Finance Oct 6, 2026
Hal
AI 'finance co-founder' for SMBs: reconciles books, flags problems, helps with decisions.
Announcement →New this week
Recent launches relevant to small businesses, week of Oct 6-14, 2026. Dates come from each announcement. Listing isn't an endorsement.
Support / Sales Oct 11, 2026
ConverseIQ
WhatsApp shared inbox, broadcasts, chatbot, AI assistant and CRM in one workspace.
Announcement →Website / Marketing Oct 12, 2026 (public launch)
WPMaven
Describe a business in a sentence and AI builds the site, store and first marketing, then runs it weekly.
Announcement →Operations Oct 12, 2026 (available)
Prokeep Order Pro
AI agents for distributor counter teams: draft replies, match products to orders, summarize threads.
Announcement →Phone / Scheduling Page updated Oct 10, 2026 (launch date UNVERIFIED)
Unmanually
AI voice assistant that answers your business line, books jobs and handles quotes/invoices by voice. From $49/mo (vendor page).
Announcement →AI platform Oct 12, 2026
Meta Muse Wonder
Meta's new frontier models for AI agents. Available now through the Meta Model API ($4 input / $20 output per million tokens, per Meta's developer blog); Meta says they'll soon power Muse, including Muse for Small Business, starting with subscribers.
Announcement →Support / Operations Oct 13, 2026 (TechCrunch contributor article)
Empacer
AI assistant for small service businesses (salons, repair shops, cleaners) that works across your existing tools and asks for approval before replying to customers. Web launch in the US, Canada, UK and Australia; mobile apps expected later in October.
Announcement →Pricing / Marketing Oct 13, 2026
DayClerk Price Planner
Free web tool that estimates how customers may react to a price increase and drafts the announcement email. Results are planning estimates, per the vendor.
Announcement →PR / Marketing Oct 13, 2026 (private beta)
Honeyjar
AI communications partner for messaging, media research, campaigns and reporting. Private beta opened to more US organizations, including small business owners.
Announcement →Free PDF + weekly email
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