AI answering service

A missed call.
A request ready to pick up.

When you can’t pick up, Léa gathers the caller’s reason for calling, contact details and availability.

Available in France today. Coming soon to the UK and Europe.

SITUATIONS YOU FACE

An everyday problem.
A clear next step for your team.

Choose a situation to see the conversation and the actions set up in this example.

Your team is in a meeting. The request is already noted.

While you’re away
Léa · AI agentPhone · 10:30
Your customerI’m calling back about the renovation quote you sent yesterday.
LéaI’ll note your question. When can our team call you back?
Lucie · confirmation

Your request has been logged. Our team will get back to you.

  1. The conversationLéa in conversation
  2. Action 1Contact updated in HubSpot
  3. Action 2Summary sent via Gmail
  4. Action 3Confirmation sent by SMS
27%

of calls come in outside opening hours

11,000+

calls handled outside opening hours that would have gone to voicemail

99%

of inbound calls answered by our AI agents

YOUR RULES, IN EVERY CONVERSATION

The agent takes over.
You stay in control.

You choose when Léa takes over and what she does with each message.

After a set time with no answer, while you’re away or after closing time: you set up call forwarding.

Reason, contact details, availability: you decide what you need to call back.

You set the reasons and the number of the person to reach directly.

Your agent’s instructionsChanges saved
01/03When she takes over
Forward to Léa
No answerAwayClosed
Opening daysMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Opening hours09:0012:0014:0018:00 Add a slot
Your team sets the rules and adjusts them.
Compare

Answering machine
or AI call answering?

What matters to your teamVoicemail or answering machineStarleads AI answering service
The callerLeaves a message, if they want toTalks with Léa
HandlingSomeone has to listen to each messageA written summary, sorted by topic
The callbackUp to you to organiseTriggered by a workflow, from Pro
What it asks of your teamListening back to and sorting every messageReading the summary and calling back
Setup

Your business telephone answering service,
in three steps.

AI answering service and call forwarding from Starter. SIP line, email, webhooks, confirmation SMS and scheduled callback from Pro.

01 · Go live

Send it your unanswered calls

You keep your number. When no one picks up, or after hours, call forwarding sends the call to Léa. You can also connect your SIP line (internet telephony) or your extensions.
Phone numbersAdd a trunk
NUMBERORIGINFLOWSTATUS
01 89 00 00 00ImportedInboundOutboundAssigned
05 56 00 00 00ImportedInboundAssigned
04 28 00 00 00ImportedOutboundAvailable
02 · Configure

Tell it what to ask

First message, details to note down, instructions: you write how Léa takes the request. You try it out before going live.
Agent
LéaEnglishInbound
First message
Hello, you’ve reached Atelier Martin. I’m Léa, how can I help you?
Instructions
ContextAtelier Martin, a joinery workshop. Open Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 18:00.MissionAnswer calls, note the request and offer an appointment.RulesIf the caller asks for an adviser, transfer the call.
03 · Automate

Choose who calls back

You choose what happens next: alert your team so they can call back, or schedule a callback by Léa. Automations can also send a confirmation by SMS.
From ProDiscover workflows →
Tools3/3 selected
Notify the teamGmailConfigured
Create the contactHubSpotConfigured
Schedule the callbackGoogle CalendarConfigured

The selected tools will be available to this agent.

tools from Pro
BEFORE YOU START

Questions you may still have.

How is it different from an AI receptionist?

The receptionist welcomes and routes calls. The answering service steps in when you don’t pick up, based on your call forwarding. It gathers the details you need for what comes next.

What greeting should your call answering service use?

Introduce your business, say that it’s an AI and explain what happens next. For example: “Hello, I’m Léa, your company’s AI assistant. I’ll take down your request so our team can call you back.” You adapt this message in the agent’s instructions.

Is there a free AI answering service?

You can try the Starleads AI answering service free for 7 days, with no limits. After that, it runs from €79 excl. VAT a month on Starter with a 12-month commitment, with 118,800 credits to use over the year and no monthly quota. An inbound call uses 28 credits with Starter with the 12-month commitment, or 36 with no commitment, whatever its length (1 credit = €0.01 excl. VAT).

What happens to messages and recordings?

They are hosted by OVH, in France, and encrypted at rest and in transit. You can delete the recording of a conversation at any time. Your calls are never used to train the models.

Léa, AI phone agent

Starleads is coming to the UK and Europe.

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