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Coverage on this page tracks how AI is being applied — and contested — in and around the city of Fresno and Fresno County.",{},"\u002Fcities\u002Ffresno",{"title":87,"description":10},"cities\u002Ffresno","fresno","gOL2xk8y9t9OV6PPxP02OjYhZFHC_Cg-VGijh_V93dI",{"id":124,"title":125,"body":126,"county":146,"description":10,"extension":13,"intro":147,"meta":148,"navigation":21,"path":149,"seo":150,"stem":151,"tag":152,"__hash__":153},"cities\u002Fcities\u002Fmerced.md","Merced",{"type":7,"value":127,"toc":143},[128,132],[61,129,131],{"id":130},"ai-in-merced","AI in Merced",[66,133,134,135,138,139,142],{},"Merced is a research-heavy node in the Central Valley AI ecosystem. ",[70,136,137],{},"UC Merced"," faculty appear in national conversations about AI safety, autonomous vehicles, climate modeling, and pediatric health applications, while the ",[70,140,141],{},"Merced Unified School District"," and surrounding county institutions navigate the same K-12 and workforce questions the rest of the Valley faces. The articles below cover both the campus research story and the broader applied uses around the city and county.",{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":144},[145],{"id":130,"depth":11,"text":131},"Merced County","Merced punches above its weight in AI research, anchored by UC Merced — a leading West Coast hub for AI in agriculture, climate, autonomous systems, and health. 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Coverage below follows Modesto-area AI announcements and the wider Stanislaus County context.",{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":171},[172],{"id":161,"depth":11,"text":162},"Stanislaus County","Modesto and Stanislaus County sit between the Bay Area and the southern Valley, and their AI story reflects that bridging role — from agriculture and food processing to the **California State University Stanislaus** community to small businesses adapting to AI-driven changes in marketing, hiring, and operations.",{},"\u002Fcities\u002Fmodesto",{"title":156,"description":10},"cities\u002Fmodesto","modesto","l75Dc40MX8wTb4lD088Yx9we4ypuDwmcvE-uEdqqREc",{"id":182,"title":183,"body":184,"county":200,"description":10,"extension":13,"intro":201,"meta":202,"navigation":21,"path":203,"seo":204,"stem":205,"tag":206,"__hash__":207},"cities\u002Fcities\u002Fstockton.md","Stockton",{"type":7,"value":185,"toc":197},[186,190],[61,187,189],{"id":188},"ai-in-stockton","AI in Stockton",[66,191,192,193,196],{},"Stockton's economic base in logistics, healthcare, and higher education gives the city a different AI profile than the southern Valley. 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His shop, AmirGetsJobs, tracks which Central Valley businesses assistants name when people ask who to call for an attorney, an irrigation contractor, a dentist. The pitch is simple and blunt for local owners who live on word-of-mouth: if a bot says your name first, the phone rings.",[66,270,271],{},"That matters for readers here because referrals still drive sales in the Valley, and Haider argues the referral is moving to AI assistants that a customer already trusts.",[66,273,274],{},"Haider grew up here, graduated from Clovis West High School, then spent more than a decade at startups in Los Angeles before coming back to start what he calls an AI-native agency. He launched in March. \"Most businesses have not thought enough about their digital reputation and how it’s represented,\" he said.",[61,276,278],{"id":277},"what-the-agency-tracks","What the agency tracks",[66,280,281],{},"Each week, his team runs roughly 50 prompts across ChatGPT, Claude and Grok, saving results to see whether a client shows up. Different bots pick differently, so a tactic that lifts a law firm in one place gets tested in the others. The work looks like old-school SEO to owners at first, then the details change: cleaning up entity data, building content that answers exact local questions, and telling the story on channels the bots seem to read.",[66,283,284],{},"A box fan rattled in the hallway.",[61,286,288],{"id":287},"the-conversion-math","The conversion math",[66,290,291],{},"Haider’s internal numbers claim AI-sent customers are the highest intent. He says leads that arrive after a chatbot names a business are 17 times more likely to purchase than other traffic, and three out of four call after seeing the recommendation. He ties that to trust: if someone has used an assistant for months, they treat its picks like a friend’s tip.",[66,293,294],{},"And he argues it behaves like word of mouth.",[61,296,298],{"id":297},"what-changed-with-websites-and-social","What changed with websites and social",[66,300,301],{},"He points to a split he’s seen this year, rankings down while revenue goes up. With Google’s AI Overviews in the mix, he tells clients the website’s job has shifted. \"You don’t find your customers through your website any longer,\" Haider said. \"It’s no longer the days of a directory.\" The site convinces people who have already decided to call.",[66,303,304],{},"That’s pushed clients to try different lanes. He says YouTube is converting better than Instagram for some, while others see TikTok carry more weight. The common theme is making content that answers the exact ask a bot will see and summarize.",[61,306,308],{"id":307},"the-ad-piece-coming-next","The ad piece coming next",[66,310,311],{},"Paid placement is arriving inside the assistants too. OpenAI started testing ads in ChatGPT on Feb. 9, 2026, then opened a self-serve ads manager for U.S. buyers on May 5. Haider expects entry-level spending for small Valley firms to land in the low hundreds per month, and says his shop aims to earn visibility before clients have to buy it.",[66,313,314],{},"\"You don’t find your customers through your website any longer,\" he said. \"The assistant tells them who to call.