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A legal AI tool lets lawyers draft and review contracts inside Microsoft Word, spot issues and compare terms against the market. It is used for a very high volume of reviews each month.
Spellbook (used by law firms)
An accountancy firm in Poole wanted client documents sooner. An AI assistant made sending receipts easy enough for clients of all ages, and it suggests corrections that bookkeepers …
BKB Accountants · UK
A Dublin Afro hair salon's founder built a custom Gemini Gem trained on the salon's brand voice, audience and goals. It suggests which posts to create based on trends, advises on …
HBA Studio · Ireland
A coach who didn't think she needed an AI notetaker now uses one to stay present in coaching and sales conversations. Follow-up drafts arrive about 70% done and she adds nuance.
Allenatore Coaching
A beauty salon in Leyton, London used to stop treatments to grab the phone. An AI receptionist connected to the diary now books, moves and cancels appointments and passes messages to …
Essence of Beauty · UK
The owner of an automotive repair business knew each lead in his sector was expensive and he couldn't afford missed chats. He added a chat service combining an AI chatbot with live …
ECU Repairs
A spa business that has operated since 1996 had an overloaded call centre. It added live chat with an AI agent on its website that answers routine service questions in real time and …
Bella Santé
A clinical psychologist in Singapore uses an AI scribe to transcribe and structure intake, session and supervision notes, then reviews and edits them.
Dr Siew Soon (clinical psychologist) · Singapore
A dietitian running a solo practice uses an AI scribe for consultation notes and letters, keeping admin to a short block each day even with a full diary.
Justin Aniello (dietitian)
Staff at a personal-injury law firm use an AI assistant to draft standard operating procedures in Word, and routine tasks across the firm got faster.
Disparti Law Group · US
A therapy practice with back-to-back 50-minute sessions had about 10 minutes between clients. Not everyone liked the idea of AI, so they introduced an AI scribe gradually and let …
The Hummingbird Centre
A physiotherapist had tried AI note tools that didn't fit. After switching, notes, patient summaries and letters to GPs are drafted almost instantly, which also reduced strain from typing.
SANA Physiotherapy
The owner of a physiotherapy clinic in Edinburgh uses an AI scribe for clinical notes and describes it as one of the few real game-changers in his profession.
Kinetic Physio · UK
A psychologist tried several AI documentation tools before finding one that fit her style. Notes are now drafted automatically and she completes them flexibly instead of at the end of …
Dr Olga Lavalle Psychology
A psychiatric nurse practitioner used to spend weekends finalising charts to meet insurers' 72-hour deadline. An AI scribe now drafts notes and treatment plans in her template, and she …
Mariah H. (PMHNP)
A family nurse practitioner in rural Idaho who sees about 24 patients a day adopted an AI scribe; other providers in the practice and two other local clinics followed.
Blake Thompson (FNP, rural clinic) · US
The co-president of a metal-fabrication company used AI to turn a scan of a seven-year-old paper shipping document into an editable Excel file.
Wyoming Machine · US
Instead of recording sessions, a psychologist speaks a short summary of key points after each session. The AI turns it into a structured draft, which she refines.
Miki Skinner (psychologist)
A Nevada builder of carbon fibre expedition vehicles uses AI to compile technical documents, reformat files, summarise financial spreadsheets, query inventory and turn voice notes into …
TruckHouse · US
A European business bank for SMEs and freelancers built AI agents into its app to take over repetitive finance admin: preparing payroll transfers, drafting invoices and answering …
Qonto (for SMEs and freelancers) · France/EU
When a new state rule required a written procedure, the owner drafted one with AI in about 30 seconds. A social-media policy drafted the same way was later reviewed by an outside HR …
Ted Taylor (Schlotzsky's & Cinnabon franchisee) · US
The CEO of a Vermont maple syrup company uses AI to explain complex formulas in spreadsheets built by others, to understand assumptions and find errors. He also uses NotebookLM to make …
Runamok · US
Each month the owner uploads each store's cash transaction data and bank records, and AI matches transactions to deposits. He also uses AI to summarise payroll inputs.
Ted Taylor (Schlotzsky's & Cinnabon franchisee) · US
A Sheffield practice went digital from the start and automated receipt and invoice capture instead of hiring people for admin, so staff hours go to client work.
Gravitate Accounting · UK
A tiny-house ecotourism company uses AI for first drafts of marketing content, idea generation from campaign briefs, research checks, meeting notes and summaries of long email threads.
Big Tiny · Southeast Asia
A California tamale maker that sells at farmers' markets wanted customers to know where to find them each week. The owner, who doesn't code, used ChatGPT to build a farmers-market …
The Original Tamale Co. · US
A Texas cooler company uses AI to modify sales-order spreadsheets and write rarely used formulas, draft marketing emails, press releases and product descriptions (about 80% there, then …
Bison Coolers · US
A Maine fly-fishing rod brand uses AI to write product descriptions and weekly blog posts, built a full website content strategy for its nonprofit side project, and asked AI to draft …
Maine Fly Company · US
A Connecticut eco-friendly gift basket business describes fabrics, colours and product ideas to AI to see them as images, and uses AI to design embroidery patterns for baby gifts made …
Our Green House · US
A South Dakota vegetable farm, event space and animal sanctuary uses AI in Docs to generate content ideas, like documenting daily farm life, during the slow winter months.
