Spoke.ai raises €2m pre-seed to cut through workplace noise with AI

<strong>Spoke.ai raises €2m pre-seed to cut through workplace noise with AI</strong>

AI-powered tool suite that prioritizes and summarizes information for knowledge workers launches in Beta with 500+ companies on its waiting list. Spoke.ai, the AI-powered tool suite, founded by early N26 employees, has secured a €2 million pre-seed round. The round was led by byFounders, with participation from Possible Ventures and a syndicate of experienced operators. […]

Slack releases new tools for building easier to use apps

Slack releases new tools for building easier to use apps

Slack has launch of two new tools that will change the look and feel, as well as the ease of use of Slack apps. Today over 94% of Slack’s paid teams actively use apps. With 10m+ daily active users on Slack, that’s a lot of people interacting with the tools and services they use to get work done via […]

Google takes aim at Slack with new Hangouts update

Google takes aim at Slack with new Hangouts update

Alphabet-owned Google sent a message to Slack on Wednesday, saying that its workplace messaging platform—Hangouts Chat—has officially launched. Hangouts Chat functions in similar fashion to Slack and other workplace messaging platforms, but also provides a slew of other Google products such as Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar and Cloud Search. Google also says it will use […]

Say hi! to “tunebot,” the first mobile marketing chatbot that knows your return on ad spend

Say hi! to “tunebot,” the first mobile marketing chatbot that knows your return on ad spend

TUNE, one of the global leader in mobile marketing solutions, announced the release of tunebot, the first chatbot built specifically for the mobile marketing industry. Tunebot, available within the popular team messaging service Slack, is designed to enable TUNE customers to quickly and easily interact with marketing and advertising data such as quickly looking up reports […]

Sky Sports Introduces Jeff Stelling-inspired Chatbot

Sky Sports Introduces Jeff Stelling-inspired Chatbot

Sky Sports has teamed up with GameOn, a mobile engagement platform for sports fans, to create a chatbot to accompany its popular Soccer Saturday broadcast. The ‘Jeff Bot’, named after the legendary long time host of the Sky’s Gillette Soccer Saturday show Jeff Stelling, is available through Messenger, Slack, Skype and Telegram. It features real-time […]

Sage Announces Slack Partnership and AI Bot ‘Pegg’

Sage Announces Slack Partnership and AI Bot ‘Pegg’

UK based accounting software giant Sage is holding it’s annual Summit in Chicago where they announced the release of a new messaging bot ‘Pegg’. Sage CEO Stephen Kelly and Sage Global Director for Mobile Product Management, Kriti Sharma demoed Sage’s unprecedented foray into integrated chat tools. “Pegg hides the complexities of accounting and lets entrepreneurs […]

Google takes on Slack and WhatApp with ‘Spaces’ group sharing tool

Google takes on Slack and WhatApp with ‘Spaces’ group sharing tool

Google has launched Spaces, a collaborative messaging app similar to the increasingly popular Slack. Spaces features integration with other Google products, such as Chrome and YouTube, allowing users to share articles and videos without leaving the Spaces app. A ‘space’ can be started and maintained around anything: a weekend getaway, a love of comic books, […]