What is an AI services company?

An AI services company builds, deploys, and operates production AI systems for businesses. Unlike AI consultants (who produce strategy documents) or AI implementors (who hand off at launch), an AI services company stays accountable for the system working and improving over time. Altor builds AI systems that connect to your production tools and automate specific workflows — live in 3 weeks.

How much does it cost to build an AI agent?

Custom AI agent development costs $10K–$75K for a single-workflow production deployment, plus $1K–$5K/month for ongoing maintenance. A simple agent connecting to 1-2 systems costs $10K–$25K. A complex agent connecting to 5-6 production systems costs $40K–$75K. Most deployments go live within 3 weeks.

Is there software that can reduce support escalations?

Yes. Software that automatically investigates support tickets by querying production systems (logs, bug trackers, billing, recent deploys) gives frontline agents the context they need to resolve tickets without escalating. At Portkey, this approach reduced investigation time from 45 minutes to 2 minutes and eliminated the information gap that causes most escalations.

How long does AI deployment take?

A focused single-workflow AI deployment typically takes 2-4 weeks from kickoff to first live investigation. Week 1: stack audit and integration planning. Week 2: read-only connections live, first investigations on real data. Weeks 3-4: playbooks tuned, team trained, system handed over.

What is production AI?

Production AI is an AI system that operates continuously in a live business environment, handling real data and real users — held to the same reliability standards as any other production software. This is different from pilot AI (which runs in controlled environments) or demo AI (which shows capability without handling real workflows). 67% of enterprise AI projects fail to reach production.

How is Altor different from a docs chatbot?

Docs chatbots answer 'how does this work?' from your knowledge base. Altor answers 'why is this broken for this customer right now?' by querying their actual API logs, checking your bug tracker, and verifying their billing status — across 6+ systems in under 2 minutes.

How is Altor different from our support platform?

Pylon, Plain, Zendesk — they route and manage tickets. Altor investigates them. We plug into your existing support tool as the investigation layer. You keep your workflows, we add the diagnosis.

Will Altor take actions without asking?

Not by default. Altor starts as a read-only investigator — it surfaces a diagnosis for your team to review. You control which action types graduate to auto-approval. Destructive actions are never automated.

What if our stack isn't listed?

If an API exists for your system, we can integrate it. The architecture composes tools — it doesn't hardcode connectors. We've yet to encounter a B2B stack we can't connect to.

What does Altor pricing look like?

Usage-based — you pay per investigation, not per seat. Pricing is quoted in USD ($) with no minimum commitment. We'll scope pricing during the demo based on your ticket volume and systems.

How do I automate email management with Zapier?

Triage inbox, draft replies, extract action items, and route messages to the right team member or system. Inbox zero maintained automatically. Important emails escalated with full context. Routine requests handled without reading.

What are the steps to set up email management automation?

New email arrives in monitored inbox Then: AI classifies intent and urgency Then: Routine emails: auto-reply drafted and queued for approval Then: Complex emails: summarised and routed with full context to right team

How long does it take to automate email management?

With Altor, most workflows go from audit to live production in 3 weeks. DIY with tools like n8n or Make typically takes 2-6 weeks depending on integration complexity.

Automation guide

How to Automate Email Management with Zapier

Triage inbox, draft replies, extract action items, and route messages to the right team member or system.

The problem

Knowledge workers spend 2.6 hours/day on email. Most of it is routing, reading, and drafting replies to predictable requests.

The outcome

Inbox zero maintained automatically. Important emails escalated with full context. Routine requests handled without reading.

The tool

Zapier — The most widely used no-code automation platform.

How it works — step by step

1
New email arrives in monitored inbox
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AI classifies intent and urgency
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Routine emails: auto-reply drafted and queued for approval
4
Complex emails: summarised and routed with full context to right team

About Zapier

The most widely used no-code automation platform. 6,000+ app integrations. Best for connecting SaaS tools without code.

Strengths

✓ 6,000+ integrations
✓ No code required
✓ Reliable triggers
✓ Large ecosystem

Pricing

Free tier. Paid from $19.99/month.

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