Author: Oriol Zertuche

Oriol Zertuche is the CEO of CODESM and Cody AI. As an engineering student from the University of Texas-Pan American, Oriol leveraged his expertise in technology and web development to establish renowned marketing firm CODESM. He later developed Cody AI, a smart AI assistant trained to support businesses and their team members. Oriol believes in delivering practical business solutions through innovative technology.

Customer Success Story: Century 21

Streamlining Real Estate Processes with the Power of AI

At Century 21, a leading real estate brokerage, keeping up with complex and ever-changing regulations is crucial to success. However, deciphering intricate legal documents can be a daunting task even for experienced professionals. That’s where Cody, an AI-powered tool, came to the rescue.

“I found myself in a meeting with my brokerage about a month ago, our Broker of Record deciphering a newly proposed, convoluted real estate bill, riddled with indecipherable legalese.” – Ron O’Neil, broker @ Century 21 

Faced with a challenging situation, one of Century 21’s agents, who also works as a trainer for AI, decided to turn to Cody for assistance.

“In a span of half an hour, I meticulously fed the bill and associated data sets into Cody.”

The agent was initially hesitant about the outcome, but the results exceeded all expectations.

“I introduced her to the software’s interpretation, leaving her utterly astounded at Cody’s adept capabilities.”

Not only did Cody help the Broker of Record understand the complex bill, but it also opened up a world of possibilities for the entire brokerage.

“Afterwards, I illustrated its vast applications and potential for seamless business integration, marking a transformative moment for our brokerage.”

Thanks to Cody, Century 21 now has a powerful tool at its disposal to tackle even the most intricate legal documents. This AI-driven solution has streamlined their processes, improved efficiency, and empowered their team to focus on what they do best – providing exceptional real estate services to their clients.

Spirit House, Home to the Nation’s Top-Ranked Chef, is Cooking Up Success with Cody AI

Spirit House, a nationally renowned restaurant and cooking school, has found the perfect recipe for success by incorporating Cody, the AI-powered business assistant, into their daily operations. With a unique setup that offers both a dining experience and a learning opportunity, Spirit House hosts nine classes per week, allowing customers to learn how to create delicious dishes like award-winning head chef, Tom Hitchcock

Recently named Australia’s best chef, Tom Hitchcock is a master in the culinary world, and now, with the help of Cody, students and customers alike can learn from the best. Spirit House has been using Cody to provide their customers free recipes and cooking tips, and the results have been incredible.

“Cody has about 30 recipes in the knowledge base, and people are loving it.” – Acland Brierty, Owner of Spirit House

By incorporating Cody into their daily operations, Spirit House provides their customers with free recipes and cooking tips, yielding incredible results and positive feedback.

“A guy wanted a recipe for a green curry and then asked if it was lactose-free, and obviously Cody knew that it was but that info was not in our knowledge base.”

By using Cody to learn from the best, Spirit House has enhanced its customers’ experience and showcased the potential of AI-powered assistants in the culinary world. The future looks bright and flavorful for Spirit House and Cody as they continue to cook up success together.

“I really like where Cody is heading and am happy to support it. We have some great stories about customer interactions with Cody.” – Acland Brierty, Owner of Spirit House

Customer Success Story: An MIT technologist, The Wright Gardner, and Cody AI

Embracing Innovation and Streamlining Business Operations with Cody AI

Business efficiency fanatic and MIT grad Nick Haschka co-owns The Wright Gardner, a San Francisco-based indoor office plant design and maintenance service provider that caters to some of the biggest tech companies and VC firms in the Bay Area.  Although not a tech company themselves, they understand the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest trends to better serve their clients.

The Challenge: Creating Engaging Content and Streamlining Communication

As a business that relies heavily on written content for marketing and customer engagement, The Wright Gardner faced the challenge of producing high-quality blog posts, social media updates, customer reply emails, and other written materials. They needed a solution that would not only improve their team’s productivity but also adapt to their unique communication style and business operations.

The Solution: Cody AI as a Sales and Marketing Assistant

“The team has been invigorated with the boost of productivity the tool has provided, as well as the excitement created by participating in what feels like a new work revolution. Our Cody AI knows a ton about our business, our operations, and our communication style because we’ve trained it using a bunch of our internal knowledge documents, guides, and more and we are adapting it to be useful across more and more internal functions.” – Nick Haschka, Co-Owner of The Wright Gardner

How to maximize productivity with better information management

The key to staying ahead of the competition in any industry? Efficient and effective information management. Data is the lifeblood of modern businesses and those that master its management and learn how to leverage it to find actionable insights soon find themselves leading the pack. To this end, AI can be the ace up your sleeve this spring, especially in the form of an AI-powered knowledge base. Keep reading to learn why.

