Ara

Ara (araassistant.com) is an AI-powered business communication assistant. Presented at Speakup Partner & Jubileum Event in Enschede.

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1. Ara
   

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2. AI-powered
   business
   communication
   assistant.
   

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3. Leads
   Team Clients
   

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4. Email
   Chat Phone
   

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5. Email
   124B 110B
   Business emails

   sent per day
   Consumer emails

   sent per day
   

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6. Hey John, let’s set up a
   Skype call for this week!
   Hi Jenny, I’m on a leave
   next week, so let’s follow
   up after I’m back?
   Hello Steven! Do you
   need any help in getting
   started with the product?
   These are my bank
   account details for the
   payment, thanks!
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7. Hey John, let’s set up a
   Skype call for this week!
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   Hello Steve! Happy to
   talk to you. Does
   sometime Friday work?
   Hello again John, I’m
   picking my daughter up
   on Friday, so I can only
   do between 8 and 9 am.
   

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8. Oh, that’s alright. How’s
   next Monday in the
   afternoon?
   Yes, I think I can do
   around 2 pm. Does that
   work for you as well?
   Perhaps we can push it
   to 2:30 pm instead?
   Great, I’ll send you a
   calendar invitation.
   

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9. Ara AI
   Email
   Assistant
   

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10. Email
    

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11. Hi John! Happy to talk to
    you. :)
    Coffee with John
    Say Hi
    john@speakup.nl
    

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12. Hi John! Looking forward to
    talking to you. :)
    Hi Ara, can you set up coffee
    with John?
    Coffee with John
    CC Ara
    john@speakup.nl ara@yourdomain.com
    

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13. Hi John,
    
    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.
    
    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:
    
    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM
    
    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM
    
    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.
    
    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.
    
    Best,
    
    Ara Isaacson (AI)
    
    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary
    

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14. Hi John,
    
    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.
    
    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:
    
    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM
    
    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM
    
    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.
    
    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.
    
    Best,
    
    Ara Isaacson (AI)
    
    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary
    Recommended time
    

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15. Hi John,
    
    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.
    
    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:
    
    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM
    
    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM
    
    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.
    
    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.
    
    Best,
    
    Ara Isaacson (AI)
    
    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary
    Alternate options
    

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16. Hi John,
    
    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.
    
    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:
    
    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM
    
    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM
    
    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.
    
    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.
    
    Best,
    
    Ara Isaacson (AI)
    
    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary
    Location preference
    

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17. Hi John,
    
    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.
    
    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:
    
    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM
    
    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM
    
    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.
    
    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.
    
    Best,
    
    Ara Isaacson (AI)
    
    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary
    Hi Ara,
    
    Thanks for your email! I’m super looking forward to
    coffee with him.
    
    Sure, Friday at 4:30 works perfectly for me, I’ll see
    him at Starbucks. :)
    

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18. Hi John,
    
    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.
    
    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:
    
    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM
    
    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM
    
    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.
    
    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.
    
    Best,
    
    Ara Isaacson (AI)
    
    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary
    Hi Ara,
    
    Thanks for your email! I’m super looking forward to
    coffee with him.
    
    Sure, Friday at 4:30 works perfectly for me, I’ll see
    him at Starbucks. :)
    Hi Anand,
    
    Your coffee with John is scheduled, and I’ve added
    it to your calendar. It’s this Friday at 4:30 PM CEST
    and he’ll see you at your usual place.
    

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19. Artificial neural network
    Natural language processing
    Email interface
    Translation and internationalization
    Calendar context awareness
    Location and geography
    Contextual timezone and locales
    

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20. Hi Ara,
    
    Can you send John my bank account details to
    make the payment?
    Hey Ara,
    
    Please make you follow up with John tomorrow
    about the payment. :)
    Hey Ara,
    
    Set up a meeting with the team, I’ve CC’d everyone
    in this email. Negotiate times and get back to me.
    Hi Ara,
    
    Make sure there’s no appointments when I’m on
    vacation, and turn on the autoresponder.
    Hey Ara,
    
    Make sure I’m available for dinner with my wife on
    date night (this Friday).
    Hey Ara,
    
    Remind John to send the paperwork next week,
    we’re going to be in trouble otherwise!
    

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32. araassistant.com
    

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33. If your salary is €35,000/year and you
    have 8 meetings per month, you could
    save 9.7 hours a month and earn back
    €284 in time saved, and that's a 1,893%
    ROI on a €15/month subscription.
    

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34. Apple
    Calendar
    Google
    Calendar
    Outlook
    Calendar
    Yahoo!
    Calendar
    iCAL
    Format
    iCloud Gmail Office 365 Yahoo! Mail AOL
    Zoho Outlook GSuite SMTP
    Yandex
    

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35. GDPR
    

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36. API
    

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37. Hey John, let’s set up a
    Skype call for this week!
    Hi Jenny, I’m on a leave
    next week, so let’s follow
    up after I’m back?
    Hello Steven! Do you
    need any help in getting
    started with the product?
    These are my bank
    account details for the
    payment, thanks!
    

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38. Ara
    

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