2025-11-12 Small Business Daily

Welcome to Silk Logic's Small Business Daily Podcast! I'm your host, here to break down today's biggest news in AI and automation for business owners. Coming up: a phone-answering AI that could triple your sales, a new Google tool to supercharge free marketing, and how small banks are using blockchain to unlock cash—all practical, all actionable. First up, would you trust AI to answer your business phone? Thousands of small businesses already do. Beside, a Paris-based startup, just raised thirty-two million dollars to expand their AI receptionist. This tool doesn't just answer calls—it remembers customer details, books appointments, and even follows up, all as if it's your own top-notch assistant. Businesses like a New Jersey landscaping company say it’s “invaluable,” and an insurance agent credited Beside with tripling his new business overnight—from forty thousand to one hundred twenty thousand dollars. For over twenty thousand paying customers, it’s like having a perfect memory and