A better way to organize data

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While it may be a challenging trading environment for many businesses, AI is the answer for those looking to optimize productivity through better information management. It delivers the power of automation (with all its benefits) in a highly practical tool for business. AI knowledge bases are proving to be a boon for streamlining data organization. The old manual ways of storing and retrieving information were time-consuming and prone to error, but with an AI knowledge base a company can centralize their information and make it easy for employees or customers to access it as they require.

Machine learning algorithms, on the level of a chatbot business tool like Cody AI, are able to analyze the content and “understand” the context. That means you can ask Cody to suggest relevant tags and categories and use it to sort data automatically, sparing employees from such a tedious task and allowing them to focus on strategizing instead.

A more efficient way to share the knowledge

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The ability to share knowledge quickly and effectively can be a crucial competitive advantage that helps to maximize productivity and minimize errors. Cody’s advanced natural language processing (the same API as ChatGPT) and semantic search make it possible to interact with it as one would with an especially knowledgeable coworker. Ask for information, and the chatbot will respond with an articulate answer and the relevant supporting documentation.

This also makes it easy to bridge siloes between departments and branches. This can ensure sales and marketing teams stay aligned, for instance, or that staff are on the same page about best practices and company policy. Employees gain a vast repository of information at their fingertips, which can be explored with the ease of making a simple request.

More efficient knowledge-sharing has benefits across the board, from boosting employee training and performance to improving customer satisfaction and retention when used as a customer support tool. It also helps to support a collaborative work environment, and statistics from Frost and Sullivan show that effective workplace collaboration can boost business sales by 27%.

A tool to help you make smart decisions

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In a world driven by data, every decision can be an informed decision if access to relevant information is readily available. But you won’t need to manually sort through data to extract insights if you have an AI-powered knowledge base to do it for you, saving you untold hours and helping to ensure that you don’t miss a thing.

Cody AI can process large datasets and quickly identify trends, patterns and correlations that the human eye could miss, and it offers real-time analytics and predictive capabilities. That all helps you to make informed decisions that minimize risk and lead to greater productivity.

Research from McKinsey Global Institute has found that data-driven organizations are 23 times more likely to acquire new customers, six times more likely to retain them, and 19 times more likely to be profitable. That powerful advantage can be yours to leverage with a knowledge base chatbot to help you make sense of your data and extract value from it.

Enabling a future-ready business

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To be ready for the world of business that will define tomorrow, organizations need to modernize the way they process and manage data. Economic uncertainty lingers this spring and may be here for some time, yet opportunities abound for businesses that are moving forward and capitalizing on the value that new technologies offer.

The digital age is all about access to information, and by streamlining data organization, facilitating knowledge sharing and providing intelligent decision support, you can empower employees to access and leverage information more effectively. So why not see what Cody AI can do for your business with a free trial.

AI Knowledge Base Software: The Future of Business Documentation

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Things move quickly in today’s world, and sluggish old processes just don’t cut it anymore. That’s especially true of an organization’s documentation process, which traditionally was always quite labor-intensive and error-prone. The emergence of AI-enhanced knowledge base software has thankfully changed all of that, and it’s unlocked a host of other benefits that any business would be wise to capitalize on.

Efficient data organization and retrieval

Most businesses generate enormous volumes of data, all of which needs to be managed somehow. Some of it will be important, and a lot of it won’t be, but it’s vital to have a streamlined and efficient process to ensure that it can be properly sorted and stored appropriately. In the digital age, as research confirms, automation is the only way to go.

What’s required is software that uses advanced algorithms and natural language processing to categorize and tag documents in a centralized repository. The result is a highly efficient documentation sorting process that makes finding specific information easy, reliable and quick. No more sifting through files and folders, and no more misfiled or misplaced documents. That, of course, means more productivity and increased employee satisfaction, but also compliance.

Ensuring compliance

Compliance with data storage regulations and industry standards is crucial for businesses to avoid penalties, legal complications, and reputational damage. Using AI to streamline the process ensures that the necessary documentation is correctly categorized, readily accessible and up to date, reducing the risk of non-compliance. Furthermore, AI-powered search functionality can make audits and compliance assessments more efficient.

Getting compliance wrong is not a mistake you want to make if you consider the cost of the penalties. Fines for contravening the EU’s GDPR start at $11 million or 2% of a company’s annual revenue.

Automated content creation

Giving knowledge base software AI capabilities, something akin to OpenAI, opens the door for the ability to automate the creation of certain types of content. By analyzing existing documents, the software can be taught how to generate new content, using predefined templates or specific guidelines. This can be a useful way to reduce the time and effort required to write something like a training manual, or a customer support document. Automating the production of such content also ensures consistency across the organization.

