Business AI Texting

Your business number texts back.

Customers text your line. Your AI agent answers from your knowledge base — hours, pricing, services, directions — in your team's voice, around the clock. Anything it shouldn't handle, it hands to a person.

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30 AI credits per text · included credits on every plan · no extra number, no second app

Why this isn't a chatbot

Grounded. Human-ready. Compliant by construction.

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Grounded, not guessing

Every reply comes from the articles you allowed. If your knowledge doesn't cover it, the AI says your team will confirm — and hands off. It never invents a price or a policy.

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A person, one tap away

Refund? Complaint? "Can I talk to someone?" The AI steps back and flags the thread for your team. Anyone on your team can say I'll take it from here on any conversation.

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Compliant by construction

Replies go out from your own registered business line, respect STOP / HELP keywords, and are off until your texting registration is live. Nothing leaves that your team can't see in the Inbox.

How it works

Teach it. Turn it on. Step in whenever.

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Teach it

Import your website or write a few articles in Knowledge. Choose which ones the texting AI may read — per article, even per phone number.

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Turn it on

Flip AI texting on for your agent and pick the numbers it answers. Calls can keep ringing your team; texts get answered.

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Let it text

Inbound texts get a reply in seconds, in your tone, marked ✦ in your Inbox so everyone knows.

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Step in whenever

Take over any conversation with one tap; hand it back when you're done. The AI goes quiet in that thread only.

Honesty first

What it will and won't do

It will
  • Answer hours, services, pricing, location, availability — from your knowledge
  • Match your team's tone (it learns from the replies you've already sent)
  • Introduce itself as your business's AI assistant when asked
  • Hand off and flag the thread when a human is needed
  • Show you every reply, and every non-reply with the reason
It won't
  • ×Make up facts your knowledge doesn't contain
  • ×Pretend to be a person
  • ×Ask for card numbers, IDs, passwords or one-time codes
  • ×Promise a booking, payment or callback time it can't back up
  • ×Talk over STOP / HELP keywords, over a teammate who already replied, or over you

Same Ody, same line

Built on the same Ody your team already uses

One Inbox

AI replies land in the thread your team works from, on web, iPhone and Android — attributed ✦ so nobody confuses an AI reply with a colleague's.

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One knowledge base

The same articles power your AI receptionist's calls, the inbox's suggested replies, and now automatic replies. Fix it once, it's fixed everywhere.

Meet the AI receptionist

One number

No short code, no "texting number" that isn't the number on your door. Replies go out on your registered business SMS line.

Business texting & 10DLC

Per-line control

Different agent per number, or none — the sales line can text while the main line stays human.

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Who it's for

The same buyer as the AI receptionist — the texting half of the same promise.

Owner-operated and small-team businesses that already get more texts than they can answer: dental and medical offices, salons, contractors, property managers, auto shops, realtors, restaurants with catering.

The enemy is the unanswered text — the 11 pm "are you open tomorrow?" that becomes a booking with the competitor who replied. Secondary enemy: the generic chatbot that confidently makes things up and never lets a human in.

AI credits

30 AI credits per text.

Every plan includes monthly AI credits; a one- or two-sentence reply is one text (30 credits). Only replies that actually send are charged — skipped texts and hand-offs are free. Need more? Buy a credit pack or turn on auto-recharge.

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FAQ

Business AI Texting, answered.

Where does the AI get its answers?
Only from your knowledge base — the articles you allow for texting, per article and even per phone number. If a fact isn't there, the AI says your team will confirm and hands off. It never invents a price or a policy.

Read the help article →

Industries

Who uses business texting, and how

Real setups from the industries that run on Ody: what they route, who answers, and where the call lands. Each card opens the setup for that company size.

Home & field servicesSolo
Home services

"Send me a photo of the unit" from the business number

Customers text a photo of the model plate or the leak; you reply with the ETA and the quote from the same thread. MMS is included. Texting on a local number needs a one-time 10DLC…

Business line+1 (512) 555-0161Your phoneOdy app, business hours
See how home service companies use Ody→
Health & wellnessSolo
Medical practices

Confirmations and reminders from the practice number

Appointment confirmations and day-before reminders by text, with replies landing in the patient's thread. One-time 10DLC registration at onboarding; collect texting consent at intake.

Practice line+1 (512) 555-0201Front deskpractice hours
See how medical practices use Ody→
Professional servicesSolo
Insurance agencies

Send the COI or quote by text, from the agency number

Text the certificate PDF link, the quote or the payment instructions without giving out your personal number. Texting a local number needs a one-time 10DLC registration; Ody walks you…

Agency line+1 (512) 555-0188Your iPhoneOdy app, business hours
See how insurance agencies use Ody→
Property & real estateSolo
Real estate

Listing details and showing confirmations by text

"Here's 2204 Mesa: photos, price, your showing at 4:30" from the business number, replies in the buyer's thread. One-time 10DLC registration at onboarding.

Sign number+1 (512) 555-0601Your phoneOdy app
See how real estate teams use Ody→
Local & hospitalitySolo
Restaurants

Menu, directions and confirmations by text

"Here's tonight's menu and the garage address" from the restaurant number, replies in the guest's thread. One-time 10DLC registration at onboarding.

Restaurant line+1 (512) 555-0701Host standopen hours
See how restaurants use Ody→
Logistics & transportSolo
Trucking & logistics

BOLs, PODs and check calls by text

Text the signed BOL photo to the broker and get the rate confirmation back on the same thread. MMS included; one-time 10DLC registration at onboarding.

Business line+1 (512) 555-0901CabOdy app
See how trucking and logistics companies use Ody→
Tech & commerceSolo
Ecommerce brands

Order updates and return labels by text

Confirmations, tracking and the return-label link from the brand's number, replies in the customer's thread. One-time 10DLC registration at onboarding; use a toll-free number for…

Support line+1 (800) 555-1001YouOdy app, chosen hours
See how ecommerce brands use Ody→
Education & communitySolo
Schools & childcare

Daily updates and closure notices by text

"Closed tomorrow for the ice storm" to every family from the program number, replies in each thread. One-time 10DLC registration at onboarding; collect texting consent at enrollment.

Program line+1 (512) 555-1201Your phoneOdy app
See how schools and childcare centers use Ody→

Better with your stack

The same people you text are already in your email tools.

Import the list, then add consenting callers and texters back. Named SMS threads start from contacts. Lists grow from people who actually replied.

Stop losing the texts you didn't see.

Start free. Your number, your knowledge, your AI — answering by tonight.