Massay: Convos does not permit manual human text handoffs
Andrew Massay · AI-Powered Political Texting with Andrew Missey of Convos | The Innovators & Investors Podcast · Jul 14, 2026 · at 18:04
Andrew Massay is co-founder of Convos, an AI-powered political text messaging platform.
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“So there's no way to manually text back because we kind of believe in our agent to, you know, run that conversation. And also the agent is able to respond within 14 to 15 seconds.”
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