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 nothing goes out that you haven't allowed.
Runs on a Claude Pro or Max plan, or ChatGPT Plus, Pro or Business. Your login arrives by email about five minutes after you pay.
What it looks like
Your Ownbox, on your phone.
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 |
| Sends only what you've allowed | 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 Ownbox and work there too: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Devin, Manus and others. Reads come straight from it, and anything that acts waits for your OK.
- Answer every messageThe Inbox Machine is a unified inbox: it puts Gmail, Instagram and Messenger in one queue and drafts a reply to each one. Each waits for your tap, unless you let a channel answer on its own; email always waits.
- Write what your customers search forThe AEO Machine writes articles that answer your customers' questions and publishes them to your site, with a hard check before anything goes live.
- Report every morningThe Morning Review 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: your Ownbox runs on a server of its own, yours to take home any day, with the AI plan you already pay for, and the code and the data stay yours.
How much does an AI employee cost?
- $799once, for Ownbox Core. No software subscription, no seat fees.
- $99a month for Managed Support after the first three free months: hosting, updates, backups and help. Optional; cancel anytime.
- $12a month, about, for the server, and only once you move your Ownbox to your own DigitalOcean account. Until then, hosting is included with Managed Support.
- $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 Inbox Machine, a unified inbox, or the AEO Machine. Pro is $1,899 once, with both, unlimited people and AI coworkers on shifts.
How to put an AI employee to work
- Get your OwnboxIt's built on a server of its own about five minutes after checkout and handed over running, yours to take home any day.
- 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 nothing goes out that you haven't allowed.
How much does an AI employee cost?
On an Ownbox, $799 once for Ownbox Core and the AI plan you already pay for. Every checkout includes the first three months free, then it's $99 a month, or $199 a month with Pro. It includes the hosting. Move your Ownbox to your own account and the server is about $12 a month, paid to DigitalOcean. There are no seat fees and no per-request pricing.
Will an AI employee send messages on its own?
Only if you let it. The Inbox Machine is a unified inbox, and every reply it drafts waits for your tap unless you switch a channel such as Instagram to answer on its own; email always waits. The AEO Machine publishes articles on its own schedule, with a hard check before anything goes live, and any article can be taken down.
Which AI does it run on?
Claude or ChatGPT today, on your own plan. Gemini and Grok are planned. A Claude Pro or Max plan, or ChatGPT Plus, Pro or Business, runs it. Using your Ownbox from inside the ChatGPT app needs 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.
$799 once · yours to keep
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