Hey Product Hunt 👋 I’ve spent the last few years building AI automations for small businesses, and I kept running into the same problem across completely different workflows. Client intake, candidate screening, maintenance requests, customer research — underneath, they were all basically the same: Someone needs information from another person, and the other person needs an easy way to give it. A form is easy to send, but sometimes people would rather just explain something. And even when they fill it out, the first answer often creates another question. A call solves that, but now both people need to be there at the same time. I wanted something in between, so I built AskInstead. You tell it what you need to know, add your own questions or start from a template, then send one link. The recipient answers by voice or text, AskInstead asks short follow-ups when needed, and you get the answers back organized. Still early, so I’d genuinely love feedback — especially on where you’d use something like this and whether the follow-ups feel useful or annoying.

AskInstead

Voice & text conversations that ask useful follow-ups

Voice & text conversations that ask useful follow-ups