OpenAI dots for sales: what to hand off and what to keep
How a seller can use OpenAI's new dots: a setup checklist, prompts to copy for before and after calls, and the live-call gap OpenAI's own pages leave open.
Beka Gurgenidze
Sales executive at Axelize. Writes about live sales calls, price conversations and how sellers choose their tools.
How to handle price objections live (when you freeze)
Scripts for a price objection, the data on why the silence feels so loud, and a drill where one reply loses the deal. Plus what live AI help can hand you.
AI CRM for founder-led sales that fills itself in
Which CRMs fill themselves in from your sales calls, what they cost, and where a CRM that records calls ends and a tool that helps during one begins.
Top voice sales assistants in 2026, by who does the talking
Voice sales assistants are three different products. AI that calls for you, AI that helps on your call and AI to practice against. Prices checked 14 Oct 2026.
We asked ChatGPT and Perplexity which sales copilot to buy
We asked ChatGPT and Perplexity what to buy. Who they named, why page count beat quality, and how to shortlist a tool.
AI sales call assistant that doesn't record the call
No bot, no audio and no transcript are three different promises. What seven live assistants store, read from their own privacy pages on 14 Oct 2026.
Real-time AI sales assistant pricing in 2026
What 12 live sales assistants cost, which free plans are real, and where the cheap tier stops giving you live answers. Read from vendor pages on 14 Oct 2026.
Gong alternative for a small team that works live
Gong tells you what went wrong after the call. If you want help during it, here is what a small team can use instead, with prices checked on 14 Oct 2026.
What a sales intelligence platform does, and the part of the deal it never sees
Sales intelligence tells you who to call. Conversation intelligence tells you what happened. Neither helps in the call itself. What to buy, and in what order.
Best real-time AI sales assistants and copilots in 2026
Fifteen live sales assistants compared on what each hands you during the call, how it hears it, what it costs and who it suits. Checked 14 Oct 2026.
What an AI sales copilot should do while the buyer is still talking
Most sales copilots help before or after the call. The test of a real one is the four seconds after an objection. What it has to get right, with examples.
Microsoft Copilot for Sales (Sales agent): price and limits
Microsoft Copilot for Sales is now Sales agent, bundled with Microsoft 365 Copilot at $30 a user a month. What it needs, and what it misses during the call.
Jev and System One models: what they mean for sales teams
TypeSafe's Jev answers typed questions in milliseconds instead of writing text. Where it fits in a sales stack, what it cannot do, and how to test it.
The B2B discovery call guide
How to run a discovery call that qualifies the deal instead of collecting answers. What to ask, what the answers actually mean, and when to stop.
Post-call coaching arrives about a week too late
Conversation intelligence tells a rep what they got wrong after the deal has already moved. The useful window is four seconds wide, and it is during the call.
