation logs. For PCI: we don't take payment over the AI line — we transfer to your existing PCI-compliant flow. Talk to us about your specific compliance constraints before you scope.

Do you build receptionists for businesses outside Orange County?

Yes. Most of the work is remote — calendar APIs, FreeSWITCH config, voice tuning. We've shipped to clients across Southern California and remote across the US.

Stop losing calls. Start booking them.

Try the live demo on the homepage. If it sounds like something your business needs, we can have a pilot live in 10 business days.

Or call us directly: (949) 749-0001