Nordio
Nordio provides ANNE, an AI receptionist that answers small businesses' phones around the clock through call forwarding. ANNE engages callers in natural conversation, books appointments directly into the business's existing calendar, and sends text summaries of each interaction. The service is hosted in the EU under GDPR, with plans starting at €49/month for up to 100 calls.
- AI Agents
- Artificial Intelligence
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Small businesses frequently miss incoming calls while owners and staff are occupied with hands-on work, after hours, or on weekends. Each missed call represents potential revenue lost to competitors, yet hiring dedicated reception staff is cost-prohibitive for most small operations.
Solution
Nordio provides an AI receptionist called ANNE that answers a small business's phone number around the clock through call forwarding. ANNE engages callers in natural conversation, books appointments directly into the business's calendar without double-booking, and sends text summaries of each interaction. The AI is configured to match the business's tone and service rules, always identifies itself as artificial intelligence, and never guesses information it does not know—instead taking a message. Businesses retain control by deciding what ANNE may answer and promise, with setup completed within the same week while keeping their existing phone number.
Target Audience
Primary customers are small businesses in the Nordics, including tradespeople, clinics, hair and wellness salons, restaurants, accounting firms, lawyers, and property managers who miss calls while working and cannot justify hiring dedicated reception staff.
Features
- Always identifies itself as an AI at the start of every call, satisfying EU AI Act transparency requirements and building caller trust
- Never guesses or invents prices, times, or promises; takes a message when uncertain and notifies the business
- Direct calendar integration that books appointments from open slots with no double-booking
- Text summary sent to the business owner after every call
- Configurable tone, service rules, and call-answering schedule (all day, after hours, or after a few rings)
- Call forwarding on the business's existing number means no phone number change is required
- Hosted in Frankfurt with EU data-processing agreements and no ad tracking; calls are stored in the EU and not used to train general models
- Answers in Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, and English, understanding dialects
- Sends appointment reminders to customers to reduce no-shows
- Also answers on text, WhatsApp, and email, handing over to the business when needed