{"id":87585,"title":"Apten - AI SMS + voice agents to convert leads","tagline":"An AI agent that texts \u0026 calls in the same way as a human","body":"**TLDR:** We help B2C companies automate sales and marketing with custom AI SMS and voice agents. Apten handles inbound/outbound calls + texts 24/7, automatically follows up at the right time, and syncs with your knowledge base/systems.\n\nHey everyone - we’re Daniel and Roshan, the founders of Apten :)\n\nOver the last 8 months since launching, we’ve helped companies engage tens of thousands of new leads each month.\n\nToday, Apten becomes an AI agent that can both text and call in the exact same way a human does.\n\n\u003chttps://youtu.be/3PWHGb96pCE\u003e\n\n# **The Problem**\n\nB2C services companies today **(insurance, home services, financial services, education, etc)** rely on a combination of call centers, dialers, and automated text systems to convert new leads.\n\nFollow-ups are not personalized or are manually done by humans, and leads do not get immediate responses 24/7.\n\n# **Our Solution**\n\nApten is an AI agent that:\n\n* Handles inbound/outbound texts + calls, 24/7\n* Can switch from SMS to voice (and vice versa) at any time in the conversation\n* Guides leads down customizable conversational flows\n* Takes actions with your systems (e.g. pull in quote premiums from an insurance company’s API)\n* Syncs with your knowledge base to pull in relevant info at any time\n\nWhite glove onboarding/support included for every customer!\n\n# **Our Ask**\n\nIf you’re a business that:\n\n* Generates a high volume of leads\n* Uses SMS or phone calls to engage/follow-up w/ leads\n* Wants to introduce AI into their sales and marketing process :)\n\nYou can find us at [http://apten.ai.](http://apten.ai)","slug":"Mmf-apten-ai-sms-voice-agents-to-convert-leads","created_at":"2025-02-11T18:52:47.642Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T01:30:11.762Z","total_vote_count":6,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Mmf-apten-ai-sms-voice-agents-to-convert-leads","share_image_url":"//bookface-static.ycombinator.com/assets/ycdc/yc-og-image-c440a0ad1dacfb86eeeb343717479cc54d256614449b4ef719977a0a451f8bc8.png","company":{"id":29571,"name":"Apten","slug":"apten","url":"https://www.apten.ai/","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/fba5782492516410e226be3162e29ac3095f17be.png","batch":"Summer 2024","industry":"B2B","tags":["Sales","Marketing","SMS","AI Assistant"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/29571"}}