Your AI Teammate for Calls and Ops

Working in phone calls, Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, your CRM.

JessicaJessica·English

One customer, one memory, every channel.

AInora is an AI teammate that handles inbound calls when customers ring, and ops in Slack or Teams when your team @mentions us. Multi-channel by default. EU-native. Multilingual - LT, EN, RU, DE, FR, PL out of the box. Compliant with GDPR and the EU AI Act.

Example
OG
HubSpot · one record
Olivia Grant
Tenant · 14 Park Row, Leeds
Known callerBoiler F28 faultPrefers morningsEngineer: Dan
  1. Call
  2. CRM
  3. Chat
  4. Calendar
  5. Slack
Phone · Jessica09:12

"Hi Olivia, it's Jessica from Northside Lettings. Is this about the boiler at 14 Park Row?"

HubSpot · note logged
F28 fault, no hot water. Mornings suit her best.
Web chat · same day13:40

Olivia Grant: Any chance of Thursday morning?

Jessica: Yes. Thursday 9:00 for the F28 fault at 14 Park Row. Dan will bring the part.

Google Calendar
Thu 09:00 · Dan · 14 Park Row
Slack · #maintenance
@Dan F28 at 14 Park Row, Thu 09:00. Text Olivia on the way.
One customer · three channels · one memory

Hear it live: call +1 (218) 636-0234 (Jessica, EN) or +370 5 200 2620 (Agnė, LT). No signup, no demo gating.

Tools AInora Already Talks To

If your tool has an API, it is connectable through MCP or n8n. We add what clients ask for.

  • Bitrix24
  • Google Calendar
  • Make
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Odoo
  • Pipedrive
  • Sage
  • SAP
  • WhatsApp Business
  • Zapier
  • Zoho CRM
  • Docusign
  • Freshsales
  • Google Sheets
  • Kommo
  • Scoro
  • ClickUp
  • Exact Online
  • Google Drive
  • Instagram
  • Telegram
  • Zoho Books
  • Agnum
  • Cegid
  • DATEV
  • Holded
  • Lexware Office
  • Rivilė
  • Symfonia
  • wFirma
  • Directo
  • Fakturownia
  • InsERT Subiekt
  • Labbis
  • SimplBooks
  • weclapp
  • Axonaut
  • Merit Aktiva
  • Calendly
  • HubSpot
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • Microsoft Outlook / Microsoft 365
  • n8n
  • Oracle NetSuite
  • QuickBooks Online
  • Salesforce
  • Slack
  • Xero
  • Zendesk
  • Cal.com
  • Freshdesk
  • Gmail / Google Workspace
  • Intercom
  • monday CRM
  • Airtable
  • ERPNext
  • Facebook Lead Ads
  • HighLevel
  • Messenger
  • Viber
  • a3
  • B1.lt
  • Comarch ERP
  • Fatture in Cloud
  • inFakt
  • Pennylane
  • sevDesk
  • TeamSystem
  • Zucchetti
  • enova365
  • Finvalda
  • JTL-Wawi
  • Sellsy
  • Stekas Plius
  • Aruba Fatturazione Elettronica
  • EBP
  • Teamleader Focus
+ Any system with an API

Trademarks belong to their owners. Shown to name the systems we connect to, not a partnership.

What is an AI Teammate?

An AI teammate is software that joins your team across the channels your team already works in - phone, Slack, Microsoft Teams, email - and executes real tasks: answers customer calls, books appointments, pulls data from your CRM, drafts replies, schedules follow-ups, and escalates to a human when it should. It is not a chatbot. It is not a workflow you configure step by step. You ask, it does.

The category took shape through 2024 as large language models gained reliable tool use through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and similar interfaces. By 2026, leading platforms - Lindy, Decagon, Sierra, Glean, Harvey, CrewAI - handle distinct slices of this space. Most are US-based, English-only, and built around a single channel (Slack or web chat). AInora is the multi-channel European counterpart: voice + text-ops, six languages, EU-native compliance.

24/7
Coverage across phone, Slack, Teams, email
6 languages
LT, EN, RU, DE, FR, PL - auto-detect mid-conversation
EU-native
GDPR-compliant, EU data residency
Custom
Pricing scales with your call + message volume

What an AI Teammate Does

Answers every call

Picks up phone calls right away - nights, weekends, holidays. Handles common questions, books appointments, and escalates complex calls to a human teammate with a full summary.

Joins Slack and Teams

@mention AInora in any channel. It pulls from your tools (CRM, calendar, drive, support tickets) and posts back the result. Works for the whole team, not just one user.

Remembers your customers

Recognises returning callers by phone number, recurring contacts by email or Slack handle. Knows their history, last interaction, open issues - picks up where the last conversation ended.

Acts across your stack

Through MCP and n8n: HubSpot, Salesforce, Calendly, Cal.com, Google Calendar, Gmail, Microsoft Teams, ClickUp, Notion, Drive, Supabase, Stripe (read-only) - plus any tool that speaks MCP.

Speaks LT, EN, RU and more

LT, EN and RU as standard; DE, FR, PL and 100+ more available. Switches automatically mid-conversation, native-quality voice in each. Most US-built competitors are EN-only or EN+ES; native LT, RU, and PL with mid-conversation switching is rare.

