Always-On Agents

Always-On Agents.
Hire the Role You Need.

Five role-trained AI employees. Each one answers every call, chat, and text on their channel — 24 hours a day, in the voice of the right specialist for that moment.

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The Problem

Every unanswered call is a decision. Someone made it for you.

The “respond within 5 minutes for 21× conversion” stat is in every sales playbook by now. Palatai resets the floor: under 30 seconds — voice, chat, or text. By the time a human would have noticed the lead, the prospect is already qualified, threaded into your CRM, and on the right specialist's calendar. They never get the chance to open a second tab.

The problem isn't that you don't have a receptionist. It's that your receptionist works 9-to-5 and can only be in one conversation at once. When a prospect calls on Saturday at 7pm, they're not calling back Monday.They're calling your competitor.

Channels

Every way a customer can reach you. Covered.

01

Voice

  • Answers inbound calls in real time
  • Books appointments while on the call
  • Warm transfers to humans when escalation is needed
02

Chat

  • Embeds on any page via a single script tag
  • Routes to the right employee based on the page it's on
  • Handles FAQs, qualifies leads, and creates CRM records
03

SMS

  • Responds to inbound texts within seconds
  • Follows TCPA-compliant opt-out handling
  • Threads into the same contact timeline as voice and chat
04

Email

  • Classifies inbound emails by intent
  • Routes to the right department automatically
  • Drafts a reply for human review or sends directly at your discretion
Roles & Departments

The right employee answers. Every time.

A reception desk handles one call at a time. Your AI org chart handles all of them simultaneously — each routed to the employee who knows that channel.

01Receptionist

Front desk / Receptionist

→ Answered by Reese

Main number, homepage chat, default SMS

Meet Reese →
02Sales

Inbound SDR / Lead qualification

→ Answered by Closer

/pricing page, /contact, demo-request widgets

Meet Closer →
03Support

Tier-1 Support / Helpdesk

→ Answered by Haven

/help, docs pages, support email/SMS

Meet Haven →
04Support

Customer Success / Renewals

→ Answered by Echo

Account portal, post-onboarding

Meet Echo →
05Receptionist

Booking / Appointments

→ Answered by Reese

Booking pages, service-line numbers

Meet Reese →
06Receptionist

Concierge / VIP

→ Answered by Riley (multilingual)

Premium-tier numbers, page-specific widgets

Meet Riley →
07Sales

Order / Quote Intake

→ Answered by Closer

Quote forms, restaurant POS lines

Meet Closer →
08Receptionist + Sales

Real estate listing inquiries

→ Answered by Reese → Closer hand-off

Listing page widgets, MLS-tied numbers

See this setup →
09[ROADMAP]

Internal IT Helpdesk

→ Department: Operations

Internal portal

Coming soon
10[ROADMAP]

Recruiting Screener

→ Department: HR

Careers page

Coming soon
How It Works

From first contact to department action in four steps.

Not a phone tree. Not a chatbot script. A named AI employee who knows their department, their persona, and your business — answering on every channel.

01
Arrive

A visitor calls, chats, or texts

On any channel — a call to your main number, a widget load on your pricing page, an inbound SMS — the right employee answers. Which employee depends on where the contact arrived: homepage chat defaults to Reese; the /pricing page widget routes to Closer; your support line routes to Haven. The routing is set once when you embed the widget or configure the phone number.

02
Answer

The agent answers in role-specific persona

The voice runtime loads the employee's full persona — name, title, personality, department knowledge, and the specific instructions you've configured ("always ask for the caller's email before routing"). On voice, you hear the agent's name. On chat, you see their name in the widget. The visitor interacts with a specialist, not a generic assistant.

03
Act

The agent does the work inline

Books a slot on your calendar. Qualifies a lead against your ICP criteria. Creates a support ticket. Answers the FAQ without escalating. The agent isn't scripted — it has access to your knowledge base, your calendar, and your CRM. If it can handle the interaction end-to-end, it does. If it can't, it escalates with full context.

04
Hand Off

The outcome lands on the right department's board

A booked appointment creates a task on the Receptionist department's kanban. A qualified lead creates a CRM record and a Sales department task. A support ticket lands in Support. The conversation happened on a phone; the work landed in the right place. Nothing falls into a voicemail inbox that nobody checks.

Per-Page Routing

One platform. A different employee on every page.

◆ Widget routing examples
Page: /pricing
Widget param: ?employee=sales-outreach
Visitor chats with Closer (Sales), not Reese
Page: /docs
Widget param: ?employee=support-agent
Visitor chats with Haven (Support)
Page: /contact
(no param — org default)
Visitor chats with Reese (Receptionist)

The widget embed is one <script> tag on your site. The ?employee query parameter is optional — if omitted, it defaults to your org's Receptionist (Reese). Add it to any page where you want a specialist to answer: your pricing page gets Closer, your docs get Haven, your account portal gets Echo. One platform. Zero context-switching.

Try It

Talk to an Always-On Agent right now.