\"",[66,316,317],{},[318,319,320,321,323,324,329],"em",{},"Central Valley AI is produced by the ",[70,322,239],{}," team and developed by ",[325,326,37],"a",{"href":38,"rel":327},[328],"nofollow",", a regional firm that builds, deploys, and integrates AI solutions for businesses across California's Central Valley.",[331,332],"hr",{},[61,334,336],{"id":335},"source","Source",[66,338,339],{},[325,340,341],{"href":341,"rel":342},"https:\u002F\u002Fthebusinessjournal.com\u002Ffresno-ai-agency-chatbot-referrals-amir-haider\u002F",[328],{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":344},[345,346,347,348,349,350],{"id":248,"depth":11,"text":249},{"id":277,"depth":11,"text":278},{"id":287,"depth":11,"text":288},{"id":297,"depth":11,"text":298},{"id":307,"depth":11,"text":308},{"id":335,"depth":11,"text":336},"2026-08-29","AmirGetsJobs founder Amir Haider says customers who find Valley firms through AI assistants buy at far higher rates, and he’s tracking which bots name which businesses.",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Ffresno-ai-agency-says-chatbot-referrals-convert-17x-better","---\nauthor: CVAI Newsdesk\ndate: '2026-08-29'\ndateModified: '2026-08-29'\ndescription: AmirGetsJobs founder Amir Haider says customers who find Valley firms\n  through AI assistants buy at far higher rates, and he’s tracking which bots name\n  which businesses.\ntags:\n- fresno\n- business\n- marketing\ntitle: Fresno AI agency says chatbot referrals convert 17x better\n---\n\n# Fresno AI agency says chatbot referrals convert 17x better\n\n## Key Takeaways\n\n1. Fresno’s AmirGetsJobs launched in March 2026, founded by Clovis West grad Amir Haider.\n2. The agency runs about 50 weekly tests across ChatGPT, Claude and Grok to see which firms bots recommend.\n3. Haider says AI-referred leads convert 17 times better and 75% call when a bot names a business.\n4. OpenAI began testing ads in ChatGPT on Feb. 9, 2026 and opened a self-serve ads manager in the U.S. on May 5, 2026.\n\nAmir Haider says the best new referral source in Fresno is a chatbot. His shop, AmirGetsJobs, tracks which Central Valley businesses assistants name when people ask who to call for an attorney, an irrigation contractor, a dentist. The pitch is simple and blunt for local owners who live on word-of-mouth: if a bot says your name first, the phone rings.\n\nThat matters for readers here because referrals still drive sales in the Valley, and Haider argues the referral is moving to AI assistants that a customer already trusts.\n\nHaider grew up here, graduated from Clovis West High School, then spent more than a decade at startups in Los Angeles before coming back to start what he calls an AI-native agency. He launched in March. \"Most businesses have not thought enough about their digital reputation and how it’s represented,\" he said.\n\n## What the agency tracks\n\nEach week, his team runs roughly 50 prompts across ChatGPT, Claude and Grok, saving results to see whether a client shows up. Different bots pick differently, so a tactic that lifts a law firm in one place gets tested in the others. The work looks like old-school SEO to owners at first, then the details change: cleaning up entity data, building content that answers exact local questions, and telling the story on channels the bots seem to read.\n\nA box fan rattled in the hallway.\n\n## The conversion math\n\nHaider’s internal numbers claim AI-sent customers are the highest intent. He says leads that arrive after a chatbot names a business are 17 times more likely to purchase than other traffic, and three out of four call after seeing the recommendation. He ties that to trust: if someone has used an assistant for months, they treat its picks like a friend’s tip.\n\nAnd he argues it behaves like word of mouth.\n\n## What changed with websites and social\n\nHe points to a split he’s seen this year, rankings down while revenue goes up. With Google’s AI Overviews in the mix, he tells clients the website’s job has shifted. \"You don’t find your customers through your website any longer,\" Haider said. \"It’s no longer the days of a directory.\" The site convinces people who have already decided to call.\n\nThat’s pushed clients to try different lanes. He says YouTube is converting better than Instagram for some, while others see TikTok carry more weight. The common theme is making content that answers the exact ask a bot will see and summarize.\n\n## The ad piece coming next\n\nPaid placement is arriving inside the assistants too. OpenAI started testing ads in ChatGPT on Feb. 9, 2026, then opened a self-serve ads manager for U.S. buyers on May 5. Haider expects entry-level spending for small Valley firms to land in the low hundreds per month, and says his shop aims to earn visibility before clients have to buy it.\n\n\"You don’t find your customers through your website any longer,\" he said. \"The assistant tells them who to call.\"\n\n*Central Valley AI is produced by the **CVAI Newsdesk** team and developed by [Kaweah Tech](https:\u002F\u002Fkaweah.tech), a regional firm that builds, deploys, and integrates AI solutions for businesses across California's Central Valley.*\n\n---\n\n## Source\n\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fthebusinessjournal.com\u002Ffresno-ai-agency-chatbot-referrals-amir-haider\u002F\n",{"title":237,"description":352},{"loc":354},"news\u002Ffresno-ai-agency-says-chatbot-referrals-convert-17x-better",[121,360,361],"business","marketing","5NTcXPDPU4gzqUVIKvPAIgymid_Iq-esPPB0X7A6M8w",1787963386137]