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Introducing Fless: AI Employees That Do Real Work
Fless is live. Describe the job in one sentence and Fless builds, tests and runs an AI employee to do it, with your approval on everything that matters.
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TL;DR
Fless is a platform where the people closest to the work build AI employees by describing the job in plain English. Paste your website and Fless learns your business; describe the job in one sentence and Fless designs, tests and sets up the employee; sensitive actions wait for your approval. Every workspace includes a free Chief of Staff and department managers. You can build an employee for any job, in any department, and there is a Free plan with paid plans from $39 a month plus usage.
Today, we are launching Fless publicly.
We have been building around one idea: the people closest to the work should be able to build the help they need. Not by learning to code. Not by drawing flowcharts. By describing the job, the way you would brief a new hire.
Describe the job. Fless builds the employee.
Why we built Fless
Before Fless, we built Sourzer, an AI tool for recruiters. It reached 1,641 recruiters and 8,249 candidates. It worked, but it had one fixed workflow, and every team asked for something different. They did not want our way of working. They wanted to build and own theirs.
So we shut Sourzer down and built Fless: a platform where any team builds the AI employee it needs. I have written the full story in From Sourzer to Fless.
What Fless is
Fless is a platform for building AI employees: software that does a real job for your business, using your apps and following your rules.
Imagine Bisi, who runs a bakery in Lagos and spends her evenings answering the same WhatsApp questions. On Fless, Bisi writes one sentence:
“Answer WhatsApp messages, take cake orders, send a Paystack payment link and remind me of tomorrow's deliveries.”
From that sentence, Fless designs the employee, picks the apps and approvals it needs, writes test conversations, and checks it is safe before it goes live.
What an AI employee is, and what it is not
The words "AI assistant" now cover everything from a chat window to a full automation platform. Here is where an AI employee sits:
| Chatbot | Workflow builder | AI employee on Fless | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it does | Answers questions | Moves data when a trigger fires | Does a whole job, end to end |
| How you set it up | Script answers | Draw flows and map fields | Describe the job in plain English |
| Handles messy, real messages | Rarely | No | Yes, and asks when unsure |
| Takes actions in your apps | Rarely | Yes, as drawn | Yes, with your approvals |
| Who can build it | Anyone, but it stays shallow | Usually someone technical | The person who knows the job |
An AI employee is not a replacement for your team's judgment. It is help with the repetitive work that eats the day, so people can spend their time on the work that needs them.
How it works
Building an AI employee on Fless takes five steps: Describe → Set up → Connect → Test → Go live.
- Start in one click. Paste your website and Fless learns your business: what you sell, your prices, your tone. Add price lists, FAQs and documents to the Knowledge base any time.
- Describe the job in plain English. One sentence is enough to start.
- Watch it build. Fless shows you each stage: understanding the job, designing the employee, picking apps and approvals, writing test conversations and checking it is safe.
- Test it in practice mode. Nothing is really sent: actions are simulated. Try your hardest customers before any real customer sees it.
- Go live, with you in control. Sensitive actions, such as payment links, refunds and cancellations, wait for your approval. Every action is logged.
You can also start from a ready-made AI employee, such as the Social Campaign Writer, the Refund & Support Specialist or the WhatsApp Order Taker, and adjust it in plain English.
Who Fless is for
Fless is for owners and teams who know exactly what needs doing and do not have the hours, or the developers, to do it all. Here are a few one-sentence jobs to show the range:
- A clinic: "Book patient appointments from WhatsApp, send reminders the day before, and let me approve cancellations."
- A restaurant: "Take table reservations on WhatsApp, confirm them that morning, and tell me when we're fully booked."
- An online store: "Settle refunds under £50 on your own, and send anything bigger to me."
- An estate agent: "Reply to new leads in minutes, qualify them, and book viewings with the good ones."
- Any business: "Chase unpaid invoices politely every 3 days, and flag anyone more than 30 days late to me."
