folk Assistants is a suite of AI sales assistants that works inside your CRM to automate critical sales tasks around the clock. Designed for sales professionals and teams, these assistants handle follow-ups, recaps, company research, and workflow automation, so reps can focus on closing deals rather than manual data work. The core value is having four intelligent assistants—Follow-up, Recap, Research, and Workflow—that proactively scan conversations, enrich profiles, summarize interactions, and send personalized emails, all without human intervention. This transforms the CRM from a static database into an active sales engine that drives engagement even while the team is offline.
Sales teams often lose momentum because follow-ups fall through the cracks, prospecting research takes hours, and context switching between deals leads to missed details. folk Assistants directly addresses these pain points by automating the detection of inactive conversations and surfacing personalized follow-up prompts. The Recap Assistant eliminates the need to scroll through long threads by generating instant briefs of any person, company, or deal. The Research Assistant saves hours of manual web searching by automatically enriching company data and creating research notes. These assistants ensure that no opportunity is forgotten and that every interaction is informed, allowing reps to move deals forward faster and with greater accuracy.
The Follow-up Assistant is designed to prevent deals from going cold. It continuously analyzes email conversations (Google or Microsoft) and WhatsApp chats to identify discussions that have gone inactive while still having a pending next step. When such a conversation is detected, the assistant sends a notification with a follow-up suggestion pre-written in the user's tone of voice and tailored to the conversation history. Users can control the inactivity threshold, choose which contacts or groups are included, and receive notifications in-app, by email, or on contact profiles. This feature ensures that every follow-up happens at the right moment, increasing the likelihood of re-engaging prospects and moving deals to closure. It removes the guesswork from timing and message content.
The Recap Assistant solves the problem of information overload by distilling all recent interactions with a person, company, or deal into a concise, structured brief. It scans emails, meetings, notes, WhatsApp messages, and LinkedIn activity, then generates an overview with key discussion points and upcoming actions. A standout capability is the ability to customize the recap format to match the user's sales methodology, such as MEDDIC, BANT, or a custom framework, ensuring that the summary highlights what matters most. Recaps are generated on demand and refreshed with a click, making them ideal for call preparation, re-engaging leads, or handing off accounts. This assistant effectively gives every sales rep a personal memory bank that never forgets critical context, enabling faster and more informed decisions.
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The Research Assistant automates the tedious process of gathering company intelligence. It enriches profiles with data such as industry, company size, funding, website, and location, drawing from providers like People Data Labs, and generates contextual research notes powered by Perplexity. Users can run research on individual companies or in bulk from table or pipeline views, and customize the research note with specific questions. The Workflow Assistant complements this by automating email outreach through trigger-based workflows. Users define triggers (e.g., contact created, field updated), optional filters (e.g., status becomes 'Qualified'), and the assistant sends personalized emails using templates with variable fields. If AI personalization is enabled, the assistant enhances each message based on recent interactions and notes.
folk Assistants operates as a cohesive system within the folk CRM. Users activate specific assistants for their groups and configure them to monitor conversations, enrich data, or automate sends. The assistants run in the background 24/7, scanning emails, WhatsApp chats, and LinkedIn activity for the Follow-up and Recap functions, while the Research and Workflow assistants operate on-demand or via triggers. For example, a user can set up the Follow-up Assistant with preferred inactivity settings, enable the Recap Assistant for all deals, and create a Workflow that sends a welcome email when a new lead is created. The assistants share a common data layer in the CRM, so a follow-up suggestion from one assistant can inform a recap from another. This integrated approach ensures that all sales activities are synchronized and contextually aware.
In practice, a sales rep using the Follow-up Assistant might receive a notification about a prospect who hasn't replied in a week, with a draft email based on previous discussion. The rep clicks send and re-engages the lead, shortening the sales cycle. A manager handing off an account to a new team member uses the Recap Assistant to generate a complete brief of the relationship, ensuring a seamless transition. The Research Assistant is invaluable for prospecting campaigns: a user can select a list of target companies, run bulk enrichment, and receive research notes that inform initial outreach. The Workflow Assistant allows a startup to nurture inbound leads automatically, sending a series of personalized emails based on lead score changes. The outcome is more efficient workflows, higher response rates, and a CRM that actively contributes to revenue generation.
folk Assistants is designed for sales teams, agencies, startups, and partnership teams who want to maximize the value of their CRM without manual effort. It works seamlessly with the folk CRM, which integrates with LinkedIn, Gmail, Outlook, WhatsApp, and more. The assistants are available as part of folk's premium plans, with a 14-day free trial for new users. The underlying technology uses AI from tools like People Data Labs for enrichment and Perplexity for research, while the Follow-up and Recap assistants leverage natural language processing to analyze conversations. No coding is required—setup is done through simple configuration panels. Overall, folk Assistants transforms a CRM into a 24/7 sales operations hub, giving teams the power to scale personalization and stay ahead of every opportunity.
folk Assistants is specifically designed for sales professionals, including sales development representatives (SDRs), account executives, and sales managers, as well as agencies, startups, and partnership teams that use CRM to manage relationships. It is ideal for teams that handle high volumes of leads and need to automate follow-ups, gain instant context on prospects, and research companies efficiently. Revenue operations teams can standardize outreach workflows across the organization. The product also suits independent consultants and small business owners who want to maintain a personal touch without manual administrative work. By automating repetitive tasks, it allows users to focus on high-value interactions that drive revenue.