Escalates with context

When a request is outside scope, AInora hands off to a human teammate with a structured summary - what was asked, what was tried, what the customer said next. No "let me transfer you" cold drops.

Or @mention AInora in Slack - here is what that looks like.

A Sales Ops scenario. Four more (Customer Success, Legal Ops, Recruiting, Finance) live on dedicated pages.

Result: 24 personalised follow-ups in one ask, ongoing tracking handled until everyone replies.

See four more scenarios
Slack · #sales-ops
M
Maya

@AInora, q-end. Chase the portfolio for KPIs.

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AInora

On it.

  • 24 founders nudged with a personalised ask referencing their last update
  • 8 already returned, 16 still outstanding
  • Daily progress check at 10:00; you only hear from me if someone goes quiet 5+ days
Trace:HubSpot (contacts)Gmail (sends)Drive (response tracker)

AI Teammate vs Chatbot vs RPA vs Workflow Automation

Side by side
Chatbot (Intercom Fin)RPA (UiPath)Workflow tools (Zapier, n8n)AInora - AI Teammate
ChannelWeb widget onlyBackground, no human channelBehind-the-scenes triggersPhone + Slack + Teams + email
SetupTrain on FAQ corpusBuild automation per taskWire each step manually"@mention me, I figure it out"
MemoryPer-sessionNoneNonePersistent per workspace
LanguagesOften EN-onlyN/AN/ALT, EN, RU, DE, FR, PL
EscalationHard handoffBreaks on edge casesBreaks on edge casesStructured handoff with summary
Best forPre-sales web FAQRepetitive back-office tasksConnecting two SaaS appsCustomer ops + internal team ops

Best AI Teammate Platforms in 2026

2026
PlatformStrengthLimitation
LindyMature US Slack agent, good UXEN-only, US data residency
AltisLT-headquartered, secure-by-design framingSlack-only, single channel
DecagonEnterprise CX agentEN + partial ES, US-flavoured deployment
SierraVoice + chat from a high-pedigree founder teamUS-built, enterprise sales cycle in quarters
GleanStrongest enterprise search backboneIndexes data; less action-taking
CrewAIOpen-source multi-agent frameworkDIY - you build, you maintain
AInoraVoice + Slack + Teams, EU-native, six languagesSmaller team, sell direct

If you need voice and ops in one product, deployed in weeks, not quarters, in your customers' language, on EU infrastructure: that is AInora. If you need US enterprise-grade CX with a $200K+ contract: Sierra or Decagon are stronger. If you want a framework to build your own: CrewAI. See the Best AI Teammate Providers 2026 guide → for full breakdowns.

Why Multi-Channel Matters

Most AI agents own one channel. Lindy and Altis live inside Slack. Decagon and Sierra live in customer support. Voice-only platforms live on the phone. The teams using them stitch together two or three vendors and hope state stays consistent.

AInora collapses that. The same agent that picks up the phone when a customer calls is the agent your team @mentions in Slack to follow up on that call. The CRM record updates once. The customer hears one voice.

Where this matters most:

  • →Inbound sales: prospect calls, no answer - the AI receptionist takes the call and books a demo - the agent posts the booking to the Slack channel where the AE works.
  • →Recovery / collections: AI calls the customer for a payment reminder - if the customer asks for a payment plan, the agent escalates to a Slack thread for the human collector to confirm - returns to phone with the answer.
  • →Recruiting: candidate emails the role inbox - AI summarises the resume in Slack for the recruiter - if greenlit, AI calls the candidate to schedule the screening.

One memory. One conversation thread per customer, across every channel.

EU-Native by Default

GDPR-native
Audio, transcripts, and memory stored in EU regions only. No US data transfer. Subject access requests handled within statutory windows.
EU AI Act aware
Customer-facing voice agents are flagged as automated; we follow disclosure and logging requirements.
Per-tenant isolation
Every workspace runs scoped tools and memory. No cross-tenant leakage.
No model training on customer data
Conversations are not used to train any model.
Multilingual including small EU languages
LT, RU, PL covered. Most US-built competitors stop at EN; DACH-built competitors emphasise DE + EN + FR.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an AI teammate?
An AI teammate is software that joins your team across the channels your team already works in - phone, Slack, Microsoft Teams, email - and executes real tasks. It answers customer calls, books appointments, pulls data from your CRM, drafts replies, schedules follow-ups, and escalates to a human when it should.
How is an AI teammate different from a chatbot?
Chatbots answer pre-trained questions in a single channel (usually a web widget). AI teammates take action across multiple channels with persistent memory, route across tools, and escalate to a human with a structured summary.
How is AInora different from Lindy or Altis?
Lindy and Altis are Slack-only and English-only. AInora handles voice and Slack/Teams in six European languages, with EU data residency and live demo phone numbers anyone can call.
Does AInora train on our data?
No. Customer conversations are never used for model training.
What languages does AInora support?
Lithuanian, English and Russian are standard, with automatic language detection. German, French, Polish and 100+ more languages are available, enabled per client.
How long does setup take?
Most deployments, CRM and calendar integrations included, go live in around two weeks.
How much does it cost?
Pricing is custom per workspace. It scales with call volume and message volume rather than seat count. Book a demo for a quote.
JB
Justas Butkus

Founder & CEO, AInora

Building AI voice agents that let businesses serve more clients with the same team. Previously built voice AI systems for dental clinics, hotels, and restaurants.

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