Parloa triples its valuation in 8 months to $3B with $350M raise
Berlin-based Parloa has raised $350 million in Series D funding from existing investors, valuing the six-year-old customer service…
How to see if you are owed money in Google Play $700 million settlement
Google faces a new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly One month after a judge…
Ernest Jones’ platinum diamond ring cut by £5,000 in rare Christmas offer
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Business leaders agree AI is the future. They just wish it worked right now
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Bret Taylor’s Sierra reaches $100M ARR in under two years
Sierra, a 21-month-old, San Francisco-based startup that builds customer service AI agents for enterprises, announced on Friday that…
Fed’s Barr Calls for Guardrails as Financial Sector Adopts AI
Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said there needs to be clear guardrails to prevent risks as the financial…
Apple slashes £200 smart watch to £89 in early Black Friday sale
Right now shoppers can save a huge chunk of money on an Apple Watch in an early Black…
OpenAI, Sierra Technologies Exec Bret Taylor Isn’t Afraid of an AI Bubble
In many ways, Stanford University is a monument to trillion-dollar success stories, with buildings named after Microsoft Corp.’s…
AT&T Adds More Mobile, Internet Subscribers Due to Promos
AT&T Inc. added more mobile phone and home internet subscribers this summer than analysts expected, amid a heavy…
Qualtrics Agrees to Buy Press Ganey Forsta in $6.75 Billion Deal – Bloomberg.com
Qualtrics Agrees to Buy Press Ganey Forsta in $6.75 Billion Deal Bloomberg.comQualtrics to acquire Press Ganey Forsta in $6.75bn…
What’s Next After Customer Service?
The Gist Beyond customer service. Voice AI is already embedded in daily life, with new applications set to…
VCs Are Scrambling for a Piece of AI Darlings Like Anthropic, Cursor, Cognition
Raising venture capital money has been a breeze for Decagon AI Inc., a two-year-old startup developing artificial intelligence…