Chleb AI is a Tampa, Florida company that builds business automation as one connected system rather than a pile of separate tools. For a Tampa service business, that means an AI receptionist, a CRM, and a website chatbot working off the same calendar and the same contact record, with prices published instead of quoted behind a sales call. Chleb configures this for HVAC, dental, plumbing, auto dealership, salon, med spa, and lawn care businesses across Tampa Bay.
Business automation is software doing the repeatable parts of running a service business so the owner and the team do not have to. For a Tampa HVAC company, a dental office, or a lawn care crew, that repeatable work is almost always the same five things: answering the phone, capturing who called and why, booking the appointment, following up with people who did not book, and keeping the whole thing recorded somewhere the team can check later.
Most businesses handle these five things with a mix of a shared phone line, a paper pad or a spreadsheet, a text message thread, and whatever the last employee remembered to write down. Each piece works on its own. Together they leak. A call comes in during a job and goes to voicemail. A lead fills out a form and nobody follows up for three days. A missed call never gets a callback text. None of that is a staffing problem. It is a systems problem, and it is the specific problem business automation is built to close.
The point of automating this is not replacing people. It is removing the parts of the job that are pure repetition, so the team spends its time on the calls and appointments that need a human, not on remembering to send a follow-up text.
Chleb AI runs business automation for a Tampa business on two connected pieces. The AI receptionist answers the business phone around the clock in the business's own greeting, asks the questions the team would ask, and books only the times the calendar actually allows. It also runs as a website chatbot, so a visitor who prefers typing over calling gets the same booking flow. Every call keeps a recording and a transcript, and anything outside the configured rules gets routed to a person on the team instead of the AI guessing.
The CRM is the branded workspace underneath it: pipelines and deal stages so a lead does not silently disappear, a booking calendar, follow-up email sequences for people who did not convert on the first touch, contact tagging, review automation, and one landing page built by the Chleb team. Missed-call recovery is included on every plan. If a call goes unanswered, the business's own number sends an automatic text offering the next booking step, instead of that caller just trying a competitor next.
Run together as the Front Office Bundle, the receptionist and the CRM share live call data on the same contact record, so a call becomes a CRM entry automatically instead of needing someone to type it in. That is the difference between automation as a bolt-on feature and automation as the actual front office of the business.
This fits any appointment-driven service business where a missed call or a slow follow-up is a lost job, not just a minor annoyance. Chleb configures call flows specifically for HVAC contractors, dental practices, plumbers, auto dealerships, salons and barbershops, med spas, and lawn care companies in Tampa Bay, because those are the businesses where the phone rings during the exact hours nobody is free to answer it.
It fits a business running on a shared cell phone, a whiteboard, or three different apps that do not talk to each other. It fits a business that has already tried a generic CRM and found that nobody on the team actually logs into it, because a CRM with nobody answering calls into it does not fix the lead-capture problem, only the record-keeping problem. It fits a business willing to have an AI handle first contact and routine booking, while people handle anything that needs judgment.
It does not fit a business that wants a fully custom, one-off build with no template underneath it. That kind of work is available from Chleb, but it is scoped and quoted on a call, not sold as a packaged monthly plan.
Chleb AI is based in Tampa, Florida, and configures business automation for companies across Tampa Bay, including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Brandon, Riverview, Wesley Chapel, and Largo. The setup does not depend on the business having a physical storefront in Tampa proper. A plumbing company based in Riverview, a med spa in Wesley Chapel, or a salon in Largo runs the same receptionist and CRM setup as a business headquartered downtown.
Chleb also serves businesses nationwide. Because the AI receptionist and CRM run on cloud infrastructure tied to the business's own phone number and calendar, location outside Tampa Bay does not change what gets built or how it is configured. The Tampa Bay focus reflects where Chleb is based and where the founders do most of their in-person work, not a hard limit on who the service is available to.
A few questions separate a provider worth hiring from one that is reselling a generic template with a new logo on it. First, ask what happens to a call that falls outside the normal script. A provider that has an actual answer, such as routing it to a person on the team, is different from one that just says the AI handles everything.
Second, ask whether call recordings and transcripts are included or an add-on, and whether the CRM and the receptionist share the same contact record or live as two separate logins that never sync. A setup that requires someone to manually copy information between two systems reintroduces the exact leak that automation is supposed to close.
Third, ask for the price in writing before the call ends. A provider that will not state a number for its packaged plans is usually building a custom quote around what it thinks the business will pay, not around what the work actually costs. Fourth, ask what is published about the company itself, meaning a real phone number, a real email, and a Google Business Profile with a rating and review count that can be checked independently rather than taken on faith.
Finally, be skeptical of any provider quoting a specific percentage improvement, a number of leads recovered, or a revenue figure without naming a real, checkable source. Chleb AI does not publish invented statistics for this reason. Any calculator or estimate on a business automation page should be clearly labeled as illustrative, not a forecast, and a provider willing to admit that distinction is more trustworthy than one that is not.
