This AI Agent Can Negotiate Bills for You – if It Doesn’t Reject the Lower Offers

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Negotiating better rates for recurring bills is one of those life admin tasks that never gets done. Even with prices going up each year, it’s easier just to stay where I am, especially when I’m in a busy season of life. (Aren’t we all?)

But in this economy, even small savings are worth the effort. I’ve used AI to help draft negotiation scripts and identify places in my budget where there’s bloat, but I still had to make the phone calls myself.

There’s nothing I despise more than spending my lunch break yelling, “Speak to a human!” So surely, if these companies make us talk to AI agents, we as customers can use AI agents, too.

I came across Kudos, a voice agent that calls providers on your behalf and negotiates end-to-end. Or so it says. I’ve found that a lot of AI companies overpromise and underdeliver on their...

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