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Portland-based startup, Aisles announces the launch of the waitlist for their product that will simplify the shopping experience by leveraging artificial intelligence. The company's AI-based technology maps out the store and finds the exact aisle and shelf of the item any particular shopper could be looking for.

LocalRyse.com, the leading Local SEO agency for companies targeting local audiences, has launched its services in Europe. With a focus on setting up, optimizing, and maintaining Google Business Profiles (formerly Google My Business), LocalRyse.com helps businesses rank for “near me” and location-specific queries.

Perplexity AI, the conversational AI-powered answer engine at the leading edge of results accuracy and transparency, today unveiled its next leap in product development with the launch of its iOS application, now available for immediate download on the App Store. The company also announced that it has closed on $25.6 million in Series A financing led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from Databricks Ventures and existing angel investors Elad Gil (co-founder Mixer Labs/Color Health), Nat Friedman (former CEO of GitHub) and Bob Muglia (former CEO of Snowflake and President of Microsoft) and Paul Buchheit (creator of Gmail).

Squirro, the Augmented Intelligence solutions provider, has launched a new enterprise-ready Generative AI (GenAI) solution, which brings all the benefits of GenAI to enterprises while eliminating many of the issues associated with enterprise GenAI. Squirro's solution combines Large Language Models (LLMs) with its own Composite AI (fusing different AI technologies, like Machine Learning and Knowledge Graph, to generate insight) and Insight Engine technologies.

Cyara, the creator and leader of the Customer Experience (CX) Assurance category, today announced its acquisition of industry-leading global communication testing company Spearline, headquartered in Ireland. This significantly expands Cyara’s global in-country dialling and WebRTC testing and monitoring capabilities.

With generative AI and ChatGPT now becoming part of the public lexicon, Phrasee, the leader in AI content optimization for enterprise marketers, is marking its dominant role in AI-powered content creation with the launch of a new website. Phrasee pioneered marketing content creation with a unique AI model trained on millions of experiments to accurately predict which content will drive the highest engagement.

Flexential, a leading provider of data center colocation, cloud and connectivity, and a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced it will offer connectivity to Oracle Cloud through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect. Flexential is expanding its Cloud Fabric ecosystem by offering low latency interconnection options to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Givex Corp. (TSX: GIVX) (OTCQX: GIVXF) announced today the completion of its integration with Chatter by Stingray, a leading provider of customer feedback solutions for the restaurant and retail industries. Chatter's conversational platform engages with customers in real time, providing Givex merchants with a powerful tool to measure customer satisfaction. "We are excited to partner with Chatter, whose innovative technology aligns with our mission to help businesses engage with their customers," said Mo Chaar, Chief Commercial Officer of Givex. "Through this integration, our merchants will have access to valuable, actionable insights to quickly and effectively improve their operations and customer service." Chatter also offers merchants the ability to gather employee feedback, an important tool in a challenging labor market.

Digital Diagnostics – a leading AI diagnostics company on a mission to transform global healthcare – has rebranded its flagship product, the AI diagnostic system formerly known as IDx-DR, to LumineticsCore™. The name references the words "illuminate", which means to supply or brighten with light, and "cybernetics", which is the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things.

Generative AI draws its inspiration from existing data, creating new outputs of inconsistent quality. With a foundation in large language models, ChatGPT interacts in a conversational way, which creates space for users’ follow-up questions and corrections or challenges.