Inbenta, a leader in AI-powered customer and employee experience solutions, has appointed Christopher Hieb as Strategic Advisor. This move aims to bolster Inbenta’s growth and innovation in Conversational AI and analytics.
Siro, an AI-powered conversation intelligence platform focused on in-person sales, has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by SignalFire. The funding will accelerate product development and expand Siro’s team across engineering, sales, and customer success. This platform addresses a key gap in field sales by turning real-world sales conversations into actionable, searchable data
SeedphraseAI (SPAI) is an innovative AI-driven platform designed to discover, curate, and collect digital art, with the ambitious goal of assembling the world’s most culturally significant art collection. Combining blockchain analytics with social insights, SPAI offers personalized recommendations and investment perspectives across both digital and traditional art.
boost.ai, a leader in conversational AI platforms, today announced a strategic partnership with Ciklum, a global experience engineering firm. This alliance combines boost.ai’s advanced AI technology with Ciklum’s deep technical expertise to rapidly implement, customize, and optimize scalable AI solutions tailored for enterprise clients, particularly in regulated industries.
HQ, a global leader in corporate ground transportation, has introduced AI Voice Booking — a groundbreaking feature that allows users to book rides through natural, conversational voice commands. This advanced AI-powered assistant not only simplifies booking but also ensures every trip complies with company travel policies, making corporate travel management easier and more efficient.
The CyberShark Pitch Competition, hosted by LaunchTech Communications, a CyberRisk Alliance resource, recently revealed its first two finalists for the 2025 program. This competition offers emerging cybersecurity companies a platform to pitch their products and receive expert feedback from Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) across various industries. The event fosters innovation and collaboration, enabling startups to refine their solutions and better serve the cybersecurity market.
O’Reilly, the premier learning platform for technology professionals, announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to integrate Natural Language Web (NLWeb) technology into its websites. NLWeb offers decentralized, context- and intent-aware search capabilities, enabling users and AI systems to ask complex conversational questions and receive precise, relevant answers — all without relying on centralized AI chat or search engines.
Glia, a leader in unified AI and human interaction platforms, has introduced Cortex AI Benchmarks, a powerful reporting dashboard that provides clear, peer-based visibility into the performance of AI tools across contact centers. With this innovation, Glia customers can measure their Customer AI and Agent AI effectiveness while benchmarking against peers and top-performing institutions—equipping them with actionable data to guide responsible and effective AI adoption.
IntelePeer, a leader in end-to-end conversational AI, has announced the launch of next-generation agentic AI capabilities delivered through its AI Hub. This release empowers enterprises to quickly build, test, and deploy sophisticated AI agents that automate complex tasks, achieve self-service success rates of over 90%, and improve operational efficiency—all while delivering enterprise-grade voice AI and analytics.
