Nigerian Builds U.S. AI Startup Tisabot To Automate WhatsApp Sales

A Nigerian entrepreneur, Israel Kehinde, has built a U.S.-based AI startup, Tisabot, to help businesses automate sales, customer support and marketing through WhatsApp.

Tisabot.com, an AI and conversational commerce platform, will launch on August 3 with tools designed to help businesses manage customer conversations, run campaigns and convert chats into sales using artificial intelligence.

Kehinde said millions of businesses use WhatsApp to communicate with customers, but still rely on manual messaging for sales and marketing.

He said Tisabot wants to automate the processes through the official WhatsApp API.

The platform functions as an AI sales assistant that responds to customer inquiries, answers questions, recommends products, follows up with leads and provides customer support.

The startup has also partnered with Eleven labs to introduce ShopOnTisa, a WhatsApp-based eCommerce marketplace where businesses can upload products, receive orders, answer customer questions and complete transactions without a website or mobile app.

The company said its platform supports text and voice interactions to enable businesses engage customers through conversations on WhatsApp.

“Our vision is to become the operating system for businesses that run on WhatsApp. We believe the future of commerce will be driven by conversations, where customers simply send a message and AI handles sales, support, and engagement instantly,” Kehinde said in a statement made available to THE WHISTLER.

Tisabot is preparing for its minimum viable product (MVP) launch in Delaware, United States, and is raising a pre-seed round to support product development, WhatsApp integrations, customer acquisition and team expansion.

The startup said it plans to support small and medium-sized businesses, particularly in emerging markets, through AI-powered conversational commerce tools.