Tag: Virtual Comms & Collab

Musk’s Neuralink shows off first implant patient: ‘like using The Force’

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. One of the several companies founded and led by billionaire Elon Musk is Neuralink, a startup dedicated to developing brain-computer interfaces via implanted devices, ideally providing paralyzed patients a chance to interface with electronics in […]

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Salesforce aims to blaze new generative AI trail for developers with Einstein 1 Studio

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Salesforce is continuing its generative AI push with the availability today of the company’s Einstein 1 Studio, timed to coincide with the company’s TrailblazerDX developer conference. Einstein 1 Studio provides a set of tools that […]

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Salesforce Tableau looks beyond business intelligence dashboards with AI-powered Pulse

Business intelligence (BI) has long been heavily reliant on dashboards to help organizations make sense of data, but there’s a lot more meaning and value from data that can be uncovered with the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Today Salesforce announced the general availability of its Tableau Pulse technology, bringing the power of multiple forms […]

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OpenAI announces invitation-only community forum

Sora isn’t the only big news OpenAI has this week: the startup has announced the launch of the OpenAI Forum, a new invitation-only online community that seeks to connect “domain experts and students” to discuss and collaborate on AI. It appears to be free to join and will include “online and in-person events,” but asks […]

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Zuck’s video takedown of Apple Vision Pro goes viral

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, which became Meta Platforms back in 2022, has some thoughts about Apple’s new Vision Pro spatial computer, and he’s not afraid to call the other company out for what he sees as some deficiencies, especially when compared to his own company’s rival Quest 3 headset. Yesterday, Zuck […]

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Ex-Angi CEO launches Keychain, a platform for packaged food brands to find manufacturers

Last year, we reported that Angi’s former CEO and chief product officer Oisin Hanrahan had raised an $18 million seed round to found a new company, Keychain, dedicated to building an AI-powered web platform that could better connect consumer packaged goods (CPGs) retailers in the U.S. — namely, large grocery chains selling in-house brands — […]

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Looking for more intelligence from meetings? Otter.ai is taking a shot with ‘Meeting GenAI’

Otter.ai is expanding its namesake platform today with a series of new features the vendor has dubbed “Meeting GenAI,” designed to boost meeting intelligence. The San Francisco-based startup provides online artificial intelligence (AI) powered voice transcription services. It integrates with many common meeting providers including Zoom. In June 2023, the company first debuted its Otter […]

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The language wars of 2024: Apple vs reality

Tomorrow, February 2, Apple will begin delivering its long-awaited mixed reality (MR) headset, the Vision Pro, and I am confident it will be a remarkable product that wows consumers and invigorates the industry. You might think my opening sentence would please Apple, but if I was a developer with a new app for the Vision […]

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Digs announces $7M seed round to power its collaborative homebuilding software

Software may indeed be eating the world, as big time VC and Netscape creator Marc Andreessen is fond of saying, but most of us still need a physical place to call home (for now, at least — with the Vision Pro and other mixed reality devices, who knows…) Yet even there, when it comes to […]

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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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Building a ‘virtual Vegas’ in honor of CES

Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) taking place this week, I wanted to explore how easy it would be for a developer to create a digital twin of Las Vegas that can be accessed […]

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Why 2024 will be the year of ‘augmented mentality’

In the near future, an AI assistant will make itself at home inside your ears, whispering guidance as you go about your daily routine. It will be an active participant in all aspects of your life, providing useful information as you browse the aisles in crowded stores, take your kids to see the pediatrician — […]

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The metaverse isn’t dead (in fact its future in enterprise is promising)

At its outset, the metaverse offered an exciting new concept that had so far only existed in sci-fi: A virtual world where we could be anyone and anywhere we want.  We could walk around with wearables and interact in a realm overlaid with and enhanced by digital graphics, 3D and other interactive features. There would […]

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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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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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This week in data: What do you say when you don’t know what to say?

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More We’ve been talking about building teams and communicating clearly for a while now. This week, I talk with the G.O.A.T of clear communication.  [embedded content] What you’ll find In this episode: How to talk […]

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Cisco zooms in on new AI power for Webex teams

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More At its annual WebexOne conference today, enterprise software and networking giant Cisco announced an ambitious new AI strategy aimed at improving communication and collaboration through its Webex video conferencing platform, making it an even […]

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Jasper launches new marketing AI copilot: ‘No one should have to work alone again’

Today, the company announced its new “end-to-end AI copilot for better marketing outcomes,” according to Timothy Young, the new CEO of Jasper as of two weeks ago, in an exclusive interview with VentureBeat. The features Jasper announced today include new performance analytics to optimize content, a company intelligence hub to align messaging with brand strategy, […]

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Actors’ worst fears come true? New 4D Gaussian splatting method captures human motion

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More As the Hollywood actors’ strike marches forward towards its 100th day with no resolution in sight, a technological leap has just rendered one of the actors’ biggest complaints even more possible: 3D scanning of […]

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Atlassian to buy enterprise video messaging platform Loom for nearly $1B

Today, Australian enterprise software major Atlassian announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire asynchronous video messaging platform Loom for $975 million. The deal, probably one of the biggest in the category, expands Atlassian’s software portfolio, which already includes major work-centric collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence and Trello. The company said it is […]

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AI for recruiters: iCIMS unveils a new generative copilot

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More Finding the right person for the job is no walk in the park, as any recruiter will tell you. And it’s at least as challenging for job seekers to wade through the opportunities, apply […]

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Zoom Docs arrives to take on Google Docs, Notion

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More The “end meeting” button may only be the start for Zoom users next year. At its annual Zoomtopia conference this week, Zoom showcased several significant updates and new products that aim to further streamline […]

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VentureBeat’s Special Issues: Exclusive deep dives into Gen AI and other transformative tech

We’re thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of “Playing the Edge.” Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. At the event, we will also announce 25 top game startups as the 2024 Game Changers. Apply or nominate today! At the […]

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink begins accepting human patients for trials of its brain implant

Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here Do you want to put an implant designed by Elon Musk’s company Neuralink — perhaps best known for killing 1,500 test animals — into your brain? Are you at least 22 years old and do you have quadriplegia (loss of […]

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Zoom launches AI Companion to summarize meetings for late attendees

Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here Zoom, the videoconferencing and messaging platform, is getting into the built-in generative AI assistant game, according to a blog post on Tuesday. It said it will rebrand its Zoom IQ as the Zoom AI Companion and users already subscribed to […]

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