FAQ
How much does an AI agent agency cost?
Most AI agent agencies charge a one-time implementation fee to design and build your agents, then a monthly fee to run them. Covey uses this model: an implementation fee based on scope, then a monthly fee for each agent role you hire. Additional roles are discounted, and AI provider fees are included. Your first agents are doing real work within 2 to 4 weeks.
What's the difference between an AI agent and a chatbot?
A chatbot answers questions from a script. An AI agent does the work: it has a job description, tools, and access to your systems, and it completes tasks end to end, with an approval step before anything goes out. Covey builds agents that operate like employees, not bots that deflect tickets.
How long does it take to deploy AI agents?
With most custom builds, expect months. Covey clients' first agents are doing real work within 2 to 4 weeks: we codify how your business runs, build specialized agents, connect your tools, and launch with approvals in place, then manage the agents for you. Compounding results, like organic traffic and pipeline, typically show up within 60 to 90 days.
Is my data safe with an AI agent agency?
A serious agency scopes each agent to only the tools and data it needs and routes actions through approval before anything is sent or changed. Covey also gives each sensitive data source its own agent, logs every action, never uses your data for training, and for larger organizations sets access by role, so only the people who should see financial data can reach it.
What are the best AI agents for a team that works in Slack?
Most "Slack AI" options are chatbots added to a channel. If you want agents that actually do work from Slack, you want an agent team, not another bot. Every Covey team includes a concierge agent in Slack or Microsoft Teams: you ask it questions about your business, get project updates, and assign new work, and your agents return finished work for approval.
Is Covey a real company, or just a wrapper?
Covey is a real company that designs, builds, and manages AI agent teams for established companies. Each engagement runs in three phases: codify how the business runs, build specialized agent teams, then manage and expand them. More than 200 Covey agents are at work across our clients. Covey's founder helped companies grow from $0 to $80M in annual recurring revenue at Datanyze, Intricately, and HG Insights.
Should I build AI agents myself or hire an agency?
You can start yourself with Claude or ChatGPT, and many of our clients did. Getting agents to run reliably across your systems, without hallucinations or breakdowns, is a full-time job. Hiring an agency like Covey trades that work for a team that builds your agents within 2 to 4 weeks, runs them, and keeps them working.
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What does an AI agent agency actually do?
An AI agent agency designs, builds, and manages custom AI agents that do real work inside your business. Covey runs the full engagement: we map your data, systems, and processes, choose the highest-impact agents, build them with review built in, and manage them every week, adding responsibilities as they earn your trust. Typical teams cover marketing, sales, finance, and operations.
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