AI Agents Are Reshaping Businesses In just the past few years, AI agents have become ubiquitous in everyday life. In virtually every industry, AI agents have become vital engines for business productivity, customer engagement, and operational efficiency. As the AI agent landscape continues to rapidly evolve, it’s becoming ever more…
Tag: Sales Automation

AI Agents for Premium Cigar Subscriptions
AI Agents Are Reshaping Businesses In virtually every industry, AI agents have become vital engines for business productivity, customer engagement, and operational efficiency. They’re no longer futuristic tools — they’re here, embedded in the fabric of modern commerce. Simply put, AI agents are decision-making systems that perceive their environment and…

The Founders Who Built Before Bumble
Long Before the Spotlight Before swipes became a cultural reflex and dating apps became billion-dollar darlings, there were the underdogs — founders grinding away, experimenting, and launching platforms that quietly shaped how people connect. Long before Tinder and Bumble took the spotlight, Jason Sherman and Kristin LaSalle — the founders…

How I Got Paid (Fully Clothed)
No Ring Light, No Problem Let’s cut to the chase: there was a moment—right around the 17th time my online shop got ghosted by a “serious” buyer—that I thought, “Maybe I should just start an OnlyFans.” I mean… everybody’s got bills. But instead of monetizing my ankles or filming seductive…

Ask Your AI Agent This. You Might Be Surprised.
When AI Has One Job I Asked My Vengo AI Agent: “If You Had One Goal This Week, What Would It Be?”Its answer? Crystal clear: Close more leads. Period. Sometimes, I like to mess around and ask my Vengo AI agent random questions—just to see what it “says.” Last week,…

When Your First Impression Is a Wall: How One Rude Receptionist Made the Case for AI
What a single phone call taught me about business, bottlenecks—and why your sales team might need an upgrade Have you ever been so stunned by a customer service interaction that you hang up the phone and think, Wow. This is exactly why artificial intelligence exists? That happened to me last…

Founder Spotlight: How Kristin LaSalle and Vengo AI Are Using Conversational AI to Humanize Sales and Scale Connection
In today’s edition of Founder Spotlight, we’re highlighting Kristin LaSalle, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Vengo AI and Spinnr. Vengo AI is a conversational AI platform helping businesses capture leads and automate customer engagement through chat, voice, and video avatar agents. Spinnr is a social video app designed to…

Toilet Time = Data Goldmine
What AI Is Learning While You’re on the Loo Spoiler: It’s more than you think — and it’s reshaping sales and customer engagement. Let’s set the scene. You’re on the toilet. Phone in hand. Scrolling. Tapping. Maybe clicking on an ad or watching a short video. It feels harmless —…

Hiring Overseas Was Smart in 2010. Not in 2025.
Beyond Cheap Labor In 2025, the Best Conversations Start with AI, Not an Overseas Call Script. The rapidly shifting economic and political climate, more businesses are asking the same question: Is overseas outsourcing still worth it? The answer? Not anymore. Photo by: Vengo AI With rising tariffs, unstable international relations,…

AI Is Replacing Chatbots and Teachers—Here’s Why That Matters
AI Assistants Will Be on Every Website and in Every Classroom It’s not a matter of if—it’s when. AI assistants are quickly becoming a staple of modern digital life, and soon, they’ll be everywhere: on every website, in every classroom, on every device. Why? Because people aren’t looking for static…