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AI News, Oct 21: Anthropic's $80B Loss Is Mostly Paper
Anthropic's leaked prospectus shows an $80.7B half-year loss, but $72B of it is an accounting charge. Plus: OpenAI's agents switched off their own monitoring.
Housecall Pro AI Receptionist: CSR AI Review and Options
Housecall Pro's CSR AI answers calls and books jobs, but its price is quote-only and texting isn't live yet. What it does, the gaps, and a stronger option.
Jobber AI Receptionist: Pricing, Review and Alternatives
Jobber's AI Receptionist is $29 a month for 30 conversations, then 79¢ each. What it does, where Jobber users say it falls short, and a better option.
Marlie AI: Pricing, Review and Alternatives (2026)
Marlie AI runs $49 to $399 a month, but booking starts at $99 and ringing your team first is a $399 feature. The catches and a better AI receptionist.
Nexa Receptionists: Pricing, Review and Alternatives
Nexa sells human and AI call answering in 100, 300 and 500-minute plans, priced by quote with a setup fee. How it bills, the catches, and a faster option.
Nextiva AI Receptionist (XBert): Pricing and Alternatives
Nextiva's XBert AI receptionist is $99 a month for 100 interactions, then 99¢ each, on a Nextiva phone plan. What it does, the catches, and alternatives.
Phonely AI: Pricing, Review and Alternatives (2026)
Phonely runs $0 to $150 a month plus 25¢ to 35¢ a minute over your plan, and outbound calls start on Pro. What it does, the catches, and a better option.
Podium AI Employee: Pricing, Review and Alternatives
Podium starts at $399 a month and its AI Employee is priced on a demo. What Jerry does on calls and texts, the catches, and a simpler AI receptionist.
ServiceTitan AI Voice Agent: Pricing and Alternatives
ServiceTitan's AI Voice Agent costs $2.75 a call and $0.10 a text, on top of a ServiceTitan contract. What it does well, what it costs at volume, and options.
Trillet AI: Receptionist Pricing, Review and Alternatives
Trillet's AI receptionist is $49 a month for 150 minutes, inbound only, with calendars as its only integration. What you get, the limits, and better options.
Zoom AI Receptionist: Pricing, Review and Alternatives
Zoom's AI receptionist is $25 a month billed annually for 100 minutes and now works with any phone system. What it does, where it stops, and a fuller option.
AI Assistant That Calls You: Daily Briefings by Phone
An AI that phones you every morning with your day, or rings to remind you. What the call covers, what to ask for, and how to set one up in a few minutes.
An AI Assistant You Can Call on the Phone
Call your AI assistant from your own phone and have it move meetings, answer email and call people back. How it works, what to ask, and how to set it up.
AI Call Screening for Business: How It Works
AI call screening answers every call, knows who's calling, puts the right ones through and stops spam. How it works for a business line, and how to set it up.
AI News, Oct 20: DeepSeek Banned, Then Gives Itself Away
DHS ordered every federal civilian agency to rip out DeepSeek, which open-sourced its production inference stack hours later. Plus: banks block AI agents.
AI Voicemail: Answer Every Call, Transcribe the Rest
AI voicemail that picks up instead of beeping, transcribes and summarizes every message, texts the caller back and logs it all. How it works for a business.
Aloware: Pricing, AI Voice Agent, and Alternatives (2026)
Aloware is a HubSpot and Salesforce phone system from $30 a user, with AI voice agents from 10¢ a minute. What you get, what it costs, and alternatives.
Avoca AI: What It Is, Pricing, and Alternatives (2026)
Avoca AI answers calls and books jobs for HVAC, plumbing and roofing shops. What it does, how its quote-only pricing works, and the best Avoca alternatives.
Can Tab Make Phone Calls? One Way, and Not Reliably
Tab can place a call for you. It can't answer your phone, you can't call it, and testers say it doesn't finish the job. What Tab's calls miss, and what works.
ChatGPT Phone Number: How to Call ChatGPT (2026)
Call ChatGPT at 1-800-CHATGPT (1-800-242-8478), free for 30 minutes a month. The support line, the limits, and how to give ChatGPT a number that calls people.
CloudTalk: Pricing, AI Voice Agents, and Alternatives
CloudTalk costs $19 to $49 a user, with AI voice agents from $99 a month for 200 minutes. What you get, what adds up, and the best CloudTalk alternatives.
Kixie: Pricing, Features, and Alternatives (2026)
Kixie is a sales dialer and business phone with CRM sync and texting, but no AI agent that takes calls. Features, pricing and the best Kixie alternatives.
Leaping AI: What It Is, Pricing, and Alternatives (2026)
Leaping AI builds voice and text agents that answer calls and book estimates for remodeling contractors. What it does, how pricing works, and alternatives.
Posh Virtual Receptionist: Pricing and Alternatives (2026)
Posh charges $65 to $1,900 a month for live US receptionists, with AI minutes at half price. Every plan, the real cost per call, and the best alternatives.