Following up on 100 business cards takes over 25 hours. AI sales support "WeSales AI" challenges the reality of only 1.0% "next-day follow-up".

A mountain of business cards received at exhibitions, networking events, social gatherings, and business meetings. According to a survey (conducted by Hammock Inc., 2022, n=301), approximately 40% of these cards are left unused. Specifically after exhibitions, only 1.0% of companies manage to follow up the next day. Furthermore, approximately 80% of potential customers who were not followed up end up purchasing from competitors within two years.

However, this is not limited to exhibitions. Are business cards exchanged at networking and social events not meeting the same fate? Many sales professionals likely have experienced this.

There are approximately 8 million sales professionals in Japan (Labor Force Survey, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications). Many of them are spending their time on writing emails and research, rather than on the business meetings they should be focusing on.

WeSales AI (WeSales AI) confronts this challenge, a next-generation sales support platform that tackles this structural issue with technology.

Why can't we follow up on exchanged business cards?

Researching and drafting an email for one company takes an average of 15 to 30 minutes. For 100 business cards, this is a simple calculation of over 25 hours. It is physically impossible to follow up the next day, and potential customers are lost to competitors.

This is not a matter of individual ability or effort, but a structural problem of insufficient time.

Networking and social events, another place for neglect

Not only business cards exchanged at exhibitions, but also those exchanged at daily networking and social events face the same structural challenges.

Conversations like "Let's definitely meet again soon" exchanged at the event can get buried under a pile of emails once back at the desk, and weeks pass by without notice. This is not limited to specific industries or job titles, but is a common issue in all situations where people meet directly.

And the biggest problem is that neglected business cards are not just lying dormant. There is data showing that approximately 80% of potential customers who were not followed up purchase from competitors within two years. Despite this, the reality is that less than 10% of sales representatives always send follow-up emails after exchanging business cards (according to Sansan Inc.). Most sales professionals are unable to capitalize on these encounters.

On the other hand, there are corporate case studies where the conversion rate to business meetings has improved sixfold compared to the past by digitizing business cards acquired at exhibitions immediately and starting follow-ups from the next day (according to Sansan Inc.). In other words, whether or not an encounter can be leveraged depends on the speed and quality of the follow-up.

Therefore, WeSales AI aims to create a state where "no business card exchange is missed as a business opportunity," not limited to the specific scene of exhibitions.

In other words, WeSales AI is directly challenging "zero business card neglect."

What is WeSales AI?

Its mission is "To free all sales professionals from email." And the product's promise is "Just press send, and you'll get a business meeting."

The main functions of WeSales AI are as follows:

Simply by taking a picture of a business card with your camera, the AI instantly scans the latest press releases, news, mission, and business details, allowing you to grasp the other party's current situation without the need for research. And most importantly, there's no need to open Gmail. Emails can be managed with an intuitive chat UI like LINE, and the AI learns the user's writing style to automatically generate replies that sound like them. By simply pressing the send button, the entire sales email process is completed.

Furthermore, with integration with Google Calendar, the entire process from scanning business cards to sending personalized emails and setting meeting schedules can be completed on a single smartphone.

The core message of WeSales AI is: "Faster than you, in your words. The AI doesn't write, it reproduces you."

This is why there's no template feel, and emails arrive in your own style.

This is the essential value of WeSales AI.

In addition, it is equipped with numerous features to support sales professionals' "next move," such as hallucination elimination through a patent-pending logic that determines the freshness and accuracy of information, and a function that detects and notifies about the latest news of registered companies.

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Response after release

Since the full Gmail integration, some users have reported improvements in reply rates and significant reductions in follow-up work time. Additionally, multiple reports of appointments acquired have arrived within 7 days of release.

Exceptional reliability for a personal tool

WeSales AI has passed the Google CASA Tier 2 review. This is a third-party review of cloud application security assessment established by the App Defense Alliance (led by Google, Meta, and Microsoft), meaning it has cleared 14 categories including API security, data processing, and authentication flows. At a price of 980 to 2,980 yen (tax included) per month, this is an exceptionally unusual level for a personal tool.

Furthermore, all generative AI models used by WeSales AI are commercial AI models, and user business card information and email content are not used for AI learning. As a service that handles personal and corporate information such as business cards, this point is not compromised, just like security.

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【Company Profile】

Company Name: WeSales Inc.

Representative: Kiki Kimura

Location: EX Ebisu Nishi Building 5F, 2-8-4 Ebisu Nishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Established: October 2025

Official Website: https://we-sales.com