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    AI Assistant for Coaches and Consultants: How They Use Sabi

    How coaches and consultants use an AI assistant for client prep, content, leads and follow-ups, from 296 coaches on Sabi, with briefs to copy.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
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    What We Shipped This Week: October 8 – October 15, 2026

    Our busiest week ever: 119 updates shipped and 139 customer-reported issues resolved. Here's everything, in plain English.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder
    A balance scale with a warm phone message thread and a small circle of founders on one pan and a cracked glass tower of glowing servers on the other, illustrating Sabi vs ChatGPT Dots

    Sabi vs ChatGPT Dots: The ChatGPT Alternative for Small Business

    ChatGPT Dots are OpenAI's always-on agents, from $100 a month on Pro. Sabi is the AI-human hybrid built by a small business for small businesses.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
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    Automate to Accelerate Alternative: Sabi vs Callan Faulkner's A2A

    Weighing Callan Faulkner's $8,997 Automate to Accelerate (A2A) program? Sabi is a simpler first step: the AI assistant with the training included.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    Illustration of an open bookkeeping ledger with a red checkmark, a clipped stack of receipts and a phone with a message thread for a post on how bookkeepers use an AI assistant

    How Bookkeepers Use an AI Assistant for Client Work and Leads

    Sabi is your personal assistant. If you're a bookkeeper, here's how to use her for client checks, receipts, unpaid invoices and qualified leads.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder

    What We Shipped This Week: October 1 – 8, 2026

    Our biggest week ever: a new iPhone app, real PDFs, social posting that actually posts, reminders that actually arrive — 109 updates shipped and 247…

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder
    A phone with a message thread beside a house with a red door, a house key and a row of nearby homes, for an AI assistant for real estate agents

    AI Assistant for Real Estate Agents: Comps and Leads by Text

    Sabi Pro now pulls comps, active listings, market stats and Follow Up Boss leads for real estate agents, by text or web chat. Here is how it works.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder, Inovo Studios
    A founder's desk with a phone message thread and a stack of envelopes, under one window split between a crescent moon and a rising sun, illustrating Sabi's Night Shift and Day Shift

    Night Shift Got Sharper, and Day Shift Is New

    Sabi's Night Shift now leads with what changed instead of repeating last night. And Day Shift is new: she reads your inbox and calls every few hours, all day.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder
    A six-tier stacked cake with a phone message thread and a clay-red padlock on top beside founders around a table, the layers behind the best AI agent for small business

    Best AI Agent for Small Business: Why Free Isn't Cheap (2026)

    The best AI agent for small business is the one that gets built into your systems, backed by humans, and keeps your data yours. Here's the 6-Layer Test.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A locked wooden door with a warm light beside an open, glitching screen spilling personal data, illustrating Sabi as a secure alternative to Meta Muse

    Sabi vs Muse: A Secure Alternative to Meta's AI Agent

    Meta's Muse shared a user's home address and synced private messages. Sabi is a secure Muse alternative that asks before it acts and never trains on your data.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder, Inovo Studios
    A balance scale on a founder desk weighing a phone with a message thread against a line-drawn brain, illustrating Sabi vs MyGentic

    Sabi vs MyGentic: Which AI Assistant Does the Work for You?

    Sabi vs MyGentic compared on price, channels, integrations, and fit. One does your admin over text; the other feeds your context to ChatGPT and Claude.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder, Inovo Studios
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    AI Budgeting App With Real Bank Data: Sabi Now Connects via Plaid

    Sabi is an AI budgeting app you text. Connect your bank through Plaid and ask for a spending summary, a subscription audit, or a live dashboard.

