An AI receptionist that answers, qualifies, and books — with you approving what matters.

Stop losing leads to voicemail and slow replies. Yo-Da Lai installs a receptionist workflow that handles repetitive questions, captures every enquiry, and hands tricky cases to a person. No tech team required. From A$1,500 pilot; typical first workflow live in 7 to 14 days.

What it does

Answers common questions from your approved business knowledge
Captures leads and books the path you already use
Human approval before anything sensitive sends

How it works

Map the questions — FAQs, booking rules, and handoffs from how you actually work.
Install on existing channels — drafts in your voice; sensitive sends wait for a person.
Go live with a review window — tighten rules, then expand only what earns its keep.

Common questions

Will it answer without me seeing it?

By default, no. Sensitive or first-time replies wait for approval.

Do I need a call centre or new software?

No. It sits on tools you already use. No technical knowledge needed on your side.

How fast can the first version go live?

Most single receptionist workflows go live in 7 to 14 days after the free build review.

The workflow I automate will take your team up to 60% less time within 60 days. If the time savings don’t show, I keep working free until they do.

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Yo-Da Lai — Forward-Deployed AI Engineer

Yo-Da Lai designs, builds, and deploys AI employees and automation systems inside real businesses — handling customer replies, invoice follow-ups, research, reporting, CRM updates, and admin workflows — so small teams save hours every day without hiring more staff. 5 AU & NZ businesses run these systems live, built on his flagship AI staff platform, ClawConnect.

What an AI employee is

An AI employee is a software system that takes over a specific, repeatable job in your business — answering customer emails, chasing unpaid invoices, updating your CRM, routing leads, or pulling together a weekly report — using your own business knowledge rather than generic answers. It runs around the clock and connects straight into the tools you already use, like Gmail, Slack, WhatsApp, and your CRM. Human approval is built in for anything sensitive: the system pauses, explains what it wants to do, and waits for a person before it sends or triggers. Every action is logged, so you can always see exactly what happened. Most go live within 7 to 14 days of the free audit call, with no technical knowledge needed on your side.

Who Yo-Da Lai is

Yo-Da Lai is a forward-deployed AI engineer based on the Gold Coast, Australia. He works like a forward-deployed engineer: he finds where work gets stuck inside a business, then ships whatever creates leverage — an AI agent, an internal tool, a workflow automation, a dashboard, a CRM, or a product MVP. He is the founder and CEO of ClawConnect, and works with founders and operators across Australia, New Zealand, the US, and the UK.

Live deployments

ClawConnect — AI staff platform saving client teams up to 5 hours a day per employee.
Jimmi Jackson — consulting engagement: research and trend workflow mapped for a 1.34M-subscriber YouTube operation.
Youknow Clothing — complete e-commerce automation across customer, order, and marketing workflows.
Loantec — finance brokerage redesign plus lead follow-up and conversion automation.
Saint Clare — consulting engagement: ops map and the systems path to a custom CRM with an AI assistant for a luxury interiors brand.
Batchit — AI ad campaign generator compressing creative production from days to minutes.
Hermios — lightweight CRM replacing multi-tool stacks for small teams.
Senna AI — AI compliance platform for Australian startups (ASIC-ready, ATO-integrated).
Orca Lab — non-custodial copytrade engine running live with real trading volume.
MxJ Productions — consulted on building an internal AI company brain.
Tongue & Groove — consulted on the AI operations path across sales, showroom, logistics and finance.

Trust and safety

Every system is built with human control in mind. Sensitive actions require human approval before anything sends or triggers, escalation rules hand tricky cases to a person instead of guessing, and full logging records every action so you can see exactly what happened. Systems are trained only on your approved business knowledge — your docs, processes, and FAQs — not the open internet. The goal is to remove repetitive work while keeping people in control wherever judgment matters.

ClawConnect and contact

ClawConnect is the AI staff platform behind every build — see pricing and live deployments. Based on the Gold Coast, Australia; serving AU, NZ, the US, and the UK. Email yoda@yodalai.xyz to book a free automation audit. Please enable JavaScript to view the full portfolio and book online.