Our team won back 12 hours a week in 30 days. We were about to hire for research

By Jonathan Parsons Marketing · October 16, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog

Our team won back 12 hours a week in 30 days.

We were about to hire for research and first drafts.

Instead, we hired Viktor.

Viktor is our AI employee.

He lives in Slack and Microsoft Teams, and 50,000+ workspaces now have him on the team.

First, we tried pasting tasks into a chat window.

We still did the copying, the formatting and the follow up ourselves.

The hours never came back.

Then we mentioned Viktor like a teammate.

He connects to 3,200+ tools and delivers finished work.

Here is what he took over:

→ Research briefs with sources

→ Creative briefs from rough ideas

→ Caption first drafts

→ Partner shortlists with reasons

→ Outreach and follow up emails

→ Weekly reports on a schedule

He asks before any action he cannot undo.

So we stay in control of every final call.

The result: one hire we did not need to make, and a team that spends its week on strategy.

Add Viktor to Slack or Teams, connect your tools and hand him the task that eats your week.

Hire viktor.com for your team.

$100 in credits included, no card.

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In partnership with Viktor.

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