He Built an AI Receptionist and Now Makes $118K/Month

#840 What if the secret to never missing a customer again cost less than your Netflix subscription? In this episode, host Brien Gearin sits down with Laurent Cohen, founder of GetOblic, a voice-first business directory that pairs AI agents with local and small businesses to help them capture missed calls and leads around the clock. Laurent shares his bootstrapping philosophy, explaining how he and his partner avoided VC funding in favor of building lean, staying laser-focused on customer pain points, and leveraging AI tools rather than trying to compete with them. He walks through how GetOblic works — from auto-generating business listings using public data, to deploying AI voice agents that handle inbound calls after hours and on weekends, to the "crowd training" infrastructure that makes each agent smarter over time. Laurent also discusses the critical role of trust in selling to small business owners, why he believes transparency about AI use is the future, and how an unexpected SEO benefit has become one of the platform's biggest selling points. With 2,000 customers and 800 minutes of daily voice interactions on the platform, Get Oblic is proving that the voice channel is far from dead — it's just getting started! What we discuss with Laurent: 0:00 The Phone Call That Changed Everything 0:35 Introduction & Laurent's Origin Story 2:09 What Is Voice AI & How It Works 9:20 Bootstrapping an AI Platform From Scratch 14:53 Why Small & Local Businesses Need Voice AI 20:52 Building Trust With Business Owners 26:47 AI-Powered Upselling & the Data Graph 29:38 Voice AI as an SEO Engine 33:57 AI Transparency & the Future of Trust 42:00 Growth, Metrics & Where to Find GetOblic Thank you, Laurent! Check out GetOblic at ⁠GetOblic.com⁠: https://getoblic.com/ To get access to our FREE Business Training course go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/training (https://www.millionaireuniversity.com/training)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And follow us on: Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/millionaire_university_mu/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MillionaireUniversityMU/) Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@millionaireuniversity_mu?lang=en) Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyG31bPcrqhbjvGsuz-JaXw) Twitter (https://twitter.com/Millionaire_Uni) To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors (https://www.millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors) . Want to hear from more incredible entrepreneurs? Check out all of our interviews here (https://www.millionaireuniversity.com/podcast) ! #entrepreneurship #ai #aitools #voiceai #aiforbusiness #aicustomerservice