Project Proposal · QT/ THE EVENT STUDIO
An AI-powered sourcing layer that gives QT/ THE EVENT STUDIO a permanent competitive edge — finding the venues competitors miss, grounded in the agency's own institutional knowledge.
The Problem
QT/ THE EVENT STUDIO coordinators spend 2–3 hours per brief manually searching Google and relying on personal memory. There is no structured knowledge base — everything lives in email threads and PDF decks. At times, competitors win pitches not because they are better, but because they stumble onto venues QT/ hasn't uncovered yet.
The PIL is not a venue database. It is a compounding intelligence layer — every search, every coordinator note, every completed event makes it smarter. It stores not just facts (capacity, location, type) but context: what makes a venue special, what event types it suits, what happened the last time QT/ used it.
This is the intellectual property that no competitor can copy by scraping the same web results.
System Architecture
Capabilities
Each feature is scored by implementation effort on a 1–5 scale. Effort reflects engineering complexity — not importance. Low-effort features can still deliver high-value.
Brief Intelligence
Reads a coordinator's incoming brief email and extracts structured requirements: capacity, city, dates, event type, vibe, and budget signals — no manual form to fill in.
Before searching, the agent recaps its understanding in plain language. The coordinator confirms or adjusts with a single click — "Confirmed / Let me adjust / Search anyway." No free-text required.
When the brief is ambiguous, the agent asks targeted questions — then proceeds. It states its remaining assumptions explicitly so coordinators can override if needed.
Provider Intelligence Layer (PIL)
Design and population of the proprietary provider database for multiple cities and types of providers — including vibe taxonomy, capacity ranges, event type suitability, and agency history fields. At first the attention will be on hotels, restaurants and event venues.
Matches brief vibes ("industrial loft", "elegant rooftop", "modern and understated") against provider profiles using vector embeddings — beyond simple keyword search.
One-click drill-down on any shortlist result: full profile, capacity breakdown, photos, coordinator notes from past events, and source metadata. Basically everything you need to know about each venue that you can use in your proposal.
Pulls structured data — photos, ratings, opening hours, address — from Google Places API as the backbone for any provider in the database.
Integrates with Salesforce CRM to sync customer/provider data, opportunities, and sales activities.
Search & Discovery
Filters by capacity, location, provider type, and availability before surfacing any result. A venue that doesn't fit the hard requirements never appears in the shortlist.
When the PIL has insufficient coverage for a city or venue type, the agent automatically triggers live web search to supplement. Discovered results are queued for PIL ingestion after coordinator review.
Works for any destination from day one. Cities where the PIL has deep data return richer results; new cities rely on live search. The agent is transparent about the difference — it never pretends to know more than it does.
Coordinators can refine constraints after seeing the first shortlist ("too formal", "nothing with outdoor space", "give me more options") and trigger a new search — without starting over from the brief.
Background Enrichment
Reads QT/'s existing Outlook email archive via Microsoft Graph API — extracts provider mentions, past RFP data, and coordinator notes from years of institutional memory that currently lives nowhere structured.
To be properly scoped in order to identify the restraints of the mining.
Scrapes industry portals for provider information, updates, and news — ensuring the PIL has the latest data on available services and offerings. Think of portals like CVent Sourcing Network, Event Inc, fiylo, meeting e congressi, etc.
The agent subscribes to industry newsletters via a dedicated mailbox. On schedule, it reads new issues, extracts provider mentions, and ingests them into the PIL.
Monitors relevant Reddit communities for venue recommendations and event reports — capturing "hidden gem" discoveries that event planners share publicly but don't appear in any commercial database.
Runs continuously in the background — detects venue closures, discovers new providers, refreshes stale data. The PIL stays current without coordinator effort.
Monitors social media platforms for venue recommendations and event reports.
To be properly scoped in order to identify the limitations and their workarounds.
Historical Intelligence
Structures QT/'s past RFPs as a searchable library: what was shortlisted, what the client chose, what was rejected, what was won, what was lost. Built from Outlook archive mining (TBC), manually compiled structured data and voluntary coordinator curation.
