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story 01 · july 2026 · 6 min read

We built an AI email assistant for a bus hire company. It saves 2,000 hours a year.

Two bus companies, a hundred enquiry emails a day, and the oldest rule in quoting: the fastest reply usually wins. Here is exactly what we built, the rules it lives by, and the numbers after it went live.

2,000h+ a year backreply time 4h → 12 min15% more enquiries won
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