Grid AI launches WhatsApp bot that scans paper business cards and streamlines contacts for easy networking

Over 1.6 million users are now using WhatsApp to scan and save business cards - through a bot built by Grid AI. By messaging 'Hi' on WhatsApp number - +91 9985657678 and sending a photo of any card, users receive a structured, ready-to-save contact inside WhatsApp. 

No additional app or login is needed. The contact includes an “Add to Contacts” and "Direct Message" button and can also be exported to Excel or integrated with a CRM. The tool has become useful for professionals attending expos, investor summits, vendor meets, or hiring fairs - where business cards often pile up but rarely get followed up.

“Our users go to tons of meetings, just open their WhatsApp, and send photos of the cards they’ve collected, and directly send messages or followups from there, No one loses any lead ever” notes - founder Shubham Agrawal. “At the end of the day, they can export all the data and plug it directly into their systems.”

Grid AI, founded in 2022, is focused on simplifying how professionals manage connections. In addition to the WhatsApp bot, the platform offers a B2B Networking platform that boasts more than 2.5 lakh businesses listed across 280+ Industries Pan India in more than 100+ cities and 7 countries.

The platform allows businesses to create a fully functional business website in a few clicks, without any developer, without hosting or domain. A business can make its digital presence in minutes. Moreover - freelancers, consultants, and startup founders are also part of the community - it provides a one-page digital profile that acts as a personal identity kit, complete with branded QR codes, smart email signatures, and video-call-ready virtual backgrounds. 

The platform also allows users to track analytics, automate emailing and follow-ups, as well talk about their offerings in front of the community on Business Feed. Grid Club is the mobile app and is the highest-rated networking app on the Play and App Store. 

Event organizers use Grid’s QR-based registration tools to streamline check-ins. It eliminates excessive one-time printing and brings the entire solution on the mobile app. Where participants can scan QR and network on the go. And most importantly search right person to connect with and hold the connections on the application for life as the app even works after the event. 

With more than 2.5 million profile visits of business and 250k+ connections made on the app. The platform continues to shape how networking data is captured, structured, and put to use in reality.