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Kore.ai secures new funding to scale agentic AI tools

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Kore.ai lands fresh backing led by AllianceBernstein to grow its enterprise agentic AI platform and accelerate global expansion plans.
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CommBox unveils Era AI Voice to transform call centres

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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CommBox launches Era AI Voice, promising to automate most routine call centre conversations while keeping tight enterprise controls.
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Vection wins award for Algho inclusive sign AI tool

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Vection wins Dell and Intel award for Algho Sign Language AI, a real-time Italian sign translation system using a 3D digital human avatar.
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8x8 extends Secure Pay for global digital payments

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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8x8 expands Secure Pay globally, unifying compliant digital payments and AI-led outreach across its customer experience platform.
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GWI unveils Agent Spark to power AI with real audience data

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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GWI launches Agent Spark, plugging its first-party audience data into ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot to ground AI marketing insight in reality.
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ServiceNow deepens OpenAI deal to power voice, agents

Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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ServiceNow expands its OpenAI partnership to embed GPT-5.2 voice agents and automation more deeply into enterprise workflows and IT systems.
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ServiceNow deepens OpenAI pact to power voice-first AI

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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ServiceNow expands its OpenAI partnership to make frontier models and voice-first AI core to enterprise workflows and automation at scale.
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Tech Mahindra's multilingual AI honoured by WEF MINDS

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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Tech Mahindra's sovereign multilingual AI, handling millions of queries in Hindi, Bahasa and regional dialects, is honoured by WEF's MINDS.
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Litera brings AI-powered Litera One workflows to iOS

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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Litera debuts Litera One Mobile for iOS, bringing AI agent Lito and synced drafting, review and knowledge tools to lawyers on the move.
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AI value proving elusive for many Australian firms

Tue, 20th Jan 2026
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Four in five Australian organisations say they struggle to prove AI delivers business value, blaming poor data access and weak integration.
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OpenAI to test ads as ChatGPT Go expands across US

Tue, 20th Jan 2026
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OpenAI rolls out USD $8-a-month ChatGPT Go across the US and prepares to trial clearly labelled ads for free and Go users.
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Elyos AI raises USD $13m to scale trade service agents

Mon, 19th Jan 2026
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Elyos AI raises USD $13m to grow its AI agents that answer calls, book jobs and automate admin for trades and field service firms.
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Infobip refreshes leadership team with four promotions

Fri, 16th Jan 2026
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Infobip promotes four long-serving executives to refreshed leadership roles, adding a Chief Innovation Officer and elevating alliances to the Board.
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Babeltext unveils MC-ML-AI to turn chats into actions

Thu, 15th Jan 2026
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Babeltext debuts MC-ML-AI, a standard to turn multilingual, multichannel customer chats into completed bookings, transactions and cases.
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Salesforce launches AI Slackbot as workplace agent

Thu, 15th Jan 2026
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Salesforce rolls out upgraded Slackbot, turning the chat app into an AI-powered workplace agent for Business+ and Enterprise+ users.
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Salesforce unveils AI-powered Slackbot as work agent

Thu, 15th Jan 2026
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Salesforce debuts a revamped AI Slackbot as a personal work agent, tying Slack into its Agentforce 360 automation and data platform.
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Infobip named Frost CPaaS growth & innovation leader

Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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Infobip named a growth and innovation leader in Frost & Sullivan's latest CPaaS report, praised for cross-channel AI-driven communications.
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Klaviyo predicts AI voice shopping & smart returns

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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Klaviyo forecasts 2026 surge in AI voice shopping, automated returns and connected-device purchases reshaping how consumers buy.
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Zendesk flags APAC demand for transparent, smarter AI CX

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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Zendesk warns APAC brands that rising CX expectations demand transparent, context-rich AI that resolves issues instantly or risks churn.
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Australian AI Festival 2025 unveils full awards list

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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Australian AI Festival 2025 crowns joint startup winners Apate and Lenexa Medical as awards span tools, influencers and creative AI work.