“Cisco announced Wednesday that it’s releasing MindMeld under an open-source Apache 2.0 license. The move is meant to lower the adoption barrier for enterprises looking to add voice features to their applications. Since acquiring MindMeld, Cisco has integrated the platform its Webex video conferencing platform. The company last month launched a feature called Webex Assistant the…
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Who is Zoovu?
I found an article today on Zoovu, and hadn’t heard of them to date. Their premise is that they’ve developed a self-service platform that enables businesses of all sizes to easily manage voice assistant, Chatbots and other emerging technologies by leveraging AI, machine learning and natural language processing. Rob Mullen is the CEO and has…
Microsoft launches a drag-and-drop machine learning tool
“Microsoft today announced three new services that all aim to simplify the process of machine learning. The new interface for Azure’s automated machine learning tool makes creating a model as easy as importing a data set and then telling the service which value to predict. For those who want a bit more control from the…
Walmart vs. Amazon: Who Will Win in 2019?
Image Credit: RIS News “For perspective, it’s worth noting that eMarketer expects Walmart to account for 4.6% of ecommerce sales this year, up from around 4% in 2018. The company expects to come off its 40% growth in 2018 with 35% growth in 2019. This doesn’t compare with Amazon’s strong double digit growth rate especially…
Intellimize raises $8 million to optimize websites with AI
“’Last year, marketers spent $100 billion in paid media to drive traffic to websites, yet 98% of those visitors left without becoming customers,’ Yalif said. Yalif, who was previously head of global product and vertical marketing at Twitter and who held leadership roles at Microsoft, Boston Consulting Group, Yahoo, Intellimize’s product taps AI to generate…