The Good Earth Farm · US
A San Diego jam maker that grew from farmers' markets into grocery chains and hotels uses generative AI to write social-media ads and messages and handle back-office writing.
Jackie's Jams · US
A wheelchair-using travel blogger who finds typing difficult uses AI to draft full emails, brainstorm topics and verify historical facts, while adding the accessibility details himself.
Curb Free with Cory Lee · US
An e-commerce manager needed feedback from colleagues testing new website features, scattered across hundreds of emails from six months earlier. An AI assistant found and summarised it …
The Rider Firm · UK
A Milwaukee auto recycler's CEO talks through tasks on her phone while doing them, has AI turn that into standard operating procedures, and put all SOPs into a shared notebook staff …
Select Auto Parts & Sales · US
A hospitality recruiting firm automated the process of sending CVs and answering visitor questions. Its chatbot explains where to send a résumé and how the job board works, at any hour.
Gecko Hospitality
A Michigan wedding and elopement photographer had a human editor who drifted from her style. An AI editor trained on her catalogues now applies her look across a gallery; she …
Rachelle Welling Photography · US
A family and newborn photographer uses AI culling that checks sharpness, composition and closed eyes, so she reviews a shortlist instead of every frame.
Alison Amick Photography · US
A New York granola maker used AI to check distribution compliance requirements and to generate a CSV for a label template, then built a spreadsheet tracking inventory, sales and …
Jamie's Farm · US
Counting merchandise and planning reorders used to take the co-founder two to three days. She photographed the stock, uploaded the photos, and the AI built a spreadsheet and visual …
ATV Big Air Tour · US
A food bank where almost all donations go to programmes had non-food tasks piling up. Staff began using an AI assistant across sourcing, fleet scheduling, donor stewardship and …
Montgomery County Food Bank · US
A Nevada salvage business needed a numbering system for over a thousand items. With ChatGPT it designed one in an afternoon instead of weeks, and it also uses AI to troubleshoot equipment.
Reno Salvage · US
A photographer with weddings almost every weekend tested AI culling and editing: the AI culled a 6-hour wedding and applied a base edit before it had learned her style.
Ash Durham (photographer)
A solo physiotherapist couldn't pick up the phone during sessions, yet many patients preferred calling with questions before booking. An AI receptionist now answers instantly with …
Native Physical Therapy · US
A small vet clinic owner was worried AI would miss information, but needed calls answered while she was in surgery. An AI receptionist customised for her clinic now answers, gathers …
The Pet Pad
A restaurant with heavy call volume used an AI phone agent to answer questions about hours, policies and dietary needs, and to manage reservations, so several calls can be handled at once.
Red Rocks Cafe
An Austin consulting and production company that coordinates vendors and manufacturing replaced chaotic inbound calls with an answering service that sends summaries so teams, clients …
SummitPoint · US
An Illinois brewery was losing staff time to the phone, including a lot of robocalls. An AI phone agent now answers common questions and screens out spam calls.
Lil Beaver Brewery · US
A Seattle-area extensions salon noticed that new clients ask the same five questions (time, method, how long it lasts, price, damage). When a call is missed, an AI assistant texts the …
Mermaid Hair Extensions · US
A plant-based burger chain tested an AI phone agent at three locations with 23 custom answers per site, covering hours, addresses and parking. All three went live within two weeks.
PLNT Burger · US
A pool-care brand created an AI 'pool expert' that shoppers and store staff can ask questions in the shop aisle, turning in-store moments into guided sales.
Hy-Clor
The COO of a promotional-products company told lawmakers that AI quickly generates proposals to a 90% complete draft.
Sonic Promos · US
An Italian natural hair-care brand consolidated two customer service apps into one and set up chatbots to greet visitors, gather information and answer frequently asked questions.
Procosmet · Italy
A small construction consultancy uses an AI assistant for proposals and to automate analysis of its maturity assessments — work it would otherwise have paid developers to build.
ICG · US
A Turkish real estate valuation platform added chatbots with short pre-chat surveys that route questions and capture leads, and asks for feedback automatically.
Endeksa · Turkey
A UK maker of bikepacking equipment sells worldwide but has a small team in one time zone. An AI agent answers fitting and product questions around the clock.
Tailfin · UK
A three-person nonprofit supporting newcomers in Florida uses an AI chat assistant for in-the-moment answers and translations, so volunteers can help people in their home language and …
Agape Source (Orlando Welcome) · US
A US online reseller of blank clothing added an AI chatbot that learns from its knowledge base, plus pre-chat flows, to handle support across product lines without more staff.
Jiffy.com · US
A New Zealand wet-weather gear maker deployed AI across channels with two kinds of bots: one solving customer problems and one helping shoppers buy.
Stormline · New Zealand
A renovation business used an AI chatbot backed by a knowledge base to answer customer questions across channels and tag tickets automatically for the team.
Renovate Direct
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