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Why we build Ali-E, how the AI works, and where the product is heading.

News · 3 min · 2026-07-13

Ali-E CRM is now on the App Store — your business in your pocket

The native Ali-E CRM app passed Apple review and is live on the App Store. Manage deals, inventory and finances, and talk to your AI assistant right from your phone. Download it free.

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Coming soon · 7 min · 2026-07-11

Ali-E becomes software for your industry: restaurants, hotels, clinics and more — this August

The biggest update in our history. One core turns into purpose-built software for your business: menus and kitchen for restaurants, a booking site for hotels, patient records for clinics. Here's what ships at the end of August 2026.

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Product · 5 min · 2026-06-30

Ali-E CRM leaves beta: what's ready for launch

In 18 months Ali-E grew from an idea into a business operating system. Here's what's live in production and why the product is ready for public launch.

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Economics · 6 min · 2026-06-28

What SMBs really spend on software — and how to cut it to $29

CRM, inventory, finance, e-sign, website, email, calls — separately that's $200+/mo and an integration zoo. We run the real numbers and show the alternative.

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Recap · 5 min · 2026-06-24

Big update: everything we shipped this summer

AI call summaries, a website builder, a social analyzer, loyalty, a churn radar and dozens of integrations — in one overview.

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Update · 6 min · 2026-06-24

Team chat inside your CRM: messages, files, voice notes and read receipts

A built-in corporate messenger in Ali-E CRM: 1:1 and group chats with colleagues, photo, video, file and voice messages, read receipts, unread badges and notification sounds — no third-party apps.

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Update · 5 min · 2026-06-23

A big integrations catalog and import from any CRM or ERP

Dozens of integrations by category with a handy filter, and data from other CRMs and ERPs comes over via import — a painless move.

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Update · 6 min · 2026-06-23

Granular access control in CRM: give every employee exactly what they need

Role-based and item-level permissions in Ali-E CRM: grant access not just to modules but to individual sections — e.g. 'Products' without 'Deals'. Company settings stay owner-only.

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AI · 5 min · 2026-06-23

AI assistant for employees: helps with work without leaking restricted data

Ali-E AI now respects the employee's role: it helps a manager with their leads, tasks and clients but won't reveal finances, salaries or owner-only data. A safe corporate AI with access control.

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Update · 5 min · 2026-06-22

Call recording + AI summary and action items

Record calls with one button: AI transcribes the talk, writes a short summary and extracts action items — one click into the CRM.

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Update · 4 min · 2026-06-22

Weekly AI business digest

Every week — a short recap: what mattered, where it grew, where the risks are and what to do. Get it as a file anytime.

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Update · 5 min · 2026-06-22

AI social media analyzer: growth points in a minute

Paste a profile link — and the AI gives you a breakdown: strengths, problems, a content plan, best posting times and competitor benchmarks.

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Update · 4 min · 2026-06-22

Multiple companies in one account: switch workspaces in a click

Work across several companies or got invited to another? Ali-E CRM keeps all your workspaces in one account and lets you switch in one click — with your role shown in each.

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Update · 6 min · 2026-06-22

Who's online and busy: employee status, geolocation and a team activity report

Ali-E CRM shows who's online, which city they connect from, and builds a detailed activity report: time per section, leads handled, tasks, messages and calls — per employee, department and the whole team.

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Update · 6 min · 2026-06-21

Ali-E Sites: a website and store builder right inside the CRM

Build landing pages, multi-page sites and store fronts in minutes — and leads land straight in your CRM.

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Update · 5 min · 2026-06-21

Calls and collaborative whiteboards inside the CRM: audio, video and real-time work

Ali-E CRM unites communication and collaboration: audio and video calls to colleagues and clients without third-party tools, incoming calls that actually ring, plus interactive whiteboards with invites and live presence.

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Update · 4 min · 2026-06-20

Loyalty and referral program inside the CRM

Points, tiers and referral links — without a separate service. Repeat sales and word-of-mouth right in your CRM.