- A marketing team: "Plan a week of Instagram and LinkedIn posts from our news, and wait for my OK before publishing."
Every one of these is a sentence, not a project. Our blog has a guide for each.
A team, not just a tool
As soon as you have more than one AI employee, you need someone to run the team. So every Fless workspace includes a Chief of Staff, and every department gets a manager:
- The Chief of Staff takes your requests, delegates them to the right department, tracks progress, escalates what needs you, and sends you a brief.
- Department managers plan the week, assign tasks, review work, and send anything sensitive to your approval queue.
Both are included free on every plan, and they never count toward your employee limit. Read more in What Is an AI Chief of Staff?.
What you can build today
Fless is infrastructure for AI employees. Say what you want in plain words, typed or spoken, and Fless builds the AI employee or automation in minutes. Any job, any business.
| What it means | |
|---|---|
| AI employees | Any job you can describe. Marketing, sales, support, voice, finance, operations, recruitment, HR, legal and more |
| Departments | A way to group your AI team, not a limit on what you can build |
| Chief of Staff and department managers | Included on every plan |
| Fless SDK for developers | Beta |
Built for how businesses actually work
- Your apps. WhatsApp, Gmail, Slack, HubSpot, Shopify, Stripe, Paystack, Notion, Zendesk, Salesforce, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Google Calendar and more. You can request an app or add your own.
- Your customers' languages. Employees reply in the language the customer uses.
- Your currency. Billing in USD, NGN, GBP, EUR, KES, GHS and ZAR.
- Your infrastructure, if you need it. Run on Fless Cloud, your own infrastructure, or a hybrid.
- Your data stays yours. We do not train models on your data. Fless is aligned with NDPR and GDPR. See security.
Pricing
Fless has a Free plan to build and try your first employee, and paid plans from $39 a month plus usage for calls, video and documents. A Chief of Staff and department managers are free on every plan, and the Chief of Staff tells you when a different plan would cost less. See pricing.
Who we are
Fless is a member of NVIDIA Inception. I have spent more than 12 years building and scaling software platforms in fintech and healthtech, including two companies that were successfully exited. We build Fless for teams everywhere, with a particular eye on the businesses that run on WhatsApp and need the help most. You can read more about us.
What comes next
Launch is a beginning. The Fless SDK will move from beta towards public availability for developers who prefer to build in code. We will keep telling you plainly what Fless can and cannot do.
Join us live today
We are launching with a live online event today, Tuesday November 10, 3:00–4:00 PM WAT (2 PM London, 5 PM Nairobi, 6 PM Dubai). It is free. We will build AI employees live, from one sentence. Bring a job from your business.
Start today
If there is a job in your business that keeps slipping, write it down as one sentence. That is all it takes to start.
Start using Fless. We cannot wait to see what you build.
— Tobi, Founder of Fless
Frequently asked questions
What is Fless?
Fless is a platform for building AI employees. You describe the job in plain English, and Fless builds, tests and runs an AI employee to do it, using your apps and following your rules. Sensitive actions wait for your approval.
Who is Fless for?
Small businesses, startups, agencies and growing teams, especially the people closest to the work who know the job best but do not write code. Developers can also build in code with the Fless SDK, which is in beta.
What can Fless AI employees do today?
Any job you can describe, in any department. For example, they answer customers on WhatsApp, take orders, book appointments, chase invoices, follow up on leads, and plan, write and schedule posts across LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Bluesky. Sensitive actions wait for your approval.
How much does Fless cost?
There is a Free plan, and paid plans start from $39 a month plus usage. A Chief of Staff and department managers are included free on every plan. See the pricing page for each plan's details.
Is Fless safe to use with customers?
Every employee is tested in practice mode before it goes live, sensitive actions wait for a named approver, every action is logged, and your data is not used to train models. Fless is aligned with NDPR and GDPR.
How do I get started?
Go to getfless.com/start, paste your website, and describe the first job you want done in one sentence.
