An AI-powered sales automation company hired to aid a Historically Black College and University admissions department helped the school reach an additional $14 million in revenue in less than three months, the firm’s co-founder said Friday.

Kemi Olunloyo, CEO of Tulsa-based ProBound, shared that news at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’ s Aerospace Council meeting at the Helmerich Research Center at OSU-Tulsa.

The meeting, which drew about 45 attendees, was sponsored by Tedford Insurance.

Olunloyo was part of a panel discussion titled “Leveraging Technology to Solve Aerospace Challenges.” Moderated by Aerospace Council Chair Bailey Siegfried (NORDAM), the panel also included Kristi Spaethe, president of The People Perspective, a human resources consulting firm, and Tammy Torkleson, president and CEO of Indigo Technology Group.

Before that conversation, the crowd heard from Dr. Jamey Jacob, executive director of the Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education. Jacob delivered an update on the local drone industry and oversaw a post-meeting demonstration of an unmanned aerial system.

Asked to explain how her AI agents tackle a task, Olunloyo immediately channeled one via her cell phone speaker, letting attendees listen for themselves.

“We help companies automate those repetitive issues that come along, so your team can actually focus on the more important tasks,” Olunloyo said.

Torkleson’s Indigo Technology offers KOM Analytics, a software integration platform that “consumes” data instead of simply gathering it, she said.

“In manufacturing, just-in-time data is super, super critical,” Torkleson said. “Sometimes you need data every day at 8 o'clock in the morning, so you can see that this process has started and that it has been completed.”

“We can make that happen without 14 different people spending hours and time to copy it into an Excel spreadsheet that gets plopped on somebody’s desk.”

Siegfried ventured into the crowd to learn how companies are using AI. Micheal Scheferhoffer, president and CEO of Lufthansa Technik Engine Services, said that for the past two to three years, his firm has injected platforms such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot into the routines of employees.

He also said Lufthansa will send to workers what it calls “digital snacks,” or summaries of large files, “so people get triggered to make use of AI and new technologies.”

Launched in 2020, Aerospace Council provides a forum to share best practices within the aerospace and defense industries, and to provide networking opportunities for sector professionals. It meets quarterly at local aerospace employers and educational facilities.

For more information about the Aerospace Council, please call Brien Thorstenberg, the Chamber's vice president of economic development, at 918-560-0231.