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    Stephen DiazFounder, AI For Companies
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    AI Cold Email Assistant: Sabi Now Connects to Instantly

    Sabi now connects to Instantly, so you can run cold email by text. What an AI cold email assistant does, the 5-minute setup, and 7 tips that lift reply rates.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A brass padlock resting on a phone showing a chat thread, with two keys beside it on a wooden desk, illustrating whether Meta Muse is safe to connect to a business

    Is Meta Muse Safe? Why I Won't Connect My Business to It (Yet)

    Meta Muse is a great product I still won't wire into my business. Here is the security, ad-money and lockout risk every owner should weigh first.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession

    What We Shipped This Week: September 17 – 24, 2026

    A community week: Sabi can now post your wins for you, text you when someone replies, and share her memory with ChatGPT or Claude — 15 updates shipped and…

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder
    Illustration of bank transactions flowing into a Google Sheets grid through a phone text message, one row highlighted, for getting bank transactions into Google Sheets automatically

    How to Get Bank Transactions Into Google Sheets Automatically

    Get bank transactions into Google Sheets automatically by texting Sabi. Connect your bank through Plaid, build a 4-tab tracker, and let it refresh at 4am daily.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession

    What We Shipped This Week: September 10 – 17, 2026

    Your bank, your store, and your second Outlook inbox all join Sabi this week: 19 updates shipped and 99 customer-reported issues resolved. Here's…

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder
    Make a Google Sheet look good using AI: a plain ad campaign sheet next to the same sheet after Sabi formatted it with a styled header, currency and green, yellow and red status cells

    How to make a Google Sheet look good using AI: just text Sabi

    Make a Google Sheet look good using AI with one text. Sabi adds a frozen header, currency formats, banded rows and green, yellow and red status cells.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    Sabi logo and an envelope above the words Connect your custom email to Sabi

    Connect Custom Email (Yahoo, AOL, etc.) to Sabi

    Step-by-step settings to connect Yahoo, AOL, Verizon, AT&T, IONOS, GoDaddy or any other email to Sabi.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder
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    The Sabi iPhone app is now on the App Store

    The free Sabi app for iPhone connects Apple Health, Reminders, and Contacts to the assistant you already text. Here's what it does and how to set it up.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder
    Sabi and Shopify logos above the words Connect your Shopify store to Sabi

    Connect your Shopify store to Sabi

    What Sabi can do with your Shopify store, and the five-minute setup, step by step, with pictures.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder

    What We Shipped This Week: September 3 – 10, 2026

    A week about Sabi doing what you asked, quietly and on time: 32 updates shipped and 148 customer-reported issues resolved. Here's everything, in plain English.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder

    What We Shipped This Week: August 27 – September 3, 2026

    Our biggest ticket-clearing week yet: 34 updates shipped and 205 customer-reported issues resolved. Here's everything, in plain English.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder
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    Best AI Executive Assistant in 2026: The Buyer's Shortlist

    The best AI executive assistant in 2026 is Sabi, an AI-human hybrid with unlimited use, weekly founder calls, and courses. Our top 10, plus 21 more.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a stack of envelopes with a paper draft against a phone with a message thread, calendar, chart, and receipt icons, illustrating Sabi vs Fyxer AI

    Sabi vs Fyxer AI: Inbox Tool or Business Assistant?

    Sabi vs Fyxer compared on price, what each one does, and fit. Fyxer AI drafts email and takes meeting notes; Sabi runs your business tasks over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a folder, sticky notes, and a checklist against a phone message thread with a red checkmark, illustrating Sabi vs Saner.AI

    Sabi vs Saner.AI: Organize Your Work or Hand It Off?

    Sabi vs Saner compared on price, actions, integrations, and support. Saner.AI organizes your notes and tasks; Sabi does the work for you over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A brass balance scale on a desk weighing a phone with a short message thread against a group of small robots working at a computer screen, illustrating Sabi vs Grok Bot

    Sabi vs Grok Bot: Which AI Assistant Fits a Business Owner?

    Sabi vs Grok Bot compared on price, channels, setup, and support. Grok Bot gives you a team of AI agents to manage; Sabi runs your business over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a phone with a short text thread against a toy robot, gears, and a toolbox, illustrating Sabi vs Skydive AI

    Sabi vs Skydive AI: Build Your Own Agents or Text One Assistant?

    Sabi vs Skydive AI compared on pricing, setup, texting, and support. Skydive lets teams build their own AI agents; Sabi is one assistant you text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing an open envelope holding a letter against a phone with a message thread, calendar, chart, and receipt icons, illustrating Sabi vs Serif AI

    Sabi vs Serif AI: Which AI Email Assistant Fits a Founder?

