AI employees
AI employees for
small business.
An AI employee is an AI agent that does a job in your business: it answers your messages, writes your articles and reports what happened overnight, working on your own records. On an Ownbox it works in one place you own, and anything it would send waits for your OK.
What is an AI employee?
A chatbot answers a question. An AI assistant helps you while you work. An AI employee does a job on its own time, on your business's records, and hands you the result. The difference is the job.
| Chatbot | AI assistant | AI employee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answers a question | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works on your business's records | No | Sometimes | Yes |
| Does a job without being asked each time | No | No | Yes |
| Waits for your OK before it sends | Not applicable | Not applicable | Yes, on an Ownbox |
What AI employees do in a small business today
And any agent that speaks MCP can plug into your box and work there too: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Devin, Manus and others. Reads come straight from the box, and anything that acts waits for your OK.
- Answer every messageThe Unified Inbox puts Gmail, Instagram and Messenger in one queue and drafts a reply to each one. Nothing sends until you approve it.
- Write what your customers search forThe AEO Machine writes articles that answer your customers' questions and publishes them to your site, after a hard check of every word, number and name.
- Report every morningA morning report says what each machine did overnight and what is waiting for you.
- Work shiftsOn Pro, AI coworkers work on a schedule and always report back.
Why an AI employee needs one place to work
An AI agent that runs on whatever computer is nearby ends up with access to everything on it. Give it one place to work instead: a box with your business's records, a sign-in for each person, permission levels for each agent, and a log of every action.
That place is yours. The box runs on a server in your name, with the AI plan you already pay for, and the code and the data stay yours.
How much does an AI employee cost?
- $499once, for the Base Machine. No subscription, no seat fees.
- $12a month, about, for the server, paid to the host.
- $0extra for the AI. It runs on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for.
One add-on machine is included free for a limited time: the Unified Inbox or the AEO Machine. Pro is $1,599 once, with both, unlimited people and AI coworkers on shifts.
How to put an AI employee to work
- Get your boxWe set it up on a server in your name and hand it over running.
- Sign in your AIClaude or ChatGPT today, on the plan you already pay for. Gemini and Grok are planned.
- Give it a jobStart with the inbox or the articles, then add machines as you grow.
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Questions about AI employees
What is an AI employee?
An AI agent that does a job in your business on its own time, such as answering messages or writing articles, working on your business's records and handing you the result.
Is an AI employee the same as a chatbot?
No. A chatbot answers questions in a window. An AI employee does a job without being asked each time, on your own records, and on an Ownbox anything it would send waits for your OK.
How much does an AI employee cost?
On an Ownbox, $499 once for the Base Machine, about $12 a month for the server, and the AI plan you already pay for. There are no seat fees and no per-request pricing.
Will an AI employee send messages on its own?
No. Every reply the Unified Inbox drafts waits for a person to approve it. The AEO Machine publishes articles on its own, but only after a hard check of the words, numbers and names you've approved.
Which AI does it run on?
Claude or ChatGPT today, on your own plan. Gemini and Grok are planned. To work in your box from inside ChatGPT over MCP, you need a ChatGPT Business account.
Put your first AI employee to work.
One box, set up for you, running on the AI you already pay for.