AVPIA Launches Virtual SDR: AI Agent That Qualifies Leads and Books Meetings Inside WhatsApp
The solution responds on any channel, updates the CRM automatically, and only hands the opportunity to the sales rep once it's ready to close.
São Paulo, July 23, 2026.
AVPIA, a B2B commercial intelligence company, launches the Virtual SDR, an artificial intelligence agent that takes over the pre-sales stage of a commercial operation. The tool responds to leads via the official WhatsApp Business API, email, Instagram, Facebook, and web chat, qualifies the contact based on interest, profile, and urgency, books the meeting directly within the conversation, and updates the CRM without manual intervention. The plan costs US$39 per month, with a seven-day free trial.
Leads who reach out outside business hours usually wait until the next day to get a first response, and a good portion give up before that. The Virtual SDR responds the instant the message arrives, on any of the connected channels, and keeps the conversation's context even when the lead switches channels or picks the topic back up days later.
Qualification happens before any salesperson joins the conversation. The agent identifies interest, profile, and buying potential, logs the complete history in the CRM, and only hands the lead to the human team once the opportunity is ready to move forward. At that point, the salesperson receives the contact with the entire context of the conversation, without needing to repeat questions that have already been answered.
"Every company wants to grow, but few manage to scale their sales at the same speed the market demands. The Virtual SDR was created to eliminate that bottleneck, automating repetitive activities so sales professionals can focus on what no technology can replace: relationship-building, strategy, and generating new business," says Aquiles Casabona, founder and CEO of AVPIA.
The difference compared to a traditional chatbot lies in the depth of the interaction. A chatbot answers fixed questions within a pre-defined flow. Traditional automation executes rules without understanding the context of the conversation. The Virtual SDR qualifies based on each interaction, books meetings without manual message exchanges, triggers follow-up for those who haven't responded, and moves the pipeline in the CRM in real time — tasks that today depend on a human SDR or go uncovered outside business hours.
Deployment is handled by the AVPIA team, which oversees the setup and integration with the CRM and the channels the company already uses. The Virtual SDR doesn't replace the sales team: it qualifies and prepares the opportunity so the salesperson enters the conversation right at the decision point.
About AVPIA
AVPIA (Agente Virtual de Prospecção por Inteligência Artificial — Virtual AI Prospecting Agent) is a B2B commercial intelligence company founded by Aquiles Casabona and Juliana Cocurutto. The company develops AI agents for commercial operations, including the Virtual SDR, and integrates the solution with a proprietary CRM and sales intelligence modules.
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