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Talkspace, the leading provider of virtual behavioral health services, today announced the launch of Talkspace Engage. The innovative new portal is designed to provide people leaders and HR teams with access to a full library of clinical resources and a simplified "one-click" system that allows them to promote mental wellbeing and drive utilization of the company’s available mental health services, including their Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) and Talkspace services. “Mental wellbeing is top-of-mind for all HR teams, yet with more on their plate than ever, they do not have the time to appropriately and consistently promote mental wellness and their company’s associated resources,” said Erin Boyd, Chief Growth Officer, Enterprise of Talkspace.

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, as well as a number of business partners, were present at SCALE AI's offices to announce the most significant financing round to date for the organization since its creation. With $117 million in investments, the 15 projects unveiled today further demonstrate the acceleration of AI adoption in manufacturing, retail and agriculture, as well as in the development of innovative AI solutions for businesses.

Everything we do at Magic comes down to a singular goal: build aligned and complete AI to accelerate humanity’s progress on the world’s most challenging problems. Following a $5M Seed round last summer, we’re excited to announce that we’ve raised a $23M Series A from CapitalG (Alphabet’s Independent Growth Fund), Nat Friedman (former CEO, GitHub & co-creator of Github Copilot), Elad Gil, Amplify Partners, Noam Brown (Research Scientist, Meta), Mehdi Ghissassi (Director of Product, Google Research), Bryan Pellegrino (LayerZero), Arthur Breitman (Tezos), 10x Founders, William Tunstall-Pedoe (Unlikely AI), Adam Jafer & Fredrik Hjelm (Voi), Klaudius Kalcher & Roland Boubela (MostlyAI), Xavier Sarras, Florian Huber, Daniel Dippold, and others.

Staircase AI, a leading customer intelligence platform, today announced Staircase AI Responder, a proprietary Generative AI-powered intelligent response solution to support B2B post-sales teams. The new technology supports CS teams and boosts productivity by maintaining high touch relationships using fewer resources.

CYTRIO, a next-generation data privacy compliance company, released its latest research report from Q4 2022 on companies’ prepareness to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act ( CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act ( CPRA), and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR). The fifth report shows that as of December 31, 2022, 92% of companies across all verticals, states, and business sizes are still unprepared for CCPA and CPRA, and 91% are unprepared for GDPR, using time consuming and error prone manual processes.

Augeo, a global leader in enterprise engagement platform technologies, announced today that it has acquired Brand Networks —a social media marketing pioneer that provides global enterprises with AI-powered tools to optimize advertising investment and media buying; software solutions to amplify authentic employee advocacy; and clean room collaboration technology to monetize first-party data and audiences across leading social platforms. Effective February 14, the acquisition augments Augeo's engagement solutions spectrum and data collaboration initiative.

Hippo Video, a leading interactive video platform to increase sales engagement, today announced an $8 million funding round led by Dallas Venture Capital (DVC) with participation from Alpha Wave Incubation, KAE Capital, and Exfinity Venture Partners to support the company’s rapid expansion across the U.S. Operating in a challenging macro-environment, sales leaders across all industries are under immense pressure to increase productivity and efficiency and achieve revenue targets – in many cases with fewer resources.

ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: ZI), a global leader in modern go-to-market software, data, and intelligence, today released its 2023 Customer Impact Report, an in-depth analysis of the boosted productivity and immediate value that ZoomInfo delivers for go-to-market teams. ZoomInfo surveyed more than 4,300 professionals across sales, marketing, operations, and talent roles to determine how the company’s data and tools are helping businesses and individuals unlock their growth potential.

California, LA: Growces, a well-known digital marketing agency based in Los Angeles, California, has recently expanded its team and will now offer digital marketing services to businesses worldwide. The proprietors of Growces have stated that because digital marketing projects can be completed from a remote location, the company has decided to increase the size of its team and accept international case studies.

Nova, the leader in social display and creative automation for digital advertising, today announces the appointment of Matt Crenshaw as Chief Executive Officer. Crenshaw, a digital media and advertising veteran, has served as the company’s President for the past year since joining in 2021.