CortieUse cases: research and fact checks, live in your meeting
Cortie is an assistant inside your camera. It follows the meeting, and when someone says “Cortie,” it looks things up and drafts things right on your video, where everyone in the call can see them. Otherwise it stays quiet, apart from a short note now and then. Here are six moments where it helps, from research during sales calls to a live fact check in meetings.
Research during sales calls
A prospect asks how you compare on price, or brings up a company you’d rather look up than guess about. Instead of tabbing away mid-call, ask Cortie out loud.
Someone says“Cortie, what does Acme charge per seat for its team plan?”
On the videoA one-line answer appears beside the Cortie logo. Say “Cortie, tell me more” and the full answer follows on a card, with where it came from.
The same works for a live number, like today’s stock price. A bigger question, such as comparing several options properly, gets its own research card when it’s done.
A live fact check in meetings
Decisions often rest on a figure someone mentions in passing. Cortie checks facts about the world said in the meeting, even when nobody asks it to.
Someone says“That market roughly doubled last year, right?”
On the videoIf the claim is wrong, a short note beside the logo gives the right figure. If it’s right, the note confirms it with the detail you didn’t have.
A claim that checks out and that nobody asked about shows nothing, so the meeting isn’t interrupted. Your team’s own numbers, opinions and first-hand reports are left alone. If a question needs a proper comparison, a short note offers to do it once someone says “Cortie.”
Keep the key points on a card
A quick answer appears beside the logo and doesn’t stay long. When the room wants to keep looking at it, ask for a card.
Someone says“Cortie, put that on a card.”
On the videoThe answer goes on a card in the corner of your video, and stays there until someone says “close.”
Cards move by voice, no name needed: “close” closes the front card, “back” brings back the last one closed, and “hide” and “unhide” take all cards off the video and back.
Draft a comparison or a calculator on the spot
Some questions are easier to settle with something everyone can react to. Cortie can draft a comparison, a calculator or a few slides while you talk.
Someone says“Cortie, compare the three plans we just talked about, side by side.”
On the videoCortie first says what it’s working on, then the comparison appears as a card for everyone in the call.
Change it by talking to it: “Cortie, add the trial length too.” The card shows “Updating…” while it changes. If a request doesn’t say what to change, Cortie asks one short question on a card first.
Get a stuck discussion moving
The room goes quiet, or you keep going back and forth between two options. Cortie heard the discussion, so there’s nothing to re-explain.
Someone says“Cortie, give us three directions for how to get our first 100 teams.”
On the videoA card with a few directions, each drawn from what was just said, appears on the video for everyone.
It works better when you name the topic and talk it through for a few minutes first. Anyone in the call can ask, not only the person running Cortie.
Book the follow-up meeting
The meeting ends with “let’s pick this up Friday.” Cortie can put the invite together before anyone forgets.
Someone says“Cortie, let’s meet again Friday at 3 with Priya.”
On the videoA card shows the proposed invite. Say “yes” and Cortie books it; say “no” and nothing is booked.
This needs a connected Google Calendar or Outlook. Cortie can also move, rename or cancel a meeting you organize, and it changes nothing until the room says “yes.” If someone only mentions meeting again without calling Cortie, a short note offers to book it.
Try it in your next meeting
Pick Cortie as your camera in Zoom, Meet or Teams. Only one person installs it; everyone else just joins the call.