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Research · 4 min · 2026-06-20

Predictive churn: AI predicts which clients are leaving

The churn radar finds clients going quiet, explains why and suggests an action — while you can still retain them.

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Update · 3 min · 2026-06-19

QR business cards: scan it — the contact lands in the CRM

After a meeting or conference — point the camera at a QR card, and a lead with name, phone and company creates itself.

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Update · 4 min · 2026-06-18

Interactive whiteboard: from sketch to tasks via AI

Draw funnels and diagrams with your team, recognize handwriting and turn ideas into CRM tasks with one button.

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Update · 3 min · 2026-06-17

Team chat and smart conversation filters

Team chat and client conversations in one place, with custom filters by channel and segment.

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Security · 5 min · 2026-06-16

How security and data isolation work in Ali-E

Access is enforced in the database, keys live on the server, AI output is sanitized. The real approach, no marketing.

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Update · 4 min · 2026-06-16

E-signature and document scanner — no separate apps

Sign PDFs right in the browser, scan paper documents with the camera and auto-crop, and keep it all in one archive.

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Update · 3 min · 2026-06-15

Customizable dashboard with AI insights

Build your home screen your way: key metrics, charts and AI nudges about what to look at.

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Update · 4 min · 2026-06-14

Team, roles and departments: everyone sees their own

Invite staff, organize into departments and permissions. Access is enforced at the database level, not just the UI.

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Update · 4 min · 2026-06-14

The Ali-E mobile app: office in your pocket

iOS and Android with the same data as the web: leads, chat, calls, scanners and push. Your business stays in hand everywhere.

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Update · 4 min · 2026-06-13

Reports hub and analytics builder

Sales, managers, marketing and ABC/XYZ — in one hub. Ready reports and cuts without Excel exports.

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Update · 5 min · 2026-06-12

US Sales Tax across 50 states + DC

Automatic sales tax: home state, nexus, category rates and return generation.

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Update · 4 min · 2026-06-11

Documents from templates in one click

Invoices, acts and contracts are generated automatically: details filled in, PDF ready, document sent to the client.

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Update · 5 min · 2026-06-10

360° financial analytics

Live balance, receivables, deal forecast and asset structure — on one screen. Understand real profit.

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Update · 5 min · 2026-06-09

Inventory: cost price, batches and ABC analysis

Stock syncs with sales automatically, and cost of goods flows straight into finance and reports.

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Update · 5 min · 2026-06-08

AI manager now replies in Telegram, WhatsApp and Instagram

One AI handles every channel at once: qualifies the lead, answers from your knowledge base and hands off to a human.

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Product · 5 min · 2026-06-05

The AI manager that never sleeps: how the AI drives clients to a deal

A client writes on Telegram at 2 a.m. and gets a meaningful answer; by morning you have a qualified lead in your pipeline.

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Company · 4 min · 2026-06-03

Open beta: everything free, and your price is locked forever

We take no payments during beta. And those who are with us now keep founder pricing after launch — forever.

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Story · 6 min · 2026-06-01

Why we're building Ali-E: one AI instead of five subscriptions

Small businesses drown in a zoo of tools: CRM, inventory, finance and AI separately. We folded it all into one intelligence — here's why it changes the game.

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Release · 4 min · 2026-05-30

Ali-E enters open beta

We're opening the product to everyone: eight modules, one AI brain, one database. During beta it's all free.

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Research · 5 min · 2026-05-28

RAG in plain words: how our AI knows your specific business

Why the Ali-E assistant answers about your clients and deals, not in generic phrases. RAG explained without jargon.

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Research · 6 min · 2026-05-20

Our own Ali-E AI: why we're building an in-house LLM

Depending on someone else's AI is costly and risky. Here's how and why we're training our own language model for business tasks.

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About us · 7 min · 2026-01-10

Who's behind Ali-E: Farid's story and why we build this platform

Ali-E CRM didn't start with a funding round — it started with frustration. Meet founder Farid, our values, and the company we're building.

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