Built for Local Business Phone Calls
An AI receptionist that answers calls, books appointments, and follows up automatically — texting missed callers back, reminding people about appointments, and re-engaging leads that went quiet. Handling the whole thing that happens around a call, not just the call itself.
A 15-minute conversation. Built around your business.
01 / THE CONNECTED FRONT DESK
FROM FIRST RING TO FOLLOW-UPMeet Ember, your AI receptionist. When you can’t pick up, Ember captures the details and gives your team a clear next step.
A new opportunity.
AFTER-HOURS INQUIRY“My AC isn't cooling. Could someone come out tomorrow?”
EMBER“I can help with that. What’s the service address?”
Appointment requested
ILLUSTRATIVE DEMONSTRATION · NO LIVE CALL OR BOOKING
Beyond the call
Most answering services stop at "we picked up." This keeps working after.
Someone hangs up before you answer? They get a text within seconds instead of calling your competitor next.
Automatic reminders cut down no-shows without anyone having to remember to send them.
A quote that's gone quiet for a week gets a follow-up on its own.
After the job's done, a quick text asks for the Google review while it's still fresh.
The goal is simple: fewer dead ends, faster handoffs, and more real opportunities turning into booked work.
Why voicemail leaks
67-80%
of callers who reach voicemail hang up without leaving a message.
Industry-cited estimate, not verified for your business.
Without Sunforge
Missed callVoicemailLost job
With Sunforge
AnsweredBookedCustomer gained
What the research says
It's a customer who already decided to buy, calling someone else instead.
62%
of calls to small businesses go unanswered.
411 Locals tracked 85 businesses across 58 industries: 37.8% answered live, the rest hit voicemail or rang out.
21x
better odds of qualifying a lead answered in 5 minutes instead of 30.
MIT Sloan / Lead Response Management study of 15,000 leads and 100,000 call attempts.
23%
of businesses never respond to an inbound lead at all.
Harvard Business Review audit of 2,241 companies. Average response time was 42 hours.
Published industry figures, not verified for your business. The only number that actually matters is your own.
Work out your own numberA customer needs help while your team is already helping someone else.
Configured around your hours, services, and the questions your customers ask.
Coverage for missed, overflow, and after-hours calls.
Clear call summaries and customer details to help your team follow up.
Connects with your existing tools, with support when things change.
These are the most common starting points. Additional systems can be layered in as the business grows.
Built around your business
Ember is our AI receptionist demo. She answers every call, books the job, and texts you the details - 24/7, even when you're closed, slammed, or at lunch.
Ember
Sunforge Digital · AI receptionist
One flat monthly rate. No contracts. No setup games. Runs alongside your existing number - never replaces it.
Answer the call on the right to see how it works - then hear the real thing, live.
No pressure. No hard sales pitch. Just a conversation about what a missed-call handler would look like for your business.
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Assessment call
A quick conversation about missed calls, weak handoffs, or where the site may be losing people.
Prefer to talk now?
719-424-5680No. It runs quietly alongside your existing number and team — it's a voice AI answering as your business, not a replacement for either. It's built to pick up when a call would otherwise go unanswered: after hours, during a rush, or when every line is busy.
It's configured around your hours, services, pricing, and the questions your customers actually ask. When a call comes in that would otherwise go unanswered, it talks through what the caller needs, checks real-time availability, and books the appointment straight onto your calendar — or takes a detailed message if it can't. You're notified right away with a summary of the call.
Yes — it's built to slot in alongside what you already use, not replace it. No new software for your team to learn, no rip-and-replace. Every setup is a little different, so tell me what you're on and I'll confirm exactly how it connects before we build anything.
Both. It can text a missed caller back immediately, send appointment reminders, and follow up on leads that have gone quiet — all without you doing anything.
The call isn't the end of the process. Depending on what you need, it can log the details wherever you keep track of customers, send a reminder before the next appointment, or check back in if something was left unresolved.
You don't have to take our word for it — call the interactive demo line yourself and hear how it handles a real conversation before deciding anything. The voice itself is customizable too: you can choose from hundreds of different receptionist voices, in multiple languages, to match how you want your business to sound.
No — it's built to work alongside your existing phone number, not replace your phone system.
Yes — many businesses run both. The receptionist answers calls; the website captures visitors who'd rather type than call. They work together to cover both the phone and online channels, so you're not missing opportunities either way.
