Tag: Business Process Automation

Databricks launches DBRX, challenging Big Tech in the open source AI race

Join us in Atlanta on April 10th and explore the landscape of security workforce. We will explore the vision, benefits, and use cases of AI for security teams. Request an invite here. Databricks, a fast-growing enterprise software company, announced today the release of DBRX, a new open source artificial intelligence model that the company claims […]

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Exclusive: Standard AI shifts focus to computer vision analytics for retailers, now valued at $1.5 billion

Join us in Atlanta on April 10th and explore the landscape of security workforce. We will explore the vision, benefits, and use cases of AI for security teams. Request an invite here. Standard AI, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company, announced today that it is pivoting from its original focus on autonomous checkout systems to […]

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Salesforce launches ‘Pro Suite’ to capture more of the SMB market

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. In another move to strengthen its market footprint, Salesforce has announced it is launching the “Pro Suite” of its CRM offering in general availability. Accessible starting today through a single application, the offering builds on […]

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Zapier Central debuts as no-code tool for building enterprise AI bots

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. When it comes to business automation, Zapier is undoubtedly one of the most well recognized names, counting more than 2.2 million lifetime customers, according to its website, thanks to its ability to set up workflows […]

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Mistral AI makes waves with deals across tech giants including Microsoft, IBM

Paris-based startup Mistral AI has cemented itself as a rising star in the artificial intelligence world, landing major partnerships with IBM, Microsoft, and others just one year after its founding.  The fledgling company is moving fast to commercialize its state-of-the-art natural language processing models and conversational AI capabilities. Mistral unveiled its flagship commercial model, Mistral […]

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Gradial raises $5.4 million to bring AI to enterprise marketing workflows

Gradial, an artificial intelligence startup focused on streamlining marketing workflows, announced today that it has raised a $5.4 million seed funding round led by Madrona, with participation from General Advance, Outsiders Fund, and Space Capital. The company is building a platform that integrates with existing content management systems like Adobe and WordPress to automate routine […]

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Newo.ai’s ‘digital employee’ merges AI agent with robot

In the aftermath of the large language model (LLM) revolution last year, a new fascination has emerged among developers and tech enthusiasts around AI “agents,” which are capable of executing complex tasks autonomously.  Newo.ai, a new Silicon Valley company, today launched a service that integrates these intelligent agents into the physical realm of robots, blurring […]

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How Gong’s AI tools are increasing win rates for sales teams

Gong, a leader in revenue intelligence software, quietly revealed on Thursday that its artificial intelligence is transforming enterprise sales teams and leading to measurable improvements in productivity and revenue growth.  The company has published in-depth analysis conducted by Gong’s research division, which examined more than 1 million sales opportunities across nearly 1,500 customers. The results […]

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HiOperator unveils QAScout, setting new standards in customer support quality

San Francisco-based HiOperator startup which focuses on customer support technology, is tackling one of the industry’s most persistent challenges today with the launch of QAScout, an AI-powered tool designed to enhance the quality assurance process in customer service. The tool provides brands with real-time insights into customer service agent interactions by automatically scoring every conversation.  […]

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Katzenberg-backed Alembic raises $14M, pioneers new frontier in marketing analytics

Alembic, a startup that applies pandemic-era contact tracing mathematics to marketing attribution, today announced a $14 million Series A funding round led by entertainment mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg’s firm WndrCo.  The round comes amid growing demand from Fortune 500 chief marketing officers for AI-powered tools to measure return on investment from massive marketing budgets increasingly spread […]

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Rize launches AI productivity coach, targeting work-life balance in remote work era

Rize, a San Francisco-based startup, announced the launch of its new AI productivity coach today. The coach uses machine learning (ML) to analyze users’ work patterns and provide personalized insights and recommendations to improve productivity and work-life balance. “We realized there was no insight into how we spend our time at work. It was a […]

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Human resources gets AI upgrade with ADP Assist

Human resources (HR) has been the butt of many a joke in popular culture (see Toby from “The Office” on NBC), and has in my experience in real life been viewed alternatingly by employees as an annoying scold they get sent to for making impolite jokes; as the kindler, gentler smoke screen of the company’s […]

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Shopify boosts its commerce platform with ‘Magic’ image editor and other AI enhancements

Shopify has just unveiled over 100 new updates to its commerce platform, with artificial intelligence emerging as a key theme. The company introduced new AI-powered capabilities aimed at helping merchants work smarter, sell more, and create better customer experiences. The headline feature is Shopify Magic, which applies different AI models to assist merchants in a […]

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Pecan AI debuts Predictive Generative AI to democratize AI predictions for business 

Before generative AI was the massive industry trend it is today, there was predictive AI which, as the name implies, helps to provide predictions about future events based on data. But what if you could combine both technologies into one?  That’s the goal of Pecan AI. The eight-year-old startup already offers a predictive analytics platform […]

