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Why traditional AI chatbots are boring, and what we are building instead

A developer built Gaotus, an AI system that executes business tasks like CRM updates and database changes, moving beyond traditional chatbots that only generate text. The system is being tested for automatic customer onboarding and syncing car dealership listings to web marketplaces.

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Let's be honest: standard AI chatbots are getting a bit boring.

You ask them a question, they write back a beautiful paragraph of text, and then... nothing. They don’t actually do anything for your business. If you want to add a customer to your CRM, update a product on your website, or change something in your database, you still have to do it manually.

That is why we decided to build something different.

Instead of another chatbot that just talks, we created Gaotus

Think of it like this:

We are currently testing it with real-world scenarios, like automatic customer onboarding and syncing car dealership listings straight to web marketplaces.

Since we are launching and improving this system, we would love to hear from other developers and creators:

What is the most boring, repetitive task in your daily workflow that you wish an AI could just execute for you?

Let’s chat in the comments!

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