WalioAI

The Vision

WalioAI is my 2026 bet on AI-powered lead generation. After building AI systems at VTEX, I saw an opportunity to bring agentic AI to small businesses.

The problem: Small businesses spend hours manually responding to DMs, comments, and messages. They miss leads, respond too slowly, and can’t scale their sales conversations.

What WalioAI Does

WalioAI is an AI agent that handles lead generation across social platforms:

Instagram DM automation — Responds to DMs with context-aware, natural conversations
Facebook Messenger — Qualifies leads and books appointments automatically
WhatsApp Business — Full conversational AI for sales and support
Multi-language support — Native Spanish and English, with more coming
CRM integration — Syncs leads to your existing tools

Technical Architecture

WalioAI is built on modern AI infrastructure:

AI Layer

Custom LLM fine-tuning for sales conversations
RAG pipeline for business-specific knowledge
Multi-agent orchestration for complex workflows

Platform Integrations

Meta Graph API for Instagram/Facebook
WhatsApp Business API (Cloud)
Webhook-based real-time processing

Infrastructure

AWS Lambda for serverless processing
PostgreSQL for conversation state
Redis for real-time session management

Current Status

WalioAI is in active development:

Why Now?

The timing is perfect:

LLMs are mature enough — GPT-4 and Claude can handle nuanced sales conversations
API access is available — Meta opened up their APIs for business automation
SMBs need AI — Enterprise has AI, but small businesses are underserved

Building in Public

I’m documenting the entire WalioAI journey on my blog and social media. Follow along for:

Technical deep-dives on AI implementation
Business decisions and pivots
Revenue and growth updates

Built by juanships.com — My 2026 AI bet.