What products.ai is, how Pius Bot works

Preview: products.ai chat opens soon. This page describes how it works at launch.

Pius Bot is the AI shopping assistant from products.ai. You tell it what you're looking for, and you get back one clear pick, why it fits you, and where to buy it: a shop that has it in stock and delivers to you. You ask it in products.ai chat, which runs in your browser at products.ai/chat.

Pius is the line-drawn shopping cart you see around the site. Its job is the research before you buy: finding the product that fits you, then a good place to buy it.

How does Pius Bot answer a question?

It works in four steps, always in the same order: your question, the knowledge base, the shops, then the report. The order is the point. Pius settles which product fits you before it looks at a single shop, so no shop can talk it into the wrong product.

Step	What Pius reads	What comes out
1. Your question	What you typed: your budget, what it's for, what you can't do without	Your brief, shown as chips like "Under €300" and "For travel"
2. Knowledge base	The catalog (product records matched by barcode, or GTIN), guides, reviews, forums, news and recalls	A shortlist, weighed on what matters to you
3. Shops	Merchant offers, the live web and local coverage	Where to buy: a shop that has it in stock, delivers to you and is clear about returns
4. Report	Everything above	One pick, the reasons, and where to buy

Take the headphones example from our home page. Pius scanned 48 headphones, narrowed them to 3 that were under €300, good for travel and noise cancelling, and picked the Sony WH-1000XM5. Only then did it look at the 23 shops that sell it. The status line read "Answered · 214 checks": 126 internal, 88 external.

Why match on the barcode?

Similar models are easy to mix up. A barcode (GTIN) belongs to one specific product, so the shop Pius names sells the exact box you asked about, not a lookalike.

What's in the report?

The report opens with the verdict in one line, for example "For travel under €300, get the Sony WH-1000XM5." Below it:

Why it fits: the reasons, tied to your brief.
Watch for: the trade-off worth knowing. For the XM5 that's battery life, because the Momentum 4 lasts longer.
Where to buy: the shop Pius Bot recommends, with stock, delivery time, its price and the date it was listed, and a Go to store button.
Why not the others: one line for each product Pius passed on.
Citations: numbered links like [1] and [2] that point to the source behind each claim.

Read the report covers each part.

What doesn't Pius Bot do?

It doesn't sell products. Pius is an information service. When you buy, you buy from the shop, and delivery, warranty and returns are between you and that shop.
It doesn't let commission pick. It picks the product on fit first, before it looks at any shop. Affiliate links are added after the shop is chosen, and every one is flagged. Shops can't pay to be recommended.
It doesn't invent prices. Every price comes from an offer a shop listed, with the shop's name and the date. An old listing keeps its old date, so you can judge how fresh it is.

Pius uses AI, and AI can still get things wrong. That's why every answer cites its sources, and why the shop's own page is what counts when you order. See Where to buy and Affiliate links.

What's on the chat screen?

Area	What you see
Sidebar, top	New question starts a fresh conversation. Recent lists your earlier questions.
Sidebar, sources	The sources Pius Bot used, each with a short note such as "14 reviews read". Knowledge base: Catalog, Knowledge base, Reviews, Forums, News & recalls. Shops: Merchant offers, Live web, Local coverage.
Main panel, top	Your question, the four-step trail (Your question, Knowledge base, Shops, Report) and a status line such as "Answered · 214 checks".
Main panel, report	Your brief, the shortlist, the verdict and the report sections above.
Bottom	Follow-up suggestions such as "Compare with Momentum 4", and the composer, Ask a follow-up…

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