On every new brief, the agent retrieves semantically similar past cases and uses them as ranking context. "When QT/ last organised a gala dinner for 80 in Munich, these venues won and here's why" — fed directly into the shortlist reasoning.
Uses the historical case library as a golden test set — automatically runs the agent against known-good past briefs to measure quality and catch regressions as the system evolves.
Coordinator Experience
A clean internal web interface where coordinators receive shortlists, review venue cards, and take action — no email back-and-forth, no switching tools. Built for speed and simplicity.
After reviewing a shortlist, coordinators can mark results as "selected / rejected" and add a note — under 30 seconds per provider. This is what makes the PIL compound in value over time.
Every shortlist shows a clear breakdown of how results were sourced: "7 from QT/'s knowledge base · 3 from live search." Coordinators always know how much to trust the output — no hidden uncertainty.
The agent only responds to provider sourcing requests. Off-topic inputs are refused cleanly. It never fabricates a venue — thin coverage is surfaced explicitly rather than filled with confident-sounding guesses.
Administration
A clean internal web interface for administrators to manage and monitor the agent's performance with metrics like usage statistics and costs.
Role-based access control ensures that only authorised users can access specific features and data within the admin dashboard.
Admins can create, edit, and delete user accounts, as well as assign roles and permissions.
Delivery Plan
Delivery is milestone-based. After the discovery phase, each milestone is a working, usable system — not a design document or a demo. QT/ controls the pace, considering that feedback is a integral part of the development process.
Tentative delivery timeline
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Foundation
Core Product
Intelligence Layer
Full Engine + Hypercare
Investment
A price range estimate covering all four milestones — no hourly billing, no day rates, no surprises. The choice of a fix price is not about how much time is spent — as it's still difficult to precisely estimate — but about the value we create together and the closeness of the collaboration.
+ applicable taxes
final amount subject to scope
Included in this price
Foundation
Design DNA
Jul 21, 2026
Core Product
Working Agent
Sep 14, 2026
Intelligence Layer
Institutional Memory
Oct 26, 2026
Full Engine + Hypercare
Complete System
Nov 30, 2026
The estimate above reflects the scope described in this document. Any expansion — additional feature categories, deeper integrations such as Salesforce, social media monitoring, or features currently marked "Scope TBD" — will be assessed and agreed in writing before work begins. No surprises.
Payment schedule, invoicing structure, and all contractual terms will be defined and agreed separately prior to project kick-off.
Running infrastructure Not included
~150 – 200 € / month
Cloud hosting, database, and API costs are billed directly to QT/'s own accounts — never marked up. This loose estimation covers infrastructure tools and AI tokens, estimated at current search volumes; scales proportionally with usage.
Post-delivery retainer Optional
TBD / month
After hypercare closes, an optional ongoing retainer covers system monitoring, model updates, PIL quality reviews, and incremental feature work as QT/'s needs evolve. Scope and SLA defined at contract signing.
On the Horizon
These capabilities are outside the current scope but represent natural extensions of the platform. They are listed here to show the broader vision — any of them can be scoped and priced separately.
Salesforce Pipeline Sync
Full CRM integration — opportunities, contacts, and provider records stay in sync automatically between the agent and Salesforce.
Client Presentation Generator
Turn a reviewed shortlist into a formatted, branded client deck in one click — receive a semi-final draft, finish it up in your preferred editor.
Venue Outreach Automation
Draft and send availability request emails to shortlisted venues directly from the platform, with tracked responses.
Provider Offer Digest
Parse multiple incoming provider proposals into a structured, scannable overview — no more reading 10-page PDFs to extract the essentials.
Cost Extraction from Offers
Automatically pull pricing, minimums, and fee structures from venue proposals for instant side-by-side cost comparison.
Map View
Visualise shortlisted venues geographically — distances, neighbourhood clusters, and logistics context at a glance.
Shortlist Comparison
Compare multiple agent runs for the same brief side by side — useful when refining constraints or presenting alternatives to a client.
Full Proposal Studio
Build complete event proposals from A to Z and share them with clients via a hosted, branded link — similar in spirit to this very document.