This is the actual platform widget, not a mock. Reese is answering. Ask anything.

[ Chat widget loads here — powered by Reese ]
The Alternative

What you're replacing.

A human receptionist costs between $35,000 and $50,000 per year in salary alone — before benefits, PTO, training, and turnover. They cover one shift. They handle one conversation at a time. They can't be on your homepage chat widget and your sales line simultaneously.

A call center handles volume — but not context. Every caller starts from zero. There's no CRM lookup before the call. There's no department handoff after. There's no task created. The call ends; the information disappears.

An Always-On Agent costs $750/month. It works every shift. It handles every channel simultaneously. It knows your knowledge base, your calendar, and your CRM on every call — not just the ones that got routed to a senior agent.

Human receptionist$35–50K/yr + benefits · Business hours only
Call center$25–40K/yr contract · No CRM threading
Call-routing software$300–500/mo · Transfers only — no AI
Always-On Agent (Palatai)from $750/mo · 24/7 · all channels · CRM-connected
Pricing

Hire an Always-On Agent from $750/mo.

HIRE REESE — RECEPTIONIST DEPARTMENT

$750/mo

+ $2,500 one-time setup

  • Voice
  • Chat
  • SMS
  • Email routing
  • Reese's persona included

The Receptionist department includes Always-On Channels across all four channels. This is the all-in-one hire.

Hire Reese →

ADD ALWAYS-ON CHANNELS TO ANY HIRE

+$750/mo

+ $2,500 one-time setup

  • Voice
  • Chat
  • SMS for this agent

Already hiring another agent? Add Always-On Channels for +$750/mo. The agent answers in their own role-specific persona.

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FAQ

Common questions about Always-On Agents.

It depends on your primary inbound challenge. If customers are calling your main number, website chat is going unanswered, or you need a 24/7 front desk — hire Reese (AI Receptionist). If prospects are landing on your pricing or contact page and you're losing them because nobody qualifies them in real time — hire Closer (AI Sales Agent). If your support queue is backlogged and tier-1 questions eat 80% of your team's time — hire Haven (AI Support Agent). If you have existing customers who need check-ins, renewal conversations, and post-onboarding guidance — hire Echo (AI Customer Success Agent). If your clientele is premium, multilingual, or expects white-glove service — hire Riley (AI Concierge). You can hire more than one. Most businesses start with Reese and add Closer.
Yes. Each agent has their own Always-On Channels — their own inbound number, their own chat widget embed, and their own SMS line. Reese answers your main number. Closer answers your sales line. Haven handles your /help widget. They operate simultaneously; there is no limit on parallel conversations. Each additional Always-On Channels add-on is $750/mo + $2,500 one-time setup per agent. The Receptionist department includes Always-On Channels for Reese — other agents require the add-on.
Palatai uses a Bring-Your-Own-Provider (BYO) model. You connect your own Retell account for voice and your own Twilio account for SMS. Palatai handles the AI, the persona, and the CRM threading — the carrier relationship stays with you. If you don't have a Retell or Twilio account, the guided setup walks you through connecting one in under 15 minutes. A 14-day trial sandbox lets you test with a shared number before committing to your own.
Yes, with the calendar integration active. The agent can check availability, propose slots, and confirm bookings inline during the call or chat — no hold music, no callback required. Bookings appear on your kanban board as tasks and on your connected calendar. Supported integrations: Google Calendar (live); others via the integrations page.
Yes. You can configure any named agent to operate in a different language or in multilingual mode. Reese, for example, can be configured as a Spanish-speaking receptionist for a specific phone number without affecting other channels. This is done through the employee's persona settings — no separate product tier required.
The agent has access to your knowledge base — the FAQs, business details, and instructions you've configured. If a question falls outside that scope, the agent does one of three things (configurable per employee): offers to take a message and have someone follow up, warm-transfers to a human, or tells the caller honestly that it will escalate. It does not hallucinate answers. The escalation path is set when you onboard.
An IVR is a routing system. It sends callers to extensions based on key-presses. It cannot answer a question, qualify a lead, book an appointment, or create a CRM record. An Always-On Agent is an AI employee — it has a name, a persona, a knowledge base, and the ability to take action. The caller has a conversation. The agent produces outcomes.
Yes. Each phone number and each chat widget can be assigned to a different employee. Your main number routes to Reese. Your sales line routes to Closer. Your /docs page chat routes to Haven. This is set once at configuration; the routing is automatic after that. You can change the assignment at any time from the employee's settings.
Yes — a 14-day trial sandbox. You get a shared phone number from Palatai's pool to test inbound calls and SMS before connecting your own Retell and Twilio accounts. Web chat works immediately with no setup. Trial includes up to 100 voice minutes and 200 SMS. No credit card required for the trial; billing starts when you go live with your own provider connection.
Get Started

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Always-On hire.

Pick up every call. Answer every chat. Reply to every text. Your AI employee starts today — no phone-tree setup, no scripts to write, no shifts to cover.