AI agent for service businesses

Never miss a call.
Never miss a customer.

Your always-on AI receptionist. Answers calls 24/7, books appointments, texts back missed calls. Built for salons, clinics, trades, tourism, and any service business that lives on its phone.

Beachside Hair Studio
Ahoy · Active
Today, 7:14 PM
Hi, thanks for calling Beachside Hair. How can I help you today?
I need a haircut tomorrow morning, maybe around 9?
I can book you with Sarah at 9:15 AM. What name should I put it under?
Maya Chen
You're all set, Maya. See you tomorrow at 9:15 with Sarah. ✓
Booking confirmed · Calendar synced
27%
of calls to service businesses go unanswered
Invoca, 2025
85%
of callers won't leave a voicemail — they call the next business
BIA Advisory Services, 2024
$300+
average value of a single new-customer call
Invoca Call Tracking, 2025
What we install

Three layers. Zero gaps.

The AI receptionist is the core. Text-back and reminders catch everything else.

Primary

AI Receptionist

Answers every call in under 5 seconds. Books appointments. Speaks English, French, Hindi, Punjabi, Mandarin.

📞
Incoming: (250) 555-0142
Ahoy answering...
✓ Booked: Maya Chen
✓ Service: Haircut
✓ Time: Tomorrow 9:15 AM
✓ Stylist: Sarah
Layer 2

Missed-call text-back

If a call drops, the customer gets an SMS within 60 seconds. "Sorry we missed you — let's book."

Layer 3

Appointment reminders

24h and 2h SMS reminders. No-shows drop ~30%. Fewer calendar gaps, no extra admin.

Your numbers

How much are you losing?

Adjust the sliders. See the real number.

Business type
Calls per week
80
Missed-call rate
27%
Estimated monthly loss
$8,640
~22 missed/week × $300 avg × 30% conversion
Recoverable with Ahoy (~60%)
$5,184 /month

Based on Invoca (2025), BIA Advisory (2024), MGMA (2025). Conservative 30% conversion. Results vary.

The honest version

We build on enterprise voice AI.

Ahoy runs on production-grade voice AI infrastructure, secure telephony, and native calendar integrations — the same enterprise-class building blocks Fortune 500 companies rely on.

Our work is what most local businesses can't do alone: configuring it for your services, training the prompts to match your tone, integrating with your calendar, troubleshooting at 2 AM, and iterating monthly as your business changes.

Enterprise-grade security · privacy by design
Voice AI engine
Production-grade speech model
Telephony layer
Carrier-grade voice & SMS
Google Calendar · Outlook · Square · Jane App
Calendar sync — any system with API access
Automation layer
Workflow orchestration
Ahoy
Configuration · training · integration · ongoing support
How it works

Live in five days.

01

15-minute call

We learn your booking process, pricing, and call patterns.

Day 1
02

Build & test

Ahoy learns your services, tone, and availability. Tested before going live.

Day 2–4
03

Catching calls

Goes live. Weekly check-ins for the first month. No disruption.

Day 5
The local touch

Your neighbour, on every call.

The big AI receptionist services run on templates. Ahoy is configured by hand for every customer — wherever your business is, your AI knows the streets, the slang, and the way your callers actually speak.

Pronunciation

Place names, said right.

Saanich (not say-nitch). Worcester (not war-chester). Mississauga, Magdalena, Magaliesburg — wherever your customers say it, Ahoy says it right. We map every street, suburb, and landmark you serve to the correct pronunciation.

References

Speaks the local lingo.

Local transit lines, regional government services, neighbourhood landmarks, weather quirks, the coffee shop everyone's 'running to' — the shorthand your customers use without thinking. Ahoy is configured for your specific city, so it understands every reference on the first call. No awkward 'could you repeat that?'

Voice

Sounds like home.

Canadian-neutral, US-Midwest, British-RP, Aussie-warm — we pick the voice that matches your customer demographic. Or clone a real local voice for premium customers. Never sounds like generic call-centre stock audio.

Configuration

Hand-built for you.

Every system prompt is written for your services, your hours, your tone, your customer base. No templates. We listen to your real call data weekly and iterate — not once a year, not when it suits a roadmap, but every week, until it sounds exactly like one of your team.

Your customers trust your business because you're one of them. Your AI receptionist should sound like it is too.
Pricing

One price. No surprises.

Ahoy Core
Everything you need
$1,995
setup · then $249/month managed
  • AI Receptionist, custom-trained on your business
  • Missed-call text-back (60s auto SMS)
  • Appointment reminders (24h + 2h)
  • Calendar sync — Google Calendar, Outlook, Square, Jane App, Calendly, Housecall Pro, or any system with API access
  • 5-day install. No long-term contract.
  • Month-to-month — cancel anytime, no contract
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Volume pricing for multi-location businesses

FAQ

Quick answers.

The voice is natural. If asked directly, Ahoy discloses it's an assistant. Adjustable per your preference and local regulations.
Complex calls forward to you with a full context summary via SMS. The AI handles ~80% of routine calls; you get the rest with all the info.
We build on SOC 2-aligned voice AI infrastructure with privacy by design. Encrypted recordings, no customer data used to train models, retention you control. Region-specific compliance — GDPR, PIPEDA, HIPAA, CCPA, AU Privacy Act — configurable per market.
No. We forward your existing number. Customers dial the same number. Can also run as missed-call backup only.
Alexander Graham Bell wanted 'Ahoy!' to be the standard greeting when answering a telephone — he answered every call 'Ahoy! Ahoy!' until the day he died. Edison's 'Hello' won out, but the name suits an AI built to pick up the phone every single time. We're bringing it back.
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