You don’t need to replace your software
Keep your CRM. Keep your accounting software. Keep your email. We’re not asking you to move off the tools you already use. We help manage the follow-up and next actions around them. More on your software.
Zhinova for Small Business
Your Zhinova Team, led by Zhina.
Zhina is your team manager. She drafts, tracks and reminds, and drafts completed jobs for your approval.
- Runs your core business functions - Lead follow up, Client outreach, Inventory, Accounting
- Gives you a morning brief
- Keeps track of what is still open until it’s done
Tell us what you’d like to move forward faster. Then pick a tier: The Zhinova Team or The Zhinova Team + Setup.
Why Zhinova
A bot team that fits the business you already run.
Not another database to feed
Zhinova is configured around the tools you already use. Its job is to make the next action visible and have routine drafts ready for your OK. We work around the way your business already runs.
Bots picked for your business
Your bot team is personalized to your business. We pick the desks that fit your work and set each one up with your language, your handoffs and your approval rules.
Bots that stay current
Your business changes, and your bot team should keep up. We send updates to your desks so they stay current, and you choose how you get them.
Nothing gets sent just because a computer decided to send it. You approve anything that goes out. You stay in control of decisions.
Everyday follow-up
The small next steps that keep a business moving
You know the kind of thing.
- A lead came in Tuesday and needs a reply Wednesday.
- A customer asked for a quote, and it’s waiting to go out.
- A vendor said the order would arrive Friday, and someone should check.
- An invoice went out last month and is ready for a friendly reminder.
- A job is moving, one person needs one thing, another needs something else, and it helps when someone keeps track.
Zhinova keeps those next steps visible until they’re done.
Inquiries, quotes, follow-ups
New questions get a reply drafted for your OK, quotes get a follow-up, and the next step is on the list instead of in your head.
Vendors, orders, open items
Vendors get a reminder, open work stays on one list, and you can see what still needs attention, without replacing the software you already use.
Invoices and payment follow-up
Payment reminders are drafted and waiting for your OK, so they go out when they should.
Your software
You don’t need to replace your software
Keep your CRM. Keep your accounting software. Keep your email.
We’re not asking you to move off the tools you already use. We help manage the follow-up and next actions around them.
- Keeping an open-item list
- Reminding you what needs attention
- Preparing follow-up drafts
- Tracking next actions
- Organizing information you already have
- Helping you see what is still waiting on someone
Nothing gets sent just because a computer decided to send it. You approve anything that goes out. You stay in control of decisions.
How it works
Four steps to your Zhinova Team.
Get the new X Premium plan and download Grok Bot
You’ll also need the new X Premium plan (about $30/mo) from x.ai/pricing, paid by you on your own account. It’s separate from Zhinova and isn’t billed by us.
Choose your plan and tell us about your business
Within 1 business day, we email your setup steps, Zhina’s setup message and your bot instruction files from setup@zhinova.ai.
Paste Zhina’s setup message
Paste it as-is into the app’s first chat. That chat becomes Zhina, your team manager.
Zhina builds your team with you
One step at a time, with a short test for each bot. Every email or text a bot drafts waits for your approval.
Pricing
Two ways to get The Zhinova Team.
Both tiers set up your full bot team: a set of desks, one bot each. We pick the desks that fit your business — see Pricing. Both tiers are a one-time price and include 3 months of weekly update emails.
The Zhinova Team
$499 one time
Your full bot team (Zhina, your team manager, plus the bots picked for your business), setup paste, and 3 months of weekly update emails. After that, updates are $129 a month. Details.
The Zhinova Team + Setup
$1,497 one time
Your full bot team, a live setup call, lead-email setup, and 3 months of weekly update emails. Details.
You’ll also need the new X Premium plan (about $30/mo) from x.ai/pricing, paid by you on your own account. It’s separate from Zhinova and isn’t billed by us.
Need something custom or for a larger team? Enterprise and custom builds by call.
Proof
Proof, kept honest
- 140+ residential flips/renovations
- Operator-run South Side PM and construction
- Built because we use it ourselves
We built this because we use it — running a business creates more follow-up than one person can keep in their head. No fake case studies. Walkthroughs show live work, not a brochure. You approve what goes out.
Who built it
Chicago operators who got tired of carrying every loose end in their head.
Derek Light
Illinois Managing Broker · Chicago-licensed GC
Derek is a Chicago real-estate operator across construction, renovations, property management, and brokerage. Zhinova grew out of the follow-up, bid, job, and open-item problems in his day-to-day operator work — more than one person can keep track of alone.
Lori Wyatt
Real Estate Growth Partners · SSBA President
Lori is a Chicago real-estate operator with 30+ years across brokerage, acquisitions, renovations, and investor transactions. She is a principal of Real Estate Growth Partners and President of the South Side Builders Association.
Ready when you are
Tell us what you’d like to move forward faster.
Then pick a tier: The Zhinova Team ($499) or The Zhinova Team + Setup ($1,497).