PlaceSuite AI™ wins 2026 dotCOMM Gold Award for Digital Communication.
AI chat that answers like an economic developer
A DCI custom-trained AI assistant that turns your organization's own information into expert-level answers for site selectors, executives, and residents.
An AI chatbot that knows economic development
PlaceSuite AI is built around defined personas. Each one reviews your data the way a working professional would, then answers in that professional's language, whether the question comes from a site selector, a corporate executive, a workforce prospect or a resident.
A generic chatbot
Scrapes your site and guesses
One voice for everyone, pulled from whatever it found on the open web, with no idea who is asking.
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PlaceSuite AI
Trained on what you authorize
Site data, incentive packages, and community profiles, answered in the voice a site selector, executive, or resident expects.
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This is a million times better than hunting for information across multiple sources.”
Richard Cornelison · Director, Economic Development · Cleco Power
One question, the answer each audience actually needs
Only knows what you tell it.
No random internet answers, no surprises. It speaks from the site data, incentives, and community information you approve, and nothing else.
Never clocks out.
Your best prospects research after hours. PlaceSuite AI is there to answer when interest is highest 24/7, not when the lead has cooled.
Held to the PlaceSuite standard.
Same security, same accessibility, same six decades of economic development know-how behind every PlaceSuite product. This is not a bolt-on bot.
How it works
From your data to live answers in three steps
1
You show us your sources.
Your site, your community data, your incentive details, whatever you want it drawing from. If you can point to it, we can teach it.
2
We train and tune the model
We train it to your target sectors and your messaging, so answers come back as a seasoned pro would provide them, not the way a generic bot simply guesses.
3
Go live and start converting
Prospects get instant answers, and you get a running record of exactly what your audience is asking about, which is intelligence you can act on.
Your data stays yours
PlaceSuite AI only trains on the data your organization explicitly authorizes. Nothing is pulled from the open web, nothing is shared across clients, and you control what it can and cannot answer.
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Hosting
US-based hosting, with data residency options for enterprise clients.
Compliance review
Documentation and support scoped to your security review process.
Accessibility
Widget interface built to WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
Data retention
Clear retention and deletion policy, defined in your contract.
PlaceSuite AI is a 2026 dotCOMM Awards Gold Winner
Recognized in an international competition honoring excellence in digital communication, judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.
Simple pricing built for EDO budgets
Three tiers, scoped to how much persona training and data integration your organization needs.
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PlaceSuite AI compared with generic chatbot solutions
Off the shelf chatbots can hold a conversation. They are not built for economic development.
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Let's put PlaceSuite AI to work for you
Stevie Chavez
Senior Advisor
A 30 minute walkthrough with a senior advisor, watching PlaceSuite AI answer your prospects' real questions.
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