The half of selling that should run itself
Autocloz runs the repetitive half of the sales motion unattended: an AI SDR sources leads matching your ICP and enrols them, multi-channel sequences send themselves across email, calling, LinkedIn, SMS and WhatsApp, a compliance gate clears every touch before it goes out, missed calls get texted back with your booking link, and leads self-book meetings. Autonomous email outreach works on the free plan. AI voice calls are config-gated rather than on by default, and an AI-drafted follow-up is always reviewed by a human before it sends.
What runs unattended — and what does not
6 of these 9 jobs run without a person in the loop. The other 3 are held back on purpose, and the reason is printed on the row. Automation you cannot predict is not a feature.
| The job | Mode | What actually happens |
|---|---|---|
| Finding leads that match your ICP | Unattended | Define the ideal-customer profile once; the AI SDR keeps sourcing matching leads and enrolling them into a sequence without being asked again. |
| Sending the email sequence | Unattended | Autonomous email outreach runs out of the box on your own mailboxes, on the free plan, with warmup and sender rotation behind it. |
| Following up across channels | Unattended | Waits, branches and the next touch — LinkedIn, SMS, WhatsApp or a call task — fire on schedule and pause the moment the lead replies on any channel. |
| Compliance checks before every touch | Unattended | Quiet hours in the recipient's timezone, DNC and TCPA checks, A2P 10DLC for US SMS, DLT for India and Meta-approved templates for WhatsApp — enforced before the send, with a readable reason on every skip. |
| Texting back a missed call | Unattended | A call to your number that goes unanswered triggers an instant text with your message and booking link, and captures the caller as a tracked lead. |
| Booking the meeting | Unattended | Leads self-book on your booking page against live Google/Outlook availability, with reminders and reschedules handled for you. |
| AI voice calls | Human in the loop | Config-gated on purpose: you must enable Voice Autopilot, connect an active AI voice agent and add a call step. It is not on by default, and Autocloz does not start cold-calling your list automatically. |
| Turning a call into CRM data | Human in the loop | You bring the transcript; the notetaker writes the summary, action items and a follow-up draft onto the lead. A bot that auto-joins live Zoom, Meet and Teams calls is on the roadmap, not shipped. |
| Sending the AI-drafted follow-up | Human in the loop | The draft is written in your voice and filed on the timeline for review. It is never auto-sent — a wrong AI reply to a live deal costs more than the minute it saves. |
The parts that do the work
AI SDR
LiveThe always-on prospector. One ICP definition keeps producing matching leads and enrolling them, so the top of the funnel stops depending on somebody remembering to build a list this week.
Email autopilot
LiveSequences that send themselves on your own mailboxes, with a 21-day warmup, rotation across senders and deliverability monitoring in the same product that does the sending.
One cadence across email, calling, LinkedIn, SMS and WhatsApp, with a single pause-on-reply rule that applies no matter which channel the reply arrives on.
Compliance gate
LiveThe part that makes unattended sending safe to leave running: every automated touch clears quiet hours, DNC, TCPA, 10DLC and template rules before it goes out, or it defers with a reason you can read.
AI receptionist
LiveMissed-call text-back with your booking link, so an inbound lead who could not reach you is captured instead of calling a competitor next.
Notetaker
LiveThe CRM fills itself after the call: a structured summary, the action items and a drafted follow-up filed on the lead, instead of a rep typing notes from memory.
Autopilot questions
What does 'sales on autopilot' actually mean here?
It means the repetitive half of the motion runs without a person: sourcing leads that match your ICP, sending the sequence, following up across channels, clearing every compliance check, texting back missed calls and booking the meeting. 6 of the 9 jobs on this page run unattended. The rest are deliberately kept in human hands — AI voice calls are config-gated rather than on by default, and an AI-drafted follow-up is reviewed before it sends.
Will the AI cold-call my entire lead list automatically?
No, and it cannot be switched on by accident. The AI voice-call leg only runs once you enable Voice Autopilot, connect an active AI voice agent and add a call step to the sequence. Nothing about turning on the AI SDR starts placing calls.
Is automated outreach safe to leave running?
It is safe to the extent the guardrails are real, which is why the compliance gate runs before the send rather than as a report afterwards: quiet hours computed in the recipient's timezone, DNC and TCPA checks before a dial, A2P 10DLC registration before US SMS, DLT for India, and Meta-approved templates before a first WhatsApp touch. Every skip is logged with a human-readable reason and a recommended action, so a paused sequence tells you why instead of going quiet.
Does autopilot cost extra?
Autonomous email outreach works on the free plan, on your own mailboxes. Autopilot rules and the deal forecast start on the Growth plan, and the AI Sales Agent — AI personalisation and reply drafts — sits on Pro. AI runs on your own OpenAI or Anthropic key, so there are no AI credits to meter or top up.
What happens when a lead replies?
The sequence pauses for that lead across every channel, not just the one that received the reply, and the reply lands in the unified inbox against the lead and its deal. That single rule is most of what separates automation that helps from automation that emails someone who already answered.
How is this different from an AI SDR product?
A standalone AI SDR sits beside your CRM and hands work back to it. Here the prospecting, the sending, the compliance gate, the inbox, the CRM record and the booked meeting are the same system, so the lead timeline is complete and a rule like pause-on-reply can act everywhere at once. It also means the free CRM underneath it is the same product, not an integration.
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