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Exclusive: Slack’s automation builder now connects to Zoom and 64 other apps

Slack’s workflow automation play just got a whole lot stronger. The Salesforce-owned work communication platform today launched a bunch of new third-party connectors for its no-code Workflow Builder. The move gives organizations a total of 65 applications to connect to their workflows when automating repetitive tasks and processes. This includes offerings from popular enterprise tools […]

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OpenAI launches GPT Store but revenue sharing is still to come

OpenAI’s GPT Store is finally here — but third-party creators of GPTs may have to wait a bit longer to start getting paid for their custom GPTs, as the revenue sharing portion is not kicking in just yet, and won’t until sometime later in the first quarter of this year. What the what? How is […]

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Ask-AI gets $11M to advance customer support and more with ‘ASK’ Chrome extension

Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Customer support is one of the more obvious areas for enterprises to deploy AI solutions — but done incorrectly, it can backfire in a big way, as we learned from the various Chevrolet car […]

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Supreme Court year-end report ponders the future of AI in the judiciary

Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. The Supreme Court of the United States released its annual year-end report on the federal judiciary on Sunday, providing an overview of the court’s work and achievements in the past year. The report, authored […]

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In-app comms: The overlooked channel in omnichannel

Presented by Sendbird Customers want personalized, branded and secure interactions from companies they buy from. In this VB Spotlight event, learn why your app is a powerful communication channel, how to integrate it seamlessly into your engagement strategy and leverage it for success. Watch free on-demand now! Omnichannel is a proven strategy, and the jump […]

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Gain 5x engagement with an in-app messaging strategy

Presented by Sendbird Today’s customers want engagement from familiar companies to be personalized, branded and secure across the entire customer journey. In this VB Spotlight, learn why it’s crucial to include a web and app communication strategy to your omnichannel game plan.  Watch free on-demand now! Consumers today are using an average of six touchpoints […]

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How AI can cut two hours of work into 15 minutes with SAP CTO Juergen Mueller

Many of us in the technology and business worlds have been thinking a lot more about artificial intelligence (AI) in the past year since OpenAI released ChatGPT, catapulting generative AI into the mainstream. But for Juergen Mueller, the chief technology officer of German enterprise software giant SAP — the third largest software company in the […]

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Automated proposal writing startup AutogenAI raises $39.5M from Salesforce Ventures and others

Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. Writing proposals to satisfy requests-for-proposals (RFPs) and win funding can be a slog, even for those organizations with experience doing it — as it typically involves a mix of providing […]

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New York startup Micro1 is using AI to reinvent how companies hire engineers

Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. Micro1, a New York-based startup, is aiming to transform how companies build engineering teams in the AI age. The company announced last month it raised $3.3 million in an oversubscribed […]

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Corporate card startup Ramp integrates with Microsoft Teams and 365 Copilot

Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. Ramp, the high-flying corporate credit card and expense management software startup that counts such large clients as Shopify, is looking to make work easier for its customers who also use […]

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Microsoft announces expanded Copilot capabilities at Ignite for sales and service

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Hear from top industry leaders on Nov 15. Reserve your free pass Microsoft wants to help sales and service teams to be more productive, with the power of an AI copilot. At the Microsoft Ignite conference today, the tech giant unveiled a […]

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Tangram Vision’s AI-powered 3D sensor could transform computer vision in robotics

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Hear from top industry leaders on Nov 15. Reserve your free pass Tangram Vision, a startup building software and hardware for robotic perception, unveiled a new 3D depth sensor today called HiFi that packs powerful computer vision capabilities into an off-the-shelf product […]

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Former Angi CEO launches new startup Keychain to revolutionize consumer goods manufacturing

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Hear from top industry leaders on Nov 15. Reserve your free pass Angi, formerly Angie’s List, remains one of the most well-known startups to break it big, becoming the go-to place for many people when searching for home services such as repair […]

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OpenAI takes ‘baby step’ toward AI agents with Assistants API

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More Since the earliest days of artificial intelligence research in the 1950s, scientists have pursued the tantalizing goal of machines that can function autonomously as intelligent agents in the real world. This week, the dream […]

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Microsoft unveils ‘LeMa’: A revolutionary AI learning method mirroring human problem solving

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More Researchers from Microsoft Research Asia, Peking University, and Xi’an Jiaotong University have developed a new technique to improve large language models’ (LLMs) ability to solve math problems by having them learn from their mistakes, […]

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1up emerges from stealth with $2.5M for sales AI that answers customer objections, fills out RFPs

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More One thing about sales that anyone who has worked in the business can probably attest to is that you as a salesperson spend a lot of time answering different versions of the same questions […]

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Amazon partners with Israeli startup UVeye on AI inspections of delivery vans

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More Amazon has built an impressive delivery fleet spanning more than 100,000 vehicles, including 10,000 new electric vans from automaker Rivian. But as of today, the company is bringing even more technology to bear: Amazon […]

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