Conversational AI stories
Docplanner's AI voice agent, built on Twilio tech, has doubled doctor bookings and onboarded 1,300 clinicians in just three days.
Starling launches an in-app agentic AI assistant for personal accounts, claiming a UK first in conversational money management tools.
VerbaFlo secures $7m seed funding led by Pi Labs to scale its multilingual AI platform for rental housing operators worldwide.
The move could let travellers book hotels inside chatbots without restarting searches, as AI assistants gain live inventory access and checkout links.
Large organisations can now query endpoint risk in plain English, as the adviser aims to speed patching and exposure checks across huge fleets.
London mental health AI platform JAAQ raises GBP £13 million Series A to embed clinically governed support into employers' and insurers' apps.
NeuReality taps ex-Google AI Product Leader Shalini Agarwal as Senior Adviser to steer strategy and scale its NR-NEXUS inference platform.
Constructor unveils Merchant Intelligence Agent, an AI copilot to explain, optimise and automate eCommerce search and merchandising decisions.
Infobip data shows single-channel alerts collapsing as brands pivot to omnichannel, AI-led conversations across SMS, RCS, WhatsApp and voice.
Australian fintech Vivi unveils AI-native money platform on Pismo with Visa debit card, FX features and high-interest savings tools.
Graylog launches explainable AI and agentic workflows to help lean SecOps teams automate threat triage, investigations and response.
Snowflake debuts Project SnowWork, an “agentic” AI platform that turns conversational prompts into governed, end-to-end business execution.
Kore.ai has launched an Agent Management Platform to give enterprises a unified control layer over fast-growing, fragmented AI agent estates.
The roll-out could free advisers up to four hours per meeting, shifting wealth management time away from administration and towards clients.
Redundant questions could fall as voice AI starts using product images and listing data to tailor sales calls before they begin.
Kiwis can now use voice and camera prompts in Google’s AI search tool, which is rolling out across more than 200 countries and territories.
First Connect rolls out AI Appetite Finder to help independent agents match complex commercial risks to receptive carriers in real time.
Simpler Today AI secures INR ₹20 lakh to expand its legal AI platform, aiming to ease India's justice backlog and widen access to legal help.
AI agents are quietly reshaping retail, and sluggish loyalty platforms risk losing transactions long before shoppers know they've gone.
Carsales launches a ChatGPT app to let Australians find car listings through conversational AI searches, boosting visibility for sellers.