How AI runs your market: every job AI takes off your plate.

Here is what Tentpole's AI can help with today, which data it uses, and where the organizer stays in control.

1. AI vendor application scoring

The job: read every incoming application and rank them by fit.

How it works: Eligible applications can be reviewed against the organizer's saved event rules and Tentpole history. The result is a plain-English aid to review, not an automatic approval or rejection.

2. AI booth layout auto-assignment

The job: suggest open booth assignments using saved vendor placement information.

How it works: Tentpole can use saved vendor preferences and placement notes while preserving locked positions. Organizers review and can adjust every placement.

3. AI reply drafts in your voice (the Gold Button)

The job: read every inbound vendor question and draft your response.

How it works: Tentpole drafts from real event details, saved rules, and message history, then presents the draft for organizer review. Approve, edit, or reject — AI does not make the organizer's decision.

4. AI inbox triage

The job: bring applications, reply drafts, refund requests, payment issues, and follow-up tasks into one review flow.

How it works: The Gold Button summarizes stored Tentpole work that needs organizer attention without inventing policies, payment status, or vendor facts.

5. Organizer-controlled actions

The rule: AI can prepare a summary or draft, but charges, refunds, approvals, and outbound messages remain under organizer control.

What AI doesn't do at Tentpole

Send anything without you. Every draft waits for your tap.
Set your policies. AI inherits your rules; it doesn't write them.
Replace your judgment. Final approval is always you.
Talk to vendors as a bot. Every message goes from you, in your voice.
Sell or share your data. Your vendor list is yours, period.

What results should you expect?

The benefit depends on application volume, event complexity, and how complete your saved rules and data are. Tentpole does not promise a universal number of hours saved. The goal is a clearer review flow with fewer repetitive drafts and less context switching.

How to think about AI in event software

The category is splitting in two:

Legacy event platforms that may add an "AI Assistant" tab. The tab is real but the rest of the product is still 2014.
AI-first event platforms where the AI is the product. The features above are how the whole thing is designed.

For market, craft fair, and pop-up organizers, the AI-first option is Tentpole. We're not "adding AI" — we're built around it.

Try the AI-first version free for 7 days No card required · Founding Organizer slots open.