Oam AI

I help your BNB guests check-in & out, find things in your house and even provide real-time recommendations.

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🐷 Hey, I am Hamoun - people call me Ham for short. 🐷

// A little about me //

I am a Techstars alumni and have been building stuff for the past nine years and I can say this is my most exciting launch yet, so I hope you stick around. In the past, I have worked with open data, smart home/buildings, IOT and even helped build an autonomous trash bin collecting robot at one point. 🗑️

💡 // Ah-Ha Moment // 💡

I recently bought a small vacation home in beautiful Pringle Bay, South Africa and wanted to completely automate the entire BNB process. I did what any smart home nerd like me would do and fit the place with smart door locks, lights, security systems, a robot vacuum and a smart HVAC system.

When it came to putting it up, I realized that with the tools available to me today, it was impossible to actually have a fully autonomous & self-catering unit. Especially if my wife and I planned to take trips abroad, we would constantly be worried about guests not getting answers to their questions while we were away. So I actually built the very first version of Oam for myself. Turns out, others find it cool too!

// How It works //

Oam is super easy to use. There are two interfaces for Oam, one being the host/property manager side. This can be found at app.oam.ai and when you login, you can create a new property and add some basic info. The real magic happens when you upload your property knowledge base. You can include docs, excel files and PDFs. You want to be as thorough as possible here but don't worry, you can come back and update at any time. These documents are where Oam gets its info, and uses that info to speak directly to guests. The more Oam knows, the less you need to intervene.

The second interface is even more intuitive. I wanted to have a "no app" approach for the guests side to remove any friction with interfacing with Oam. So we made sure to include both SMS and Whatsapp as possible ways to engage with it. All guests have to do is initiate a conversation with Oam with a 16-digit string. This "password" is unique to your property and allows Oam to pull the info associated to it. From there, your guests can engage with Oam right away. Whether is asking about check-in details, how to get to the property or even where the can opener is (my favourite).

// Conclusion //

Look Oam AI is still early and I appreciate your support early on. There are so many ways that Oam AI can grow and I already have a massive list of features and functions in the pipeline. I want to get Oam AI to a point where it could have a virtual fist fight with Hal9000 and win.

Eventually Oam AI will be able to do a lot more, including issuing smart door lock access codes that are time bound! But first I need to make this version of Oam AI perfect. That means a lot more listening (to yous), a lot more coding and a lot of welcomed sleepless nights kicking butt. I ultimately hope that at the end of the day, Oam AI brings a little bit of delight to your guests experience. That's how its going to be from the start - comments, feedback and ideas are worth gold and my inbox is open at anytime to anyone. Reach out at ham@oam.ai

💸 // Oam AI Is free for your first property // 💸

Oam AI is free for your first month, after that its $5 per month. For those of you managing more than 1 property, we offer an OAM AI premium tier, which is billed at $4 per month! Reach out to ham@oam.ai if you have any questions about our billing!

// Join Oam AI //

We are looking for all talent to help us build and scale Oam AI further. That includes more devs, designers, partners (investors cough cough) and any other adjacent talent that fits in! Please reach out to me, we don't have a lot of money at the moment but we have equity to give. ham@oam.ai

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