{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"In the Pit with Cody Schneider | Marketing | Growth | Startups","title":"His AI Voice Agent Answers 10,000+ Phone Calls for Restaurants Every Day","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/917272c2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2893,"description":"https://www.graphed.com/ - AI data analyst to build dashboard and get insights\nAI “agents” have been hyped to death—but very few are truly delivering real-world impact. In this episode, we cut through the vaporware with Christian Wiens, co-founder of Loman, an AI voice agent platform transforming how restaurants handle customer calls, orders, and reservations. Christian shares how Loman went from a two-person idea to serving hundreds of restaurants and hitting $1.5M ARR in record time. We dive into why voice is the most natural, context-rich way for humans to communicate—and how AI agents that do real work (not just answer questions) will change how we interact with businesses forever. You’ll hear how Loman’s restaurant agents integrate directly with POS systems to take orders end-to-end, the surprising reasons Gen Z prefers talking to AI over humans, and why the future of a brand’s “front door” may be an AI personality instead of a website. Christian also breaks down Loman’s explosive growth playbook—from ditching cold email for native social ads, to filming on-location customer stories that convert like crazy. We cover the realities of AI-generated ads, programmatic SEO, and why outcome-driven automation is the only AI worth paying for.\nWhat You’ll Learn in This Episode\nWhat really defines an AI agent—and why most products don’t qualify\nHow voice-based AI can capture richer customer context than any app or form\nThe operational pain restaurants face with missed calls and how AI solves it\nWhy customers don’t care if it’s AI or human—only that it gets the job done\nGen Z’s surprising comfort with AI calls (and discomfort with human ones)\nThe two make-or-break factors every AI agent needs to succeed\nHow to create “native feel” ad creatives that crush on social\nWhy hyper-specific vertical integration beats horizontal AI every time\nThe massive untapped potential for outbound AI voice (and the legal gray areas)\nChristian’s vision for a future where AI agents replace...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8hY4iJdp92BJonjIlukdVB7zj2Q7aUCZiKO6LVbqKdU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM4Mzk2LzE2OTQ0/NDk3ODAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}