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SoloSegment announced its acquisition of Thematically's artificial intelligence models and underlying assets, marketed as Thematically Discover, further cementing the company's position as the leader in B2B behavior-based personalization SoloSegment announced its acquisition of Thematically’s artificial intelligence models and underlying assets, marketed as Thematically Discover, further cementing the company’s position as the leader in B2B behavior-based personalization. SoloSegment, founded in 2015, is a SaaS marketing…

The COVID Q&A bot answers questions on the coronavirus symptoms, prevention, and treatment, among other things. It helps people concerned about the coronavirus outbreak to quickly get answers to their burning questions. Marketing Technology News: Tacton Visualization Empowers Customers to See and Interact with Customized Products in Real-Time The bot relies on the information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The bot is available to medical…

Talkdesk 20-in-20 program continues with product #5 of 20, a new and innovative approach to knowledge base solutions Talkdesk, Inc., the cloud contact center for innovative enterprises, announced Talkdesk Guide, an intelligent knowledge base that transforms the way businesses organize and provide information to their agents and customers. Powered by artificial intelligence (AI) from Talkdesk iQ, Guide seamlessly integrates information from disparate systems into one cohesive customer experience (CX) solution. Through…

"The rise of Voice search will change the way consumers search and find products, how ad campaigns are run and delivered, which will impact wider Marketing initiatives." Tell us about the major milestones in your career as a Marketing professional? I went from being a Product Marketing manager at a Marketing Cloud company to a CMO in under two years - something I would have never expected. Actually, to be the CMO of a rapidly evolving business like Zoovu is a milestone in itself, the past few months have been a…

Amazon’s latest earnings announcement shouldn’t have come as a surprise. But it was. A week or so ago, when it announced its fiscal fourth quarter, the results were so good, it caught Wall Street off guard. This was because everything is up more than expected - Prime Membership, AWS revenue, and product sales, largely linked to a strong holiday period. If there was ever any doubt, Amazon has once again cemented its status as the most influential player in the e-commerce space. What can other retailers and brands learn from…

DocuSign is paying $188 million in cash to take next 'bold steps' in digitally transforming the current Contract Automation realm. The world's leading Agreement Cloud maker is acquiring Seal Software. Seal Software is a pioneer in Contract Analytics and Discovery. Seal Software had announced an AI-Based Contract Negotiation Product – Seal Now™ in October 2019. DocuSign customers would benefit from the new combined forces of AI and Cloud in Contract Automation. Seal-DocuSign: Tapping into the AI Market for Contract…

The Global Conversational AI Market Expected to Exceed Us$ 16 Billion by 2024 Global AI-driven conversational search platform, Zoovu, announced that it has acquired Belgium-based company, Clever. This move enhances  Zoovu’s current offering by adding NLP and a sophisticated Intent Engine. According to Market Research Engine, the global Conversational AI market is expected to exceed more than US$ 16 Billion by 2024 at a CAGR of 30% in the given forecast period. Clever is a conversational search company that specialises…

Hi Vanya, from spending your time in Seattle to joining an NLP and AI technology company - what inspired you to make this journey? Growing up in Seattle, I was exposed to tech at a pretty young age. Most of my friends’ parents worked for Microsoft. I spent a lot of my free time working on little coding projects, and even started my own business developing Video game mods in high school. Movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey captured my imagination, and gave me a sense that AI was going to be an important part of the…

Zoomd Technologies Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Zoomd Ltd. (collectively, "Zoomd" or the "Company"), the online advertising management platform, is pleased to announce its expansion into Latin America ("LATAM"). Zoomd is in the process of onboarding Brazilian Banco Orginal, Magazine Luiza and other companies based out of LATAM, and management is expecting that these new LATAM agreements will generate approximately $5usd million in annual revenue during the term of the engagement. Marketing Technology News: Punchh…

We use the internet every day, and for some, the internet is the only source of income and livelihood. For that reason, knowing how the internet works is a very important part of dealing with the current challenges and threats perceived by online users and brands. One of the greatest risks facing online users is 'abusive content', also rated as hate by top social media platforms, including Twitter. Recommended: 75 Inspiring Martech Leaders Who Are Prepared For 2020 Twitter has announced that it is taking forward its…

