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AI assistant for small business owners

MiyoMind is an AI assistant that small business owners run inside WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord or a web dashboard. From one chat, Miyo drafts customer emails, books and reminds you of appointments, writes social posts and images, and runs live competitor research with citations — so a one-person business operates like it has a back office.
Last updated June 2, 2026

Running a small business means being the salesperson, the marketer, the bookkeeper and the support desk before lunch. MiyoMind gives you one assistant — named Miyo — that lives in the apps you already use. You text it like a capable employee, and it handles the busywork that eats your day: replying to customers, keeping your calendar honest, producing simple marketing, and digging up what competitors are doing.

What can an AI assistant do for a small business owner?

MiyoMind covers the recurring, low-leverage work that keeps a small business owner off the things only they can do. Because it is a single conversation rather than a stack of separate tools, you do not switch apps or copy-paste between them — you just describe what you need.

  • Customer email drafts — replies to enquiries, quotes, follow-ups and polite chase-ups, in your voice.
  • Scheduling — book, move and cross-check appointments against your calendar, and set reminders so nothing slips.
  • Marketing content — short social posts, captions, simple ad copy, product descriptions and promotional images.
  • Reminders — one-off and recurring (invoice day, stock reorder, license renewal) that fire to your WhatsApp, Telegram or Discord.
  • Competitor research — live web search with citations on pricing, new offers, reviews and local rivals.
  • Document work — read and summarise a supplier contract, an invoice PDF or a long email thread.
  • Memory — it remembers your business name, hours, tone and regular customers, so you stop re-explaining context.

Connect the tools you already run on, and Miyo can act inside them via secure OAuth: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Microsoft Outlook, Notion, Slack, and more across roughly 30 connectors. A connector becomes available once it has been configured.

How does MiyoMind work day to day?

You message Miyo the way you would message a member of staff — full sentences, half-sentences, voice notes. It reads documents you send, searches the live web when it needs current facts, and delivers finished files back into the chat. Here is how a typical day might read.

Morning: clear the inbox and set the day

You: A customer asked if we can deliver a 40-chair order by Friday. Draft a friendly reply saying yes, lead time is 2 days, deposit 30%.

Miyo: Drafts the reply in your tone, ready to send or tweak.

You: Remind me every Monday at 9am to send last week's invoices.

Miyo: Sets a recurring reminder that pings your WhatsApp each Monday.

Midday: marketing without a marketer

You: Write 3 Instagram captions for our spring 20% off sale, casual tone, with a call to action.

Miyo: Returns 3 options you can post as-is.

You: Make a simple square promo image: 'Spring Sale 20% Off', warm colours, our shop name.

Miyo: Generates the image and drops it into the chat.

Afternoon: know what the competition is doing

You: Check what the two cafes nearest me are charging for a flat white right now, and summarise their recent reviews.

Miyo: Runs a live web search and replies with prices and review themes, each with a source link.

You: Read this supplier PDF and tell me the payment terms and any auto-renewal clause.

Miyo: Summarises the contract and flags the renewal terms.

Everything happens in one thread. Because Miyo remembers what matters — your business name, your hours, your usual tone, your regular suppliers — you are not rebuilding context every time you open the chat.

Why use a chat-based AI assistant instead of separate apps?

Most small business software assumes you have time to learn a dashboard. A chat assistant assumes you do not. The interface is the texting you already do all day, so adoption is near-instant and it works from your phone between customers.

98%of small businesses use at least one tool enabled by AISource: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Empowering Small Business: The Impact of Technology on U.S. Small Business, 2024

The value is not novelty — it is recovered time. Drafting one customer email might take five minutes; doing it forty times a week is a chunk of a working day. Offloading the repeatable writing, scheduling and research to an assistant is where a one- or two-person business buys back hours.

How much does MiyoMind cost for a small business?

MiyoMind is credit-based, so you pay for actual model and tool usage rather than a flat per-seat fee for software you might barely touch. Start free, with no card required, and upgrade only when the volume justifies it.

PlanPrice / moCredits / moDedicated containerBest for
Free$0100No (shared direct-agent)Trying it out, light occasional use
Plus$14.996,000Yes — 1A working owner using it daily
Pro$39.9918,000Yes — 1Heavy email, content and research volume
MiyoMind plans for small business owners

One credit is worth roughly $0.005, and credits meter real usage — a quick reminder costs far less than generating an image or reading a long PDF. If you burn through a month's allowance, top-up packs are available (600 for $3, 2,000 for $10, 5,000 for $25, 10,000 for $50). Paid plans also give your business its own dedicated, sandboxed workspace.

How do I get started?

  1. Sign up free at miyomind.com — no card needed.
  2. Connect your chat surface: WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, or just use the web dashboard.
  3. Tell Miyo about your business once — name, hours, tone — so it remembers the context.
  4. Optionally link Gmail, Google Calendar or other tools via secure OAuth.
  5. Start delegating: ask for a customer reply, set a reminder, or run a competitor check.

Frequently asked questions

Is MiyoMind a good AI assistant for a one-person business?

Yes. MiyoMind is built around a single chat, so a solo owner can offload email drafting, scheduling, simple marketing and research without learning a dashboard. It remembers your business details, so you give context once and then just delegate tasks as you would to staff.

Can MiyoMind write and send my customer emails?

Miyo drafts customer replies, quotes and follow-ups in your tone from a quick instruction in chat. If you connect Gmail or Outlook via secure OAuth, it can work directly inside your email rather than just handing you text to copy. You stay in control of what actually gets sent.

Can it create marketing content and images?

Yes. Miyo writes social captions, short ad copy, product descriptions and promotional posts, and it can generate simple images like sale graphics directly in the chat. You can ask for several variations and pick the one that fits, then refine it in plain language.

How does the competitor research work?

Miyo runs live web searches and returns answers with source links, so you can check rival pricing, new offers, local reviews and market trends. Because results are cited, you can verify the source rather than trusting an unattributed summary.

Is my business data secure?

Every paid plan runs in its own sandboxed container with no public internet egress and zero stored external API keys, on a read-only root filesystem. Integrations and memories are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM, and a 10-layer prompt-injection defence plus output scrubbing runs on every message.

What does it cost to run for a small business?

Start free with 100 credits a month and no card. Plus is $14.99/mo for 6,000 credits and Pro is $39.99/mo for 18,000 credits, both with a dedicated container. Credits meter real usage, and top-up packs are available if you need more in a busy month.

Meet your new assistant

Already in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and the web. 100 free credits every month — no card required.