    Sabi vs Serif compared on price, autonomy, tools, and support. Serif AI runs your Gmail or Outlook inbox; Sabi runs business tasks over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a phone with a short text thread against a laptop with a red notebook and index cards, illustrating Sabi vs Almanac AI

    Sabi vs Almanac AI: A Mac Workspace or an Assistant You Text?

    Sabi vs Almanac AI compared on pricing, setup, and support. Almanac is a $20 Mac workspace with an AI wiki; Sabi is an assistant you text who does the admin.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    Two phones with message threads on a founder desk, one circled by helping hands beside a coffee cup and notebook, the other beside a ringing phone icon, illustrating Sabi vs Toyo AI

    Sabi vs Toyo AI: Same Promise, What Else Do You Get?

    Sabi vs Toyo AI compared on price, live features, integrations, and support. Both are AI executive assistants in your texts; here is what differs.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A brass balance scale weighing a phone with a message thread and a briefcase against a coffee mug, sunglasses, and a plant, illustrating Sabi vs Poke AI

    Sabi vs Poke AI: Which Text Assistant Runs Your Business?

    Sabi vs Poke compared on price, iMessage, integrations, and support. Poke AI manages your personal life; Sabi runs your business over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a phone with a short message thread against a stack of settings panels, toggles, and a credit meter, illustrating Sabi vs Lindy AI

    Sabi vs Lindy AI: A Slack Teammate or an Assistant You Just Text?

    Sabi vs Lindy AI compared on pricing, credits, setup, and support. Lindy is a per-seat Slack teammate for teams; Sabi is an assistant a solo owner texts.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a spiral notepad against a phone message thread, a calendar, and an envelope, illustrating Sabi vs Granola

    Sabi vs Granola: The Granola Alternative That Acts on Your Notes

    Looking for a Granola alternative? Granola writes great meeting notes. Sabi reads them and does the follow-ups, CRM updates, and scheduling across 200+ tools.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale weighing a phone with a message thread and a briefcase against running shoes and a habit checklist, illustrating Sabi vs Tomo AI

    Sabi vs Tomo AI: Accountability Coach or Business Assistant?

    Sabi vs Tomo compared on price, integrations, and support. Tomo AI keeps you on track with personal goals; Sabi runs your business admin over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a phone with a short message thread against a tangle of server cables and a lobster claw, illustrating Sabi as an OpenClaw alternative

    The OpenClaw Alternative for Business Owners: Sabi vs OpenClaw

    Looking for an OpenClaw alternative? Sabi gives business owners the same do-it-for-you agent over text, without the server, the setup, or the security homework.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a morning briefing sheet, a bundle of envelopes, and a pocket watch against a phone with a message thread and checked calendar, chart, and invoice icons, illustrating Sabi vs Alfred AI

    Sabi vs Alfred AI: Which AI Chief of Staff Runs Your Business?

    Sabi vs Alfred AI compared on price, texting, integrations, and support. Alfred briefs you on email and calendar; Sabi does the work across 200+ tools.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A brass balance scale on a desk weighing a phone with a message thread against a miniature meeting room with a chart screen, illustrating Sabi vs Marcus AI

    Sabi vs Marcus AI: Team AI Employee or an Assistant of Your Own?

    Sabi vs Marcus AI compared on credits, channels, security, and support. Marcus is a shared AI employee for teams; Sabi is one owner's assistant you text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a phone with a message thread and a ledger against a grocery bag, house key, and toy car, illustrating Sabi vs Instinct AI

    Sabi vs Instinct AI: Business Assistant or Life Concierge?

    Sabi vs Instinct AI compared on pricing, access, privacy, and support. Instinct runs everyday errands; Sabi runs a business owner's admin over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a wooden contact card box and pipeline board against a phone with a message thread, email, and calendar icons, illustrating Sabi vs folk CRM

    Sabi vs folk CRM: A CRM You Work In, or an Assistant Who Works It?

    Sabi vs folk compared on price, AI, integrations, and fit. folk CRM organizes your contacts and pipeline; Sabi works your CRM, inbox, and calendar by text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a desk calendar with a clipped envelope against a phone with a message thread and inbox, chart, receipt, and calendar icons, illustrating Sabi vs Howie AI

    Sabi vs Howie AI: Scheduling Secretary or Whole-Business Assistant?