New integration for Genesys Cloud enables businesses to leverage enterprise-grade chatbot framework to provide seamless, engaging and automated communications with customers IST Networks has announced Botter Chatbot is now available on the Genesys AppFoundry, the industry's largest dedicated marketplace focused on customer experience solutions. Genesys is the global leader in omnichannel customer experience and contact center solutions that power 25 billion of the world's best customer experiences each year. The AppFoundry…

"As AI starts to play a crucial role in data intelligence products, every technology vendor should pay attention to this trend" Company Insights Tell us about your journey into Marketing Technology. What inspired you to start a Social Media analytics SaaS company? I've graduated from the Faculty of Computer Science at Kyiv National University. I started my career in the tech industry by the time the internet revolution was in full swing - end of 90's - and all my jobs were in the tech sector since then. So technology is…

Whether just beginning to learn about SEO or you're an active professional, it’s not difficult to see that the industry changes quickly. And one of the current shifts we’re witnessing is a lot of commotion on BERT. No, I’m not talking about the iconic Sesame Street character (though they might be happy about the search increase). I mean Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT). So if you are curious to learn a little bit more about BERT, or how to explain it to clients, then read on for a quick recap…

Tell us about your role and the team/technology you handle at boost.ai. I work as Chief Data Scientist at boost.ai, a Norwegian software company specializing in conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI). My role involves developing state-of-the-art algorithms for Natural Language Processing and Natural Language Understanding, as well as managing the Machine Learning team. I’m responsible for the machine work behind-the-scenes and building the backbone of our solution. Our work ensures that any customers interacting with…

"The important part when not falling into a trend, is to stick with what you know while aiming to cut through and connect to your audience." Could you tell us about your journey in technology and how you started at Morphio? Since the early 80’s and my first Atari Computer, I have been a closet nerd that loves progressive technology. In the founding days of building one of  North America's fastest-growing Marketing Technology agencies, it became apparent that the size and complexity of Digital Marketing spending was…

"Ad-driven e-commerce should be adopting cybersecurity technologies like behavioral analysis and bot-fingerprinting to allow third-party vendors to look directly at a request." Could you tell us about your journey in technology and how you started at CHEQ? I started my journey in tech back in 2003 when I joined the research wing of the Israeli defense intelligence. I was admitted to a unique program known as “Haman Talpiot,” which is tasked with breeding the next generation of intelligence leadership. I served there for…

Unscrambl's qbo CX, an AI-powered contextually-aware and location-aware chatbot developed for UnionBank, wins Highly Acclaimed Chatbot Service Unscrambl, the company democratizing data discovery and insights consumption to accelerate the way businesses make decisions, announced today that its partner, Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), has received the award for Highly Acclaimed Chatbot Service at the 2019 Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards in Singapore. Unscrambl developed the chatbot to enhance customer…

Conversational AI augments quality management with fully integrated, voice-enabled access to call and interaction reports, customer information and service performance Phone.com, the foremost innovator in agile, cloud-based unified communications and collaboration services for small business, announced that its platform now integrates with SAM.AI (SAM), a network-powered CRM platform that leverages artificial intelligence (AI). Using Phone.com APIs, SAM integrations blend real-time call data with live CRM records,…

What inspired your journey into technology? During my first job after college, I worked at a startup in the customer service department. I talked to customers, figured out what was concerning them and tried to stop them from canceling their service. Quickly, I learned that I wanted to solve the customer problems I was hearing about daily. That desire led to me working more closely with engineering teams. Eventually, that path took me into my current career in technology. As a woman leading Product team in the tech…

Could you tell us about your interaction with the new-age technologies like AI, Machine Learning and Automation in the IT industry? As the CTO for a technology intelligence company trying to help our customers accelerate business outcomes, we are always experimenting with AI to find ways to bring innovation to our customers. Much of our intelligence is mined from document-based data and allows us to explore both “sides” of AI which is what makes my job so exciting. What I mean by this is the application of both…