NextCallAgent
About

An AI venture studio run by an operator

NextCallAgent is a Toronto AI venture studio founded by Sam Arami. We audit, build and run custom AI systems for mid-market companies, and where it fits, we take part in the upside instead of billing by the hour.

How the studio started

Sam Arami was an investment banker at RBC Capital Markets in Toronto by 22. He left, failed at five businesses, then built SimpliScale, his first AI agency, and exited it.

One client changed the model. A pharmaceutical company hired him to build a custom system, and instead of a flat fee he partnered with them. Three things came out of that deal. Partnering beats billing. The client's network is the real asset, because one relationship in a vertical opens dozens of similar businesses. And a custom build for one dream client becomes a product the rest of the industry can license.

NextCallAgent is those three lessons turned into a company. We pick a high-value vertical, build one system for one serious operator, run it until the numbers hold, then license it across the industry. The studio model page explains it step by step.

What the name means

The first systems we shipped were AI voice agents that answer inbound calls in under a minute and book the next call. The name stuck. Today the studio also builds CRMs, document intelligence, workflow automation and paid growth systems, and the voice agents still run.

Where AI Venture Launch fits

Sam also runs AI Venture Launch, a 24-week accelerator where credentialed professionals and agency operators learn the same model and close their first $10K to $50K AI deal. The studio is where the model gets run. The accelerator is where it gets taught. The two feed each other: what works in a live client build ends up in the curriculum within weeks.

The people

Who runs it

Sam Arami, founder of NextCallAgent

Sam Arami

Founder

Sam Arami is a Toronto-based founder of NextCallAgent, an AI venture studio, and AI Venture Launch, a 24-week accelerator that teaches operators to close mid-market AI deals. He is a former RBC Capital Markets investment banker and the founder of SimpliScale, which he exited. He has spoken at Dan Martell's AI Summit and the Global AI Show in Dubai, and has collected $2.1M across AI ventures and coaching in three years. Full story at samarami.com, or on LinkedIn.

Armin Barati, founding partner at NextCallAgent

Armin Barati

Founding partner

Armin comes from the sales side of the table. He is a broker with an award-winning RE/MAX brokerage in Toronto, with over $150 million in career transactions, a finance degree, and earlier years in commercial land development. At NextCallAgent he leads client partnerships and revenue, so every system is judged on booked calls and closed deals. LinkedIn.

How we work

Four things we hold to

  • The person modelling your P&L is the person accountable for what ships. Strategy and engineering sit in the same room, so the roadmap never says something the build cannot deliver.
  • Production before decks. An engagement is judged on a system running with real calls and real leads, and on the number it moved.
  • Mid-market only. Our clients run companies between roughly $5M and $50M in revenue. That is where one system changes the P&L and where the licensing model works.
  • Every result is verifiable. Each client on our clients page can be reached by reference call. If anyone has ever paid NextCallAgent or Sam Arami for work and did not receive it, they get a full refund by emailing sam@theaiclubhouse.com.
Next step

Talk to the founder.

One call with Sam or Armin. We map where custom AI and paid media move your numbers, and you leave with a clear next step.