“Scaleworks says it has acquired SearchSpring, a privately funded Colorado-based ecommerce company that provides AI-powered search and navigation products to direct-to-consumer brands” https://www.google.com/amp/s/venturebeat.com/2019/05/23/scaleworks-acquires-ai-ecommerce-search-provider-searchspring/amp/
Month: May 2019
BankThink Small and mid-sized banks can’t shy away from AI
“At First National Bank of Omaha, which has been privately owned and independent for more than 160 years, we are making a choice to be an early adopter and embrace AI, particularly for consumer lending. We recently partnered with a Silicon Valley fintech called Upstart to decrease loss rates and increase approval rates by using…
AI, Oh Why? Forrester Reports On What Brands Are Doing Wrong
“AI use for marketing has grown from 43% in 2016 to 88% today, but “this spike correlates with declining brand reliance on campaigns,” the study notes. Of those surveyed, 54% Say they are AI-assisted across more than one channel. Another 20% are AI-assisted in one channel. Only 19% are AI-autonomous in more than one channel,…
Lowe’s buys Boomerang Commerce’s pricing technology
“Lowe’s Cos. Inc. is following the distant footsteps of chief competitor Home Depot Inc. with the purchase of retail analytics technology from vendor Boomerang Commerce. Home Depot bought data-driven retail pricing startup BlackLocus in 2012 to bolster its pricing strategy, he says. Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison said late last year that the company plans to…
VoiceSell raises $4 million for instant voice control for mobile ecommerce
“VoiceSell enables any ecommerce retailer to instantly add a robust and fully private voice agent to any existing online store. Developed over a decade, VoiceSell uses a proprietary next-generation NLP engine to add voice to serve ecommerce vendors and customers alike.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/venturebeat.com/2019/05/22/voicesell-raises-4-million-for-instant-voice-control-for-mobile-ecommerce/amp/