Ask Wali

Ask Wali is a Chrome extension built around a simple frustration: getting a basic fact about a local business often means opening a website, finding the contact page and scanning for an answer. The extension removes that step by adding a chat entry point directly beside supported businesses in Google search results. Click the icon and ask in plain language.

The assistant is trained on a large base of local business information, so it can answer questions about the kind of practical details people actually search for — opening hours, what a place offers, where it is located. It answers at any hour, which matters most outside normal business hours when the phone is not being picked up. If a specific detail is not in its dataset, the listing still surfaces the business's own website and contact information so the visitor is never left without a next step.

The extension listing dates to late 2024 and reports a 5.0-star average from a small handful of ratings, suggesting an early-stage product with a modest user base. The developer's domain, askwali.ai, now presents the same concept under the name AskPeppi, which indicates the product is evolving. Users evaluating it should treat it as a lightweight convenience layer for local-business questions rather than an official directory of record.