--- title: "AI for trade associations: circulars and grants | ekory" description: "AI agents for trade associations: circulars, member services, collective agreements and grants in one place. Sourced answers for members, at any hour." url: https://ekory.ai/trade-associations language: en italian: https://ekory.ai/it/trade-associations.md updated: 2026-10-10 --- # Every branch, the same answer. The right one. Circulars, services, collective agreements and grants in one place. Advisors at every branch answer members in seconds, with the circular and the page. And members can ask on their own, at any hour. _Example: On the phone, a member asks whether they can apply for a grant: the Eko answers with the requirements and the grant's article._ ## Sound familiar? ### “Can you explain yesterday's circular?” The circular went out at 18:00. The next morning the phones ring at every branch with the same question, and each advisor explains it their own way. ### “Ask Franca, she knows.” Only one person at head office knows the collective agreements and the grants by heart. The other branches call her all day, and when she's on vacation, members wait. ### Six months to find your feet. A new advisor has to learn the services, price lists, agreements and procedures. Meanwhile they ask colleagues, who already have their own queue of members. ## The questions that all go through one person today. With ekory they get an answer in seconds, with the source. Evenings and weekends too. - Which grants are open for a café redoing its kitchen? - How many days of leave does this employee have left? - What did we tell members about the contract renewal? - This member wants to hire someone: what do we need? - How much is bookkeeping for my business? - What do I do with this letter? _Example: Eko Grants checks a grant's requirements for a member and answers with the article and the dates._ ## One Eko each for the front desk, grants and members. The same circulars. **Eko Desk** For advisors Circulars, member services, price lists and collective agreements: the same answer at every branch, with the source. **Eko Grants** For the grants desk Open grants, requirements, eligible costs and deadlines, with the grant's article. **Eko Members** For members Answers only from the circulars you choose, at any hour, and says which office to contact. Already using ekory: Zetamed, Molteni&C, Tohatsu, Würth, Petzl, Dada [Read the customer stories](https://ekory.ai/case-studies) ## Shared where it helps, private where it matters. - Each branch and each service sees its own files. - The members' Eko reads only the circulars you choose. - Conversations stay private. [Security and data](https://ekory.ai/security) ## What associations ask before they start. ### Can it be an AI assistant for our members? Yes. Create an Eko for members and give it only the circulars, guides and grants you want: it answers at any hour, cites the circular and the page, and when a question goes beyond its documents it says so instead of guessing. Members sign in with their Google or Microsoft account, or with a link sent by email. From the same circulars, ekory also builds short courses, podcasts and quizzes on what's new, for members and for new advisors. ### Can each branch and service see only its own files? Yes, if you decide so. Create groups per branch and per service, such as payroll, tax, safety, environment and grants: each member's files stay with the people who handle them, while circulars are for everyone. Each Eko reads only the folders you give it, and everyone's conversations stay private. ### Do we have to move our circulars and documents? No. ekory reads files where they already are, in Google Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive or Notion, plus the pages of your website, and stays up to date when a new circular comes out. For folders on the server at your office there's the company file server connection. For grants and regulations you can also add ready-made knowledge modules: curated collections you add in one click. ### How much does it cost for an association? The price has two parts: €199 a month for the platform, plus a per-person fee that drops in tiers. For 30 people the total is €455 a month, for 100 people €899, excluding VAT; pay annually and you pay for 10 months out of 12. If you open the Eko to members, they count too: the [pricing page](https://ekory.ai/pricing) works it out for your case. ### Is our members' data safe? Yes. Your data is stored in Europe, and your content is never used to train AI models: it's written into our contracts with the AI providers, including Google. Permissions apply to every document, folder and Eko and are checked on every question, and conversations stay private. A data processing agreement (DPA) is available: you'll find the details on the [Security and data](https://ekory.ai/security) page. ## The same method, in other trades. - [**Publishers** Catalog, contracts and house style in one place.](https://ekory.ai/publishers) - [**Literary agencies** Rights, contracts and royalty statements for the whole catalog, in one place.](https://ekory.ai/literary-agencies) - [**Nonprofits** Procedures, grants and volunteer training, without losing the people who know.](https://ekory.ai/nonprofits) - [**Manufacturing** Every showroom gets finishes, sizes and prices right, and your network learns every new collection.](https://ekory.ai/manufacturing) - [**Machinery and plants** When a machine stops, the fix arrives right away, on every shift.](https://ekory.ai/manufacturing-operations) - [**Construction** Specifications, safety plans and change orders for every site, on a tablet.](https://ekory.ai/construction-companies) [All industries](https://ekory.ai/industries) ## Tell us about this week's questions. We'll show you the answers, with the circular. For the first call, a few circulars and your services price list are all we need.