u/Anova-Automations

I work as Quality control Inspector in aviation, but I’ve been building side projects in AI for a while. A property management contact kept complaining that half their calls went to voicemail during showings and nobody calls a voicemail back.

So I built an AI voice agent that picks up instantly, has an actual conversation, qualifies the caller, and books the appointment. Bilingual too (EN/FR I’m in Montreal, so that wasn’t optional).

Things that surprised me:

People don’t hang up when it answers in under a second. That alone changed the math.
The hard part wasn’t the AI it was making the French/English switch feel natural mid-call.
Most of the “wow” from early testers wasn’t the call itself, it was that everything synced to the CRM automatically after.

Still learning a ton here. Anyone else dealing with missed-call leakage in leasing offices or brokerages? What have you tried? call centers, other voice AI, just eating the loss? Genuinely curious how others are handling this. (Built it under Anova, if anyone wants to look not here to pitch, just comparing notes.)

I work as Quality control Inspector in aviation, but I’ve been building side projects in AI for a while. A property management contact kept complaining that half their calls went to voicemail during showings and nobody calls a voicemail back.

So I built an AI voice agent that picks up instantly, has an actual conversation, qualifies the caller, and books the appointment. Bilingual too (EN/FR I’m in Montreal, so that wasn’t optional).

Things that surprised me:

People don’t hang up when it answers in under a second. That alone changed the math.
The hard part wasn’t the AI it was making the French/English switch feel natural mid-call.
Most of the “wow” from early testers wasn’t the call itself, it was that everything synced to the CRM automatically after.

Still learning a ton here. Anyone else dealing with missed-call leakage in leasing offices or brokerages? What have you tried? call centers, other voice AI, just eating the loss? Genuinely curious how others are handling this. (Built it under Anova, if anyone wants to look not here to pitch, just comparing notes.)

Solo founder, Montréal. I’ve spent the last 6 months building Anova a voice AI that answers business calls 24/7 in English and Québécois French, qualifies the caller, and books the appointment. First market: real estate agents who lose leads to missed calls (in showings, after hours, or when the caller expects French).
It works and I’ve just started reaching my first prospects, so honest feedback would help more than encouragement. A few things I’m genuinely unsure about:
1. Positioning - is “bilingual AI receptionist for Montréal realtors” too narrow, or is narrow the right first beachhead?
2. Pricing - for small/solo brokers, would you expect a flat monthly fee, per-call, or per-booking? What feels fair vs scary?
3. Channel - cold email’s been my start (CASL-compliant), but is there a better way to reach small Québec business owners who don’t live on LinkedIn?
4. The bilingual angle - Québec folks: how much does real Québécois French (vs France French) actually matter to you in a tool like this?
Not selling anything here - genuinely want the critique before I pour more into outreach. If a mod’s OK with it I can drop a 30-sec demo link in the comments. What would you poke holes in first?