Central - Answering Service & AI Phone Receptionist for Busy Businesses

Central | AI-Powered Customer Operations Platform

#1 AI Customer Operations Software

Stop losing customers when you forget to follow up

Your AI team that answers calls, responds to messages, books meetings, and follows up—automatically, 24/7. So your customers never wait, and you never miss a thing.

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What is Central?

Your AI team that handles every customer interaction

Central learns from your website and documents to become an expert in your business. It connects to your CRM, calendar, and tools you already use—so everything just works.

Answers every phone call instantly

Responds to messages across all channels

Books and manages meetings automatically

Qualifies leads before they go cold

Handles follow-ups and reminders

Works 24/7, never takes a break

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Just tell Central what you need. It handles the rest.

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Always ready

Calendar

Scan my recent emails for threads that imply scheduling or follow-ups. Identify the correct attendee(s). If no time is confirmed, propose 2-3 available slots from my calendar.

Scanning your emails...

Found 12 threads with scheduling intent

Works across every channel your customers use

Phone

SMS

Web Chat

Facebook

Instagram

Run Your Businesswith

Central Executive Assistant

Your inbox clears itself. Your calendar stays organized.

Your AI executive assistant manages emails, schedules meetings, and handles follow-ups—so you can focus on what matters.

Gmail

Outlook

Google Calendar

Outlook Calendar

Zoom

Microsoft Teams

Google Meet

Slack

Ask CentralFree\ \ Your AI that books travel, posts to social, creates reports, and more Daily Briefing\ \ Surfaces key emails, drafts replies, extracts tasks—then executes them AI Email Assistant\ \ Smart inbox with AI drafts & auto-sorting AI Meeting Assistant\ \ Auto-joins calls, takes notes, syncs to CRM

60%

Time saved

Missed meetings

Auto

Follow-ups

Daily Briefing

Friday, Jan 23

Good afternoon, Alex! ☀️

Completed OvernightWhile you slept

Calls handled

12 appointments booked

Chats managed

24 leads captured

150

Leads reached

8 replied, 3 meetings

Drafts ready

In your voice

Meetings scheduled

This week

127

Candidates screened

5 shortlisted

Central worked while you slept

Capture demandwith

Central Frontdesk

Every lead gets an answer. Even at 2am.

AI agents that answer your calls, capture leads, book meetings, and support your customers 24/7—across every channel.

Phone

Web Chat

SMS

Facebook

Instagram

Voice Agent\ \ Answer every call instantly Chat Agent\ \ Engage visitors in real-time Omnichannel Frontdesk\ \ One inbox, every channel Central SchedulerFree\ \ Book meetings automatically

0.8s

Response time

Missed leads

24/7

Availability

Phone

All3

+1 (555) 234-5678

Voice Call

Just now

+1 (555) 876-5432

Voice Call

5m ago

+1 (555) 111-2233

Voice Call

12m ago

+1 (555) 234-5678

On Call

AI Handling

Live Transcript

AI:Good afternoon! Thank you for calling Central. How can I help you today?

Caller:Hi, I saw your ad and wanted to learn more about your AI receptionist.

AI:Of course! Our AI receptionist handles calls 24/7, qualifies leads, and books meetings automatically.

Caller:That sounds great. What's the pricing?

Convert and follow upwith

Central Sales

Follow-ups happen automatically. You never forget a lead.

Your AI SDR prospects, qualifies, and follows up across every channel—so your pipeline stays hot.

SMS

Phone Call

Central CRMFree\ \ AI-powered pipeline management Sequences\ \ Automated multi-touch outreach Lead Generator\ \ AI-powered lead enrichment Central SchedulerFree\ \ Book meetings automatically

2.5x

Pipeline velocity

Auto

Follow-ups

100%

Lead coverage

Sales Outreach Sequence

Build your multi-channel sequence

Pause

29/50 Sequences

847 Emails sent

2,000 mins

Steps

Recipients

Settings

Step 1: Phone Call

Test

Prompt: You are Alex from Central, calling founders and operations leaders at US tech startups to introduce our AI SDR platform...

Execute step after 1 day

Step 2: LinkedIn Message

Test

Prompt: Hi {{first_name}}, I noticed you're scaling your sales team at {{company}}. We help founders like you automate outbound...

Execute step after 2 days

Step 3: Email

Test

Execute step after 3 days

Step 4: SMS

Test

Send Window

Time Zone

PST (UTC-8)

Calendar for Bookings

Google Calendar

Send on these days

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Send time

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Exit criteria

Call Picked Up

Meeting Booked

Email Reply

Keep everything accuratewith

Central Workspace

One source of truth. Your team always has the right answer.

Connect your tools and let AI keep everything in sync. 100+ integrations, zero double-entry.

Slack

Gmail

Google Calendar

Zoom

Microsoft Teams

Central KnowledgeFree\ \ Train AI on your data Access Control\ \ Secure & compliant Ask CentralFree\ \ Text, email, call, or Slack it for help Integrations\ \ 100+ app connections

100%

Accuracy

Real-time

Sync

Secure

You control AI

Project hub

Acme / Product team

My dashboard

Project brief

Timeline and tasks

Latest designs

Stand-up meeting

Active

Jira bug tracker

Decision log

OKRs and planning

New page

Yesterday

Q4 Product Roadmap

Design System Updates

Component Library v2.0

Key deliverables for the quarter...

Design Preview

Figma

AI-powered docs

Included Free

Built-in Extras, On Us

We built these so you can run your business easily. Comes 100% free with every plan.

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Free

Your AI assistant that understands context across all your tools

Text, email, call, or Slack Central to get things done. It connects your calendar, inbox, CRM, and knowledge base—so you never have to switch apps or repeat yourself.