Voice AI stories
Banks and insurers in India may cut transcription errors on EMI amounts and policy numbers as a multilingual model targets noisy calls.
It aims to cut missed deals by automating complex sales calls, with early user Bright Car Finance reporting a 9% rise in closed business.
The additions aim to help enterprises run governed AI and voice workloads across cloud and on-premises systems without losing control of sensitive data.
The move comes as 8x8 pushes harder into AI-powered customer experience tools across its communications software portfolio.
AI is adding tasks for most knowledge workers, while frequent users say it is also lifting collaboration and team connection.
The deal lets restaurants automate bookings and changes inside existing systems, helping staff handle more covers while service pressure stays high.
Retailers can now centralise headset fleets across stores as Jabra's new platform aims to cut IT support demands and speed frontline communications.
The cash will fund research, product expansion and overseas sales as the San Francisco-based company grows beyond 100 enterprise customers.
AI search and automation are helping restaurants win more bookings as OpenTable expands tools aimed at cutting staff workload and boosting covers.
Missed calls and admin could cost salons bookings, as Treatwell rolls out an AI receptionist that answers queries and manages diaries across Europe.
Large marketing teams could speed up campaign creation as Sprinklr's new beta links idea generation, compliance checks and execution in one workflow.
Large enterprises are pushing NiCE's AI revenue higher, with annual recurring revenue reaching USD $362 million in the second quarter.
Australian sales teams face closer scrutiny over automated calls as monday.com rolls out a voice AI platform built for lead qualification and handovers.
Private deployments are already running as the two firms aim to make live AI responses far quicker, targeting up to 3,000 tokens a second.
The funding will help the Sydney start-up reach more lenders as it targets overdue debts that are too small or costly to chase manually.
Toronto's AI talent pool is drawing more U.S. firms, but festival organisers say Canada must now keep its startups from leaving.
Marketers can now plug AI agents into customer data and actions without Klaviyo's interface, as the firm widens access across its platform.
Growth now rests on managed IT and cyber defence as the Bromsgrove firm serves more than 400 organisations and builds AI voice agents.
Home loan applicants are reaching loan lodgement 2.5 times faster after Lendi Group linked AI agents to Twilio's platform.
The voice agent market may gain faster, cheaper phone handling as Alma undercuts GPT-4.1 on latency and cost for live calls.