Genesys, a customer experience orchestration software provider, has announced a $580 million round of funding. The latest cash infusion puts Genesys at a valuation of $21 billion, according to company officials. Salesforce Ventures led the round with participation from other investors ServiceNow Ventures, Zoom Video Communications, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, D1 Capital Partners and another large US-based West Coast mutual fund manager.
In recent product developments, Genesys introduced a multicloud architecture, delivered innovations across its customer experience platforms, released a new workforce engagement solution and launched the Genesys DXTM solution, a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) and digital experience product targeted at new sales and marketing audiences. It's also made acquisitions in AI and experience orchestration.
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HGS Unveils Digital-Led Vision
Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS) has unveiled a new brand identity for its ongoing evolution into a "digital-led, people-driven organization that is transforming customer experiences."
HGS renewed its vision and mission as it evolves as a digital and CX services partner and brings on board digital professionals, data analysts, automation experts and CX ambassadors. HGS wants to continue to experience handling billions of interactions every year and keep pace with "rapidly rising expectations in the digital CX economy."
Lytics Launches Cloud Connect
Lytics, a customer data platform (CDP) provider, has launched Cloud Connect, a freemium, self-service tool that connects data in cloud data warehouses directly to advertising platforms with the goal of more sophisticated audience targeting. Lytics is also announcing the introduction of fully supported connections to data warehouses: Google Big Query, Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Azure and Snowflake.
Cloud Connect is a tool that creates consumer audiences with a SQL query editor directly on the customer’s data warehouse. It can activate audiences in destinations such as Google Ads, Amazon Ads and LinkedIn Ads, to enable targeted advertising. Cloud Connect is available for free with a single data warehouse connection and one ad network destination and can be accessed directly via the Lytics website and Google Cloud Marketplace.
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