    Sabi vs Howie compared on price, human review, and scope. Howie AI is a scheduling assistant you CC on email; Sabi runs your whole business admin over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a phone with a short message thread against a row of seven blank staff name badges, illustrating Sabi vs Marblism

    Marblism Review: Sabi vs Marblism for Small Business Owners

    Our Marblism review: seven AI employees for $24 a month whose inbox drafts you still send. How it compares to Sabi on price, real work, and support.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A brass balance scale weighing a phone, laptop, and invoice folder against a lunchbox, school calendar, and grocery bag, illustrating Sabi vs ohai.ai

    Sabi vs ohai.ai: Which AI Assistant Fits a Mom Who Runs a Business?

    Sabi vs ohai compared on price, tools, and support. ohai.ai runs the household calendar; Sabi runs the business. Here is where each fits for mompreneurs.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A brass balance scale weighing a phone with a message thread, coins, and a ledger against a desk telephone handset, a paper airplane, and a calendar, illustrating Sabi vs Catch AI

    Sabi vs Catch AI: Which Assistant Fits a Business Owner?

    Sabi vs Catch compared on price, calls, integrations, and support. Catch AI runs an executive's calendar for $99/mo; Sabi runs an owner's business over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a phone with a short text thread against a laptop group chat and a stack of coins, illustrating Sabi vs Viktor AI

    Sabi vs Viktor AI: Slack Coworker or an Assistant You Text?

    Sabi vs Viktor AI compared on pricing, credits, Slack, and support. Viktor is a shared team coworker in Slack; Sabi is one owner's assistant you text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A brass balance scale weighing a phone with a message thread, a briefcase, and a ledger against a vintage alarm clock and a telephone handset, illustrating Sabi vs Martin AI

    Sabi vs Martin AI: Which Assistant Should a Business Owner Text?

    Sabi vs Martin AI compared on price, integrations, reviews, and support. Martin is a personal Jarvis-style assistant; Sabi runs your business over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a vintage microphone and blank page against a phone with a voice memo, an envelope, and a checked calendar, illustrating Sabi vs Wispr Flow

    Wispr Flow Alternative: Sabi vs Wispr Flow for Business Owners

    Looking for a Wispr Flow alternative? Wispr Flow types what you say in any app; Sabi does the work you describe. Pricing, features, and fit compared.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a phone with a message thread against a small town with an envelope and a panel of dials, illustrating Sabi vs Town AI

    Sabi vs Town AI: Which AI Assistant Fits a Business Owner?

    Sabi vs Town AI compared on pricing, channels, integrations, and support. Town is a credit-based assistant with its own email; Sabi is an assistant you text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a desk weighing a workbench of tiny envelope robots being assembled against a phone with a message thread and a checkmark, illustrating Sabi vs Carly AI

    Sabi vs Carly AI: Build Your Own Agents or Text One Assistant?

    Sabi vs Carly compared on price, credits, setup, and support. Carly AI lets you build email agents; Sabi is one assistant you text who does the work.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A brass balance scale weighing a phone with a message thread and invoices against a dumbbell, water bottle, and habit tracker card, illustrating Sabi vs folk

    Sabi vs folk: Texting Companion or Business Assistant?

    Sabi vs folk compared on price, integrations, and support. folk is a free AI friend in your texts that keeps you on track; Sabi runs your business over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession
    A balance scale on a kitchen table weighing a phone with a message thread and a briefcase against a lunchbox and a grocery bag, illustrating Sabi vs Ollie AI

    Sabi vs Ollie AI: Family Assistant or Business Assistant?

    Sabi vs Ollie AI compared on price, group text, integrations, and support. Ollie runs your household logistics; Sabi runs your business over text.

    Stephen Diaz
    Stephen DiazDirector of Obsession

    What We Shipped This Week: August 20 – August 27, 2026

    Another strong week: 24 updates shipped and 91 customer-reported issues resolved. Here's everything, in plain English.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder

    What We Shipped This Week: August 13 – August 20, 2026

    Another packed week: 34 updates shipped and 74 customer-reported issues resolved. Here's everything, in plain English.

    Bruce van Zyl
    Bruce van ZylCo-Founder

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