YC startup pitches AI customer surveillance

Y Combinator-backed startup Outlit argues every company will soon assign an AI agent to each customer, trawling call logs, sales data and social media to build real-time profiles that reduce churn and find upsell opportunities. The product is not yet publicly released.

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