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T Lott

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I Built an AI Business Agent That Runs on YOUR Free API Keys (ARIA v4)

I'm a registered nurse who worked 13 years of night shifts. I'm also a teacher, a mom, and a faceless content creator. I am NOT a developer.

But I just deployed a full-stack autonomous AI business agent — and I want to show you how it works.

What is ARIA v4?

ARIA (Autonomous Revenue & Intelligence Agent) is a 24/7 AI business partner that handles:

  • ✍️ Social media content — generates ready-to-post captions for every platform
  • 📧 Email drafting — professional replies, follow-ups, sequences
  • 📊 Customer CRM — Airtable integration, auto-logs every interaction
  • 🤖 Task automation — delegate repetitive work permanently
  • 💬 Business Q&A — ask anything, get instant AI-powered answers

The Smart Part: YOU Supply the Free Keys

This is what makes ARIA v4 different from every other "AI tool" out there.

ARIA runs entirely on your own free accounts. Zero monthly fees:

Service Cost What it does
Groq FREE Lightning-fast LLM responses
Airtable FREE CRM + data storage
OpenAI (optional) Pay-per-use GPT-4o quality upgrade
ElevenLabs (optional) Pay-per-use Voice output

No subscriptions. No platform lock-in. Just your keys, your data, your agent.

Live in 10 Minutes

  1. Go to console.groq.com → Sign Up → API Keys → Create → Copy
  2. Go to airtable.com/create/tokens → Create token → Copy
  3. Open ARIA → Setup tab → Paste both keys → Save & Test ✅
  4. Switch to Chat tab — you're live

Try it now: 👉 https://ziggylott-aria-v4.hf.space

Who It's Built For

Coaches, consultants, solopreneurs, and small business owners currently spending $2,000–$5,000/month on contractors and SaaS tools.

ARIA replaces:

  • Social media manager
  • Email copywriter
  • CRM data entry
  • Customer support chatbot
  • Business strategy advisor

The Tech Stack (For the Devs)

  • Frontend: Gradio 5.50 on HuggingFace Spaces (free hosting)
  • LLM: Groq llama-3.3-70b-versatile (user's own key)
  • CRM: Airtable REST API (user's own token)
  • Architecture: 4-tier fallback — on-device → Puter.js → Groq → direct

Everything runs on free tiers. The user's keys never leave their browser session.

Why I Built This

I spent nearly $800 building out my digital product business as a faceless creator. I needed something that could run the operations while I focused on content.

I couldn't afford to hire a team. So I built the team.

If I can do this as a non-developer night-shift nurse — you can absolutely use it.


🤖 Get ARIA v4: ziggylott-aria-v4.hf.space

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Ting Lott — RN, educator, and accidental AI builder

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