Enhanced collaboration and knowledge sharing

More collaborative companies are able to drive 27% more sales, according to data from Frost & Sullivan. A business needs effective collaboration in order to thrive, and a platform for the seamless exchange of information is essential, with the ability to edit and review documents simultaneously, regardless of location. By enabling such a platform with AI-powered software, however, a business can ensure version control, notify relevant stakeholders of changes and updates, and assist with the general flow of information.

Document analysis and insights

Natural language processing (NLP) and advanced AI algorithms make a company’s knowledge base a much more dynamic and useful asset, rather than just a static library. It means that the software can analyze documents and extract valuable insights from unstructured data. This can be especially useful for large volumes of customer feedback, for example, market research reports, or legal documents. The ability to automatically extract key information from such documentation, from emerging trends to sentiment analysis, allows organizations to get more value from their data while processing it in real-time.

This helps with…

  • Meeting compliance requirements and reducing risks
  • Learning about customers and their expectations
  • Identifying market opportunities
  • Making informed strategic decisions

Continuous learning

Advanced AI algorithms aren’t static and can actually learn from interactions with users and from feedback it receives. Over time, it will learn the patterns and gain a better understanding of user requirements, helping it to become better at responding to instructions, providing more accurate search results and suggesting more relevant documents.

A tool to support a modern business

AI-enhanced knowledge base software is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their documentation processes. The power of AI allows them to streamline and automate documentation workflows with the result being new levels of efficiency and productivity, enhancing the flow of information and accelerating business processes. We’d like to show you how such technology can help your business thrive, with a free trial of Cody AI.

 

How Natural Language Processing Can Unlock The Power of Your Company’s Knowledge Repository

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Natural language processing (NLP) capabilities have a come a long way in a relatively short space of time, bringing a range of powerful new tools to the business world. One of the most impactful applications must be the integration of NLP and knowledge repositories. Keep reading to learn why.

Broadly speaking, natural language processing allows businesses to transform their static information repositories into dynamic, intelligent systems that increase information availability and offer a host of associated benefits. Namely…

Enhanced search and retrieval

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Traditional keyword-based search functionality in knowledge repositories has its limitations, often yielding inaccurate results. By incorporating NLP technology, however, businesses can leverage far more advanced search algorithms that understand the meaning and context of a query, as well as the intent behind it.

That means more accurate and relevant search results, making it far easier for employees to find the information they need. With less time spent searching, NLP-enabled search in a company’s knowledge repository can significantly increase productivity.

Improved information extraction

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Extracting information from unstructured data sources the old manual way is time-consuming and error-prone. NLP technology can help to automate such tasks, with the ability to analyze and extract key insights from any of the text sources that have been uploaded to the database. This can save valuable time and resources while ensuring that all information is captured correctly.

Knowledge discovery and insights

An NLP-enabled knowledge repository system can be used to analyze text data to find patterns and relationships that wouldn’t be obvious to a human. This can lead to uncovering hidden opportunities, learning about emerging market trends, competitor intelligence, or revealing customer sentiment. With NLP, a new level of insight becomes possible, making it easier for data to drive decision-making.

Something to keep in mind: research from McKinsey & Company found that data-driven organizations are 23 times more likely to acquire customers, demonstrating that initiatives to make data more accessible are sure to pay off. In fact, they can make all the difference, especially in a tough economic environment.

Intelligent chatbots and virtual assistants

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A chatbot with NLP capabilities trained on a company’s knowledge repository becomes a powerful business tool with a number of applications. It allows a business to provide personalized and immediate support for both customers and employees. Since an NLP-powered chatbot can “understand” a user’s query, it can provide more relevant responses. It can take the pressure off support teams by handling product queries or assist the HR department by responding to information requests such as questions about company policy. It can even help the IT department with troubleshooting. What’s more, a smart chatbot can be available around the clock.

Compliance and risk management

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Complying with regulations is always paramount but an NLP-enabled knowledge repository can be a big help since it can be used to automatically analyze and categorize large volumes of legal documents, contracts, and industry-specific regulations. It can quickly identify and extract relevant information to help decision-makers ensure compliance, mitigate risks and streamline auditing processes. This can help to reduce the chances of legal or regulatory issues, which can be hugely costly (an average of US$4 million in revenue, according to research from the Association for Information and Image Management).

Continuous learning and improvement

Natural language processing models combine rule-based modelling for language with machine learning and deep learning models, which means an NLP-powered knowledge repository can learn from interactions with users and feedback. The NLP algorithms can therefore improve over time to provide more accurate and relevant responses, better recommendations, and improved user experiences.

Empower your knowledge repository

By integrating natural language processing capabilities into your company’s knowledge repository, you open a world of value with tools for practical applications that can save your organization time and money, deliver invaluable insights, and ensure that every team, from legal to marketing, always have the information they need at their fingertips. We call such a tool Cody AI, and it’s reshaping the way companies operate in profound ways. You can discover what it can do first-hand by starting your free trial today.