I love Envato. I used to make loads of After Effects promo videos back in 2016 using their Envato Elements library. I'm glad they're all in on generative AI now. As soon as I signed up for the contest, I wanted to do a quick promo for the challenge. I had to wait for the weekend because of work, but in the meantime I was gathering assets in the workspace. Looking around the Envato library kept giving me ideas, and that quick promo turned into a 60-second video built from what I found browsing Envato: Stock references became characters, then the music, voiceover, fonts, and transitions all came from their big-ass library.

I think discovery is the most relevant "Human by Design" moment... not correcting a mistake or a design change. We do that too when we collaborate with other people, but discovery is an exclusively human sport. We are the curators of taste, the creative funnel of inspiration. Yes, tools make it faster, and we can now follow every spark to create whatever we want. But that inspiration comes mostly from the need for constant discovery in our ever-changing world. It is beautiful.

"Discovery is an exclusively human sport" is a great line, and it matches what I keep seeing: the models can generate endlessly but someone still has to recognize the good option out of a hundred mediocre ones. Did the raccoon show up early in your search, or did you go through a lot of duds before landing on that character?

A few days ago, I was looking for a used car.

I ended up on the website of one of the biggest used car dealerships near my home. Goodwill Motors, Pune. They had hundreds of cars in stock, but buying one still felt surprisingly manual.

You browse listings. You find something interesting. Then you fill a form hoping someone will call. Ask the same questions every buyer asks, and hope someone is available to help. And then book a test drive.

It made me wonder:

What if the dealership's website could do more than just list cars? What if their best salesperson is available 24x7?

So for the #GiveItAGlow challenge, I reimagined their entire online selling experience.

Instead of another inventory website, I transformed it into a digital showroom with an AI sales consultant named Miles.

Now, customers can describe what they're looking for, compare cars, ask detailed questions, negotiate within dealership-defined limits, and book a test drive - all from the website, any time of day. Owner can manage leads, test drive booking management, inventory management at one place.

Before

- Static inventory listings

- Every enquiry required a phone call or contact form

- No personalized recommendations

- No lead qualification

- Sales conversations only happened during business hours

After

- AI sales consultant available 24/7

- Personalized vehicle recommendations

- Intelligent conversations instead of static listings

- Qualified leads delivered directly to the sales team

- Automatic test drive bookings

- Customer preferences and conversation summaries captured before the first call

The goal wasn't just to redesign a website.

It was to give a real local dealership a sales experience that works around the clock, and lets the sales team focus on closing deals instead of answering the same questions over and over.

Walkthrough:

Live Demo: https://miles-ai-sales.base44.app/ Twitter - https://x.com/i/status/2076560531897585762

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