Fundamento, a voice AI startup, secures $1.9 million in pre-Series A funding led by IIFL Fintech Fund to expand product development, enhance AI capabilities, and scale enterprise solutions.
AI chatbots are rapidly replacing human call center agents in India, reshaping customer support operations and workforce dynamics.
Kore.ai recognized as a leader in Forrester’s Cognitive Search Platforms Q4 2025 report for its advanced AI-driven enterprise search and conversational capabilities.
Agora teams up with Exotel to integrate real-time AI voice bots into enterprise communication, enhancing customer engagement through intelligent automation.
Cubera Tech debuts Cube in India, a conversational AI platform designed to enhance audience discovery and creative marketing strategies for brands.
Ostro launches Airmark, an AI-powered tool that turns static pharma marketing emails into compliant, conversational experiences for clinicians.
Apna.co launches an AI-powered calling agent to cut hiring timelines by 50%, offering multilingual candidate interviews and reshaping recruitment efficiency in India.
Microsoft launches VibeVoice, an open-source AI model that generates 90 minutes of multi-speaker speech, unlocking new possibilities for media, customer service, and accessibility.
Salesforce to acquire WAii, a natural language-to-SQL startup, to enhance AI-powered data queries and analytics for enterprise customers.
ElevenLabs launches CLI tool to simplify the creation of conversational AI agents with its new Agents-as-Code framework, boosting voice AI development.
Walmart launches AI-powered “super agents” to enhance e-commerce growth, offering smarter support for customers, employees, and operations.
StackAdapt launches Ivy, an AI-powered assistant to help marketers make faster, data-driven decisions in programmatic advertising workflows.
Meta is testing AI chatbots that message users first, aiming to reshape digital engagement across its social platforms.
Perplexity AI expands its WhatsApp chatbot with a new task scheduling feature, pushing its evolution from a search-based assistant to a more productivity-focused AI companion.
Deepgram launches Voice Agent API, a real-time, low-latency API solution aimed at powering scalable, enterprise-ready conversational AI applications.
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Sarvam AI launches Samvaad, a conversational AI platform that enables enterprises to deploy multilingual voice agents across 11 Indic languages.
Adobe expands its AI agent suite with tools for customer support and data insights, enhancing productivity and decision-making for enterprise users.