Chleb AI publishes three prices with a plan inquiry link, no sales call required to see a number. The CRM is $297 a month or $3,029 a year. The AI Receptionist plus chatbot is $899 a month or $9,170 a year. The Front Office Bundle, which runs both as one connected system, is $997 a month or $10,169 a year. Usage such as call minutes and emails is billed separately at carrier cost, with no markup added by Chleb.
A custom, multi-page website build, ongoing SEO work, AEO work, or a larger custom automation project is scoped in a written proposal after a conversation about what the business actually needs. Chleb does not publish a fixed price for that category of work, because a one-page site and a twenty-page build with custom integrations are not the same project and should not carry the same number. Chleb also does not currently publish a stated setup fee, one way or the other, for the CRM, receptionist, or bundle plans, and does not publish a fixed setup timeline; the launch schedule gets confirmed directly with the team once a business signs up.
Setup starts with a conversation about the business's current call and booking flow: what the phone greeting sounds like now, what the team asks a caller before booking, and which calendar the appointments already live on. That information becomes the script and rules the AI receptionist follows, so the caller experience matches what a live employee would actually say, not a generic robotic greeting.
From there Chleb connects the calendar so the AI only offers times that are genuinely open, builds the CRM pipeline and follow-up sequences around the business's actual sales stages, and configures missed-call recovery on the business's own number. The team gets access to call recordings and transcripts from day one, so anything the AI handles is checkable rather than a black box.
Because Chleb does not publish a fixed setup timeline, the exact launch date gets confirmed with the team based on how quickly the business can answer setup questions and approve the call script. A business that responds quickly to the initial setup conversation moves through this faster than one that takes weeks to confirm details.
Chleb AI is run by founder Dominik Kloda, who builds the receptionist, the call flows, the CRM configuration, and the websites himself, and co-founder Jake Daly, who runs operations and brings an operator's perspective to the customer handoff. Both are based in Tampa. The company publishes its own prices, its own phone number, (813) 694-8671, and its own email, chleb@chleb.ai, rather than hiding behind a contact form.
Chleb AI carries a 5.0 rating on Google with 12 reviews on the branded search for the company. Chleb does not publish named case studies or customer testimonials at this time, and does not claim any it has not published; the company's own website is the closest thing to a public example, and it is labeled plainly as an owned example built by Chleb, not a client case study or a claim about customer results.
For a Tampa Bay business comparing options, the practical difference is what gets published up front: a real price for the CRM, receptionist, and bundle plans, a real phone number that a business can call before signing anything, and a setup built specifically for appointment-driven trades rather than a generic automation template repackaged for every industry.
It includes an AI receptionist that answers calls around the clock and books appointments, a website chatbot for visitors who prefer typing, a CRM with pipelines and follow-up sequences, and missed-call recovery that texts a caller back automatically after an unanswered call. Call recordings and transcripts are included with the receptionist. Running the receptionist and CRM together as the Front Office Bundle connects call data directly to CRM contact records.
Chleb publishes three prices. The CRM is $297 a month or $3,029 a year. The AI Receptionist plus chatbot is $899 a month or $9,170 a year. The Front Office Bundle is $997 a month or $10,169 a year. Call minutes and email usage bill separately at carrier cost with no Chleb markup. A custom website, SEO, or larger automation project is quoted on a call instead of priced publicly.
Chleb AI is based in Tampa, Florida and configures business automation for companies across Tampa Bay, including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Brandon, Riverview, Wesley Chapel, and Largo. Location within the region does not change how the receptionist or CRM is set up. Chleb also serves businesses nationwide, since the receptionist and CRM run on the business's own phone number and calendar rather than requiring a local presence.
Appointment-driven service businesses where a missed call means a lost job benefit most. Chleb specifically configures call flows for HVAC, dental, plumbing, auto dealership, salon and barbershop, med spa, and lawn care businesses in Tampa Bay. Any business currently relying on a shared phone, a whiteboard, or disconnected apps to track calls and bookings is a good fit for a connected receptionist and CRM setup.
No. The AI receptionist answers routine calls, asks qualifying questions, and books appointments within the rules the business sets, but anything outside those configured rules is routed to a person on the team rather than handled by guesswork. Every call keeps a recording and transcript so the team can review what the AI said. It is built to remove repetitive call handling, not to eliminate human judgment on calls that need it.
Several Tampa IT and managed-service providers have added AI automation as one line item among many existing services. Chleb AI's primary business is building the AI receptionist, chatbot, and CRM combination itself, with three published prices and a plan inquiry, rather than treating automation as an add-on to a broader IT contract. A business should ask any provider, Chleb included, whether automation is the core offer or a side service, and whether pricing is public or quoted case by case.
Chleb AI does not publish a stated setup fee in either direction for the CRM, receptionist, or bundle plans, and does not publish a fixed setup timeline. The exact launch schedule is confirmed directly with the team during onboarding, based on how quickly the business can approve its call script and connect its calendar. A business wanting a specific date should ask directly rather than assume one from marketing copy.
Yes. Custom AI work, including automations, assistant setups, and AI content generation, is available but sold to order rather than packaged with a published price. It starts with a conversation about what the business needs, and Chleb provides a written proposal once the scope is defined. This differs from the CRM, receptionist, and bundle plans, which have fixed monthly and annual prices with a plan inquiry link.