Today we're launching Tenali AI Desktop on Product Hunt — and I want to tell you why this moment matters to me personally.

Three years ago, I lost a $2M deal at VMware because I couldn't answer two technical questions fast enough on a live call. Budget was approved. Champion was aligned. Legal was cleared. But at 5 PM on the last day of the quarter, when the prospect's security lead asked something specific, I didn't have the answer. By 6 PM, the deal was gone.

That moment broke something in me — and then it built something.

I taught myself software engineering and spent the next three years building the tool I wished I'd had on that call. Today, that tool is live.

What We Built

Tenali AI Desktop is a native Mac app that listens to your sales calls in real time, detects when a buyer asks a question, and surfaces the precise answer from your company's knowledge base — privately, on your screen, before you need to say a word.

No bot joins your call. No recording notification. No browser extension. No typing into a chatbot while your prospect waits. The answer just appears.

Your buyer doesn't know AI is involved. They just see a rep who always has the answer.

Why It's Different

Every sales AI tool on the market today either helps you before the call or after the call. The actual live conversation — the moment where deals are won or lost — has been completely unserved.

Bot-based tools tried to solve this, but they made it worse. The moment a "Recording Bot has joined the meeting" notification pops up, the conversation changes. Prospects get guarded. The candid moments disappear. Reps told us the same thing over and over: "I love the answers, but my prospects keep asking about the bot."

So we threw out the entire architecture and rebuilt from scratch. Tenali captures system audio at the OS level — the same technology that powers screen recording on macOS — without injecting anything into the call. It works on Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Dialpad, Orum, Nooks, WhatsApp, Slack huddles, and anything else that plays audio on your Mac.

We're calling this category In-Call Intelligence — and we think it's the missing layer in every sales team's tech stack.

The Details

• Platform: Native macOS app
• Setup: Download, drag to Applications, sign in. 30 seconds.
• Works on: Any application that plays audio — Zoom, Teams, Meet, dialers, WhatsApp, Slack huddles, and more
• Security: SOC 2 Type II certified. Audio processed in real time, never stored permanently, never used to train models.
• Pricing: $69/seat/month
• Trial: 14 days free, no credit card required

Support the Launch

If you've ever lost a deal because you didn't have the right answer at the right time — or if you've ever watched a rep stumble through a question they should have nailed — this is for you.

👉 Vote for Tenali AI Desktop on Product Hunt

Every upvote helps more sales teams discover a better way to handle live calls. And if you try it, I'd genuinely love to hear how your first call goes.

Learn More

For a deeper look at how In-Call Intelligence works and where it fits in your sales stack, read our full breakdown: Real-Time AI for Sales Calls: How In-Call Intelligence Works

Or just go to tenali.ai and try it on your next call.

— Aniket, Founder & CEO, Tenali AI