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Beyond the platform

Your platform runs. Your AI Employee works.

Once built, 147 of the platforms in this catalog can operate as autonomous AI agents — finding leads, processing documents, dispatching jobs, managing compliance — while you charge clients for outcomes, not hours.

Triggers Form submitted Cron Inbound email AI Employee On shift Perceive Decide Act HITL · approval Actions Emails sent Records updated Invoices issued Charged by use/outcome · $500–2,000/month per client
Fig. 08 · An employee made of software

147 platforms

can add AI agents

36 direct role replacements

of named human positions

$500–$2,000/month

per client per agent

01 · Not all AI is the same

Three levels of automation. Three different businesses.

Tier 1

AI-assisted platform

Human uses the platform. AI helps them go faster — drafting emails, summarizing records, suggesting next actions. Included in the base platform. No additional charge.

Example

CRM drafts the follow-up email. Human sends it.

Tier 2

AI-augmented platform

Human owns the workflow. AI executes specific tasks without being asked. Prospect enrichment runs nightly. Documents get classified on arrival. Tickets get triaged before a human touches them.

Example

Lead generation platform finds and enriches 200 prospects overnight. Human reviews and approves sends in the morning.

Charge

Per action — per lead enriched, per document processed.

Tier 3 — AI Employee

Fully autonomous agent

No human in the loop for routine work. The agent runs on a schedule or trigger, produces output, and alerts a human only when something unusual happens. You charge by outcome — booked meetings, processed documents, dispatched jobs.

Example

Cold outreach agent finds prospects, writes personalized emails, sends, tracks replies, routes warm leads to a human closer.

Charge

Per booked meeting, per qualified lead, or monthly retainer replacing a human role.

02 · Role-by-role breakdown

The platforms that replace a named human job.

Each of these directly substitutes for a $35k–$90k/year role. That's the sales conversation.

PlatformAI Employee RoleReplacesCharge Model
Lead GenerationAI Prospecting EmployeeSDR / BDR ($60–80k/yr)Per qualified lead or $500–2,000/mo
Cold OutreachAI Sales Dev RepBDR ($50–90k/yr)Per booked meeting ($100–500)
CRMAI Account ManagerAccount manager ($60–100k/yr)Per seat or % pipeline value
Content GenerationAI Content EmployeeContent team ($4–8k/mo agency)Per piece or $500–2,000/mo per client
SEO AuditAI SEO EmployeeSEO specialist ($2–5k/mo)Per client account $300–800/mo
Social SchedulingAI Social Media ManagerSocial manager ($1.5–4k/mo)Per account managed $150–400/mo
AI Chatbot BuilderAI Customer Support RepSupport rep ($35–55k/yr)Per conversation $0.10–0.50
RecruitmentAI RecruiterRecruiter ($60–90k/yr)Per placement or 5–10% fee share
Compliance TrackerAI Compliance OfficerCoordinator ($55–85k/yr)Per employee $5–15/mo
AI Document ProcessingAI Document AnalystData entry team ($30–45k/yr)Per document $0.25–2.00
Property ManagementAI Property ManagerPM ($40–70k/yr per portfolio)Per unit $15–40/mo
Field ServiceAI Dispatch CoordinatorDispatcher ($35–55k/yr)Per job $2–8 or per tech $100–300/mo
03 · The business models

Four ways to price an AI Employee.

Usage-based

Charge per action

Per document processed. Per lead enriched. Per email sent. Best for high-volume, transactional work where the unit of value is clear.

$0.50 per document × 500 docs/day = $7,500/month from one client.

Outcome-based

Charge per outcome

Per booked meeting. Per qualified lead. Per placed candidate. Highest value model — you're paid for results, not activity.

$200 per booked sales meeting × 20 meetings/month = $4,000/month.

Seat replacement

Replace the salary

“This replaces a $60k/year employee for $2,000/month.” The ROI math is immediate. Easiest model to sell to a business owner.

$2,000/month × 12 = $24,000/year vs $60,000+ fully loaded employee.

Tiered SaaS

Tiered subscription

Base tier: software only. Pro tier: software + AI automation. AI Employee tier: fully autonomous. Standard SaaS ladder.

$99/mo base → $299/mo pro → $799/mo AI Employee.

04 · Under the hood

Three components. Every AI Employee is built the same way.

  • Scheduled (Vercel Cron): run every night at 2am
  • Event-driven (webhook): run when a new lead is added
  • Continuous (polling): check the inbox every 5 minutes
01 · The trigger
  • System prompt defines the role, rules, and escalation behavior
  • Tools give the agent actions: sendEmail, createRecord, bookMeeting
  • Opus for reasoning tasks — smaller models for volume and cost
02 · The agent loop
  • Approval queue: agent drafts, human sends
  • Alert system: agent acts, alerts on exceptions only
  • Escalation rules: agent stops when confidence is below threshold
03 · Human-in-the-loop
05 · How it packages

Platform + AI Employee = a services business.

AI Employee Deployment

charged to clients by use/outcome — $500–2,000/month per client

monthly recurring revenue

AI Employee Add-on Build PackComing soon

agent config, prompts, tools — $299

second purchase

Platform Build Pack

the software foundation — $899

first purchase

The Platform Build Pack is the foundation. The AI Employee Add-on is the agent configuration — prompts, tool definitions, cron setup, and approval workflow. Together they're a deployable service you can charge clients for monthly. Three clients at $800/month = $2,400/month recurring.

06 · The full list

147 platforms. Here's what each one can do autonomously.

Not all AI layers are equal. Here's the breakdown by what the agent actually does.

Automates core tasks · 63
AI-accelerated · 48

The platforms are built. The AI layer is next.

Browse the catalog and look for the AI Employee badge on platforms that qualify. Every one of them ships with the platform Build Pack — the AI Employee Add-on is coming soon.