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Tag: AI Customer Engagement
SAP Bundles Its CX Clouds into a One-Stop Shop with Engagement Cloud
SAP is unveiling an AI-powered platform that provides organizations with deeper insights into their data, enabling them to strengthen customer loyalty and drive better business outcomes. The new SAP Engagement Cloud, announced at SAP Connect, is built on the company’s Business Data Cloud and offers a single dashboard to help businesses deliver personalized experiences across […]
Sierra Debuts Voice Sims to Train AI Agents for Chaotic Customer Calls
Before an AI voice agent ever picks up the phone, companies need to know it is well-suited to handling the chaos of a real customer call. To help ensure this happens, Sierra is launching Voice Sims, a new tool that uses AI to train and refine these bots. It acts like a quality assurance system […]
What Salesforce Discovered by Letting AI Run Its Help Portal
Salesforce isn’t shy about how it’s using its products, especially its agent development platform. When it comes to embracing AI agents, the enterprise tech firm has openly touted that it’s “drinking its own champagne.” Since Agentforce’s launch, CEO Marc Benioff has used every opportunity to showcase how the service is helping bolster his company’s help […]
Twilio Plugs Into Microsoft to Deliver the ‘Last Mile’ of Enterprise AI Conversations
Twilio and Microsoft have entered into a multi-year partnership to accelerate the use of conversational AI in enterprise customer communication. Announced at Twilio’s SIGNAL conference, the tie-up will let developers build AI-powered tools and applications on top of Twilio’s newly refreshed customer engagement platform and Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry. In addition, Twilio introduced a range […]
Google’s Customer Engagement Suite Gets Human-Like AI Agents with Voice, Emotion, and Video Support
Google is rolling out an update to its Customer Engagement Suite. The latest release enhances its Conversational Agent product with new features designed to help organizations build more interactive and personalized AI-powered call center experiences. Specifically, it has human-like voice comprehension and improved emotional intelligence, allowing the bots to adapt better to conversations in real-time. […]
Zendesk’s New AI Resolution Platform Aims to Tackle Customer Service’s Biggest Question
Zendesk CEO Tom Eggemeier recently faced a common customer service frustration. While traveling, he used an airline chatbot to rebook a missed connecting flight before losing connectivity. But when he landed and reconnected, the virtual agent had no memory of the conversation. Worse, the human agent he eventually reached had no record of it either. […]
Adobe Steps Into Its Orchestration Era With New AI Agents for Sales and Marketing
Adobe is the latest tech giant to embrace AI-powered agents for the enterprise. This week, the company introduced the Adobe Experience Platform Agent Orchestrator, a new service designed to build, deploy, and manage AI agents across the customer experience, sales, and marketing lifecycle. “The opportunities for AI and marketing are significant,” Anil Chakravarthy, President of […]
Zendesk Acquires Local Measure to Strengthen AI Voice Capabilities, Expand AWS Partnership
Customer experience platform Zendesk has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Australia-based Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) firm Local Measure. Citing pending regulatory approval, the deal’s financial terms were not disclosed—it’s been reported to be $100 million—, but both companies expect the deal to close in May 2025. The move aims to bolster […]
Zendesk Unveils AI Dynamic Pricing Plan to Make Service Automation More Flexible
Zendesk is introducing a new pricing structure for customers looking for greater flexibility when using the customer experience platform’s artificial intelligence tools. With “AI Dynamic Pricing,” companies can shift how they allocate their budget between agent seats and automated resolutions. Any adjustments can be made seamlessly without needing to renegotiate contracts with Zendesk. In August, […]
‘It Delivers’: Intercom’s Next-Gen Fin AI Agent Switches from OpenAI to Anthropic
Wrapping up a week packed with AI agent announcements, Intercom has unveiled Fin 2, the newest version of its customer service bot. The company claims its agent will be able to “answer more questions, in more ways, in more places.” To accomplish this, Intercom has added features designed to improve Fin’s intelligence and help it […]