Questions about hiring an AI employee.
What James is, what he costs, what he will never do without asking, and how he is different from ChatGPT or a virtual assistant.
What is an AI employee?
An AI employee is an AI agent that does an ongoing job for a business, the way a person in that role would: it has its own accounts, works inside the company's software, remembers what happened, and reports back. James is an AI employee for small and mid-size businesses. He has his own computer in the cloud, his own email address and his own phone number, and works inside the tools you already use, such as QuickBooks, Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, HubSpot and Stripe.
Can I hire an AI employee for my small business?
Yes. James AI sets up James, an AI employee, for small and mid-size businesses. You book a free 15-minute call, we pick the job that is eating your week, and within a week James has his own email, phone number and computer, the logins a new hire would get, and your rules for what needs your approval. Most owners start with one role and add more as he earns them.
Is there a company that can build an AI agent for my business?
Yes, that is what James AI does. Instead of handing you software to configure yourself, we set up a dedicated James for your business: we learn how you work on a free 15-minute call, connect him to your tools, agree the rules for what he must ask before doing, and review his work with you for the first month until he runs the job on his own.
How much does an AI employee cost?
James starts at $500 a month for one role. Operations assistant, bookkeeper and executive assistant start at $500, customer support rep at $600, marketing manager at $800, and sales development rep at $1,000. A comparable human hire in the US costs roughly $4,900 to $8,700 a month once payroll taxes and benefits are included, so James is typically seven to fifteen times less. Two or more roles, or a company over 25 people, are priced on a call. See every role and price.
What jobs can James do?
Businesses hire James into six roles: operations assistant, sales development rep, marketing manager, customer support rep, bookkeeper and executive assistant. In practice that means chasing overdue invoices, booking and rescheduling meetings, building prospect lists and following up, turning your week into posts, answering customers in your tone, reconciling payments and closing the month, and triaging your inbox.
Which tools does James work in?
The ones you already pay for. The roles on our site name QuickBooks, Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, HubSpot, Stripe and LinkedIn. Because James uses a real Chrome browser on his own computer, he works in web tools the way a person does, so a task does not stop at a sign-in page or a verification email.
How is James different from ChatGPT?
A general assistant like ChatGPT works with you in a conversation. James is set up as a member of your team: he has his own computer, email, phone number and your logins, takes an ongoing job rather than one request at a time, keeps a written memory of your business, and reports back when the work is done. Behind the scenes he runs on frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, chosen per task.
How is James different from a virtual assistant?
A virtual assistant is a person working remotely, usually on set hours. James works nights, weekends and holidays, starts at $500 a month, and keeps a written memory of your business that is reviewed nightly. Like a good assistant, he asks before anything that matters.
Is it safe to give an AI agent access to my accounts?
James is built so you stay in control. You hand him logins through a one-time secure link, never in chat, and you can revoke any login at any time. He never spends money, sends the first message to a new list, signs anything, issues a refund, touches an account you named, or deletes anything that cannot be restored without your tap on your phone. Card numbers live in a separate encrypted vault that James never sees. Every action is logged with the page, the time and what changed, and you can watch his screen live or stop him. How James works.
Will my data be used to train AI models?
No. James runs on frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, and your data is not used to train anyone's model. It never leaves your James's machine except to do the work you asked for.
How long does it take to set up?
About a week. After a free 15-minute call, James is set up within a week with his own email, phone number and computer, the logins a new hire would get, and your rules for what needs approval. For the first month the James AI team reviews his work with you and adjusts until he runs the job on his own.
How do I talk to James?
You message him on iMessage, WhatsApp or the web, the way you would message a colleague. He does the work, reports back, and brings you the next thing worth doing. Approvals arrive on your phone as a tap.
Does James replace my employees?
Most owners hire James for work that never had a dedicated person: the job they keep doing themselves late at night. He takes one role to start, and you decide whether he takes on more.
Can I cancel?
Yes, any month. When you leave, his logins are deleted from the vault, his machine is wiped, and you receive a final report of everything he did.
Still have a question?
Ask it on a free 15-minute call. We tell you honestly whether James is a fit, and which job he should take first.