Hi, I'm Ejiro — building an AI receptionist so contractors don't lose jobs to missed calls

Hi everyone, I'm Ejiro. I build tools for contractors — small teams who make their money on site, not at a desk.

The problem I kept hearing: jobs are lost before the work even starts. Industry surveys consistently find a large share of calls to small contractors go unanswered, and most callers don't leave a voicemail — they just call the next name in search. By the time the owner is off a ladder, that customer has often booked elsewhere.

So I built DispatchAI, and we're launching today: https://www.producthunt.com/prod...

How it works: it answers missed and after-hours calls 24/7 on the contractor's existing number. The caller can send a photo of the issue, DispatchAI drafts an estimate using the contractor's own rates, and the contractor approves before the customer ever sees it. It never auto-books. Voice from day one (texting follows after A2P registration), 7 languages, 10-day pilot, $199/mo or $499/mo depending on volume. Live demo at fielddispatchai.com/demo.

One thing I learned: the feature is the easy part — control is the product. Early testers rarely asked for smarter answers; they asked, can I stop it sending a price I didn't agree to? That is why every estimate waits for owner approval.

Question for contractors and fellow makers here: how do you handle missed calls today — voicemail, answering service, calling back when you can? And what would make you trust, or never trust, an AI to pick up first?

Feedback and tough questions are very welcome, especially on the approval flow and pricing clarity.