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Argentum 47, Inc. (“Argentum” or the “Company”) ( www.argq.io) (OTC PINK: ARGQ), a provider of comprehensive artificial intelligence-enhanced digital marketing services such as branding, advertising, and lead generation, announced today the return of Robert Stephenson as CEO. Mr.

Viral Nation, the global influencer marketing and technology pioneer, today announced that it has acquired Eight Seven Media, an award-winning content production company that provides full-service video creation and monetization capabilities for brands and professional athletes. Eight Seven Media has worked with some of the world’s largest brands, including the UFC, DraftKings, and ASRV, and with top talent such as Julio Rodriguez, Tyreek Hill, Sydney McLaughlin, Tyler Cameron, and many more.

Ushur, the leader in AI-powered Customer Experience Automation™ (CXA), today announced its healthcare listing is now available in AWS Marketplace, a curated digital catalog from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that customers can use to find, buy, deploy and manage third-party software, data and services to build and run their businesses. The no-code Ushur platform lets healthcare enterprises rapidly design and deploy automated, personalized member, patient and high-volume business to business (B2B) experiences.

The seventh edition of the annual report offers insights from 1200 customer experience executives, including current challenges, success patterns and priority investment trends. CMSWire, the world’s leading community of customer experience professionals created by Simpler Media Group (SMG), announced today the release of the 2023 State of the Digital Customer Experience report, which provides an authoritative view of the current forces shaping the digital customer experience marketplace and practitioner landscape.

In Parallel with $150 Million Growth Round, Bilt also Introduces Bilt Homes, a New Platform to Help Renters Access Homeownership NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bilt Rewards, the leading consumer brand for renters, today announces a growth round of $150 million led by Left Lane Capital with investment from Smash Capital, Wells Fargo, Greystar, Invitation Homes, Camber Creek, Fifth Wall, and Prosus Ventures to further expand its loyalty program and credit card product. The new capital values Bilt Rewards at $1.5 billion.

InfinyOn, a real-time event streaming company, raised a $5M round of seed funding, led by Gradient Ventures and Fly Ventures, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, TSVC, and others. Real-time event streaming adoption is gaining momentum as an integral component of delivering exceptional customer experiences and enhanced operations.

Got It AI, Gartner's 2022 Cool Vendor in Conversational AI and Natural Language Technologies, announced today its Autonomous Conversational AI for CX that utilizes generative AI, unlike the previous generation of manually built bots that use only Natural Language Understanding (NLU). At the heart of the platform are AutoFlows, which use generative AI models to create a complete and fluid conversational virtual agent from historical conversation logs.

Smart Communications, a leading technology company focused on helping businesses engage in more meaningful customer conversations and a Premier Guidewire PartnerConnect Solution partner, today announced its platinum sponsorship of Guidewire Connections 2022 which takes place October 23-26, 2022 at the ARIA Resort in Las Vegas, NV. “Our company’s theme at Guidewire Connections this year is Changing the Game Together which highlights the innovation and success our mutual customers achieve when integrating the Smart Communications platform with Guidewire InsuranceSuite,” said Chuck Fazio, Vice President of Global Alliances and Channels of Smart Communications. “The power of this partnership continues to deliver unparalleled customer experience capabilities to insurers who value delivering personalized omnichannel customer conversations at scale.” As part of the company’s presence at this premier insurance event, Smart Communications will lead two joint customer panel sessions including: Accelerating the Time-to-Value of Digital Platforms: Elements of Cloud-Native Success on Monday, October 24 at 1:15pm PST Cloud adoption continues to gain momentum as insurers look for competitive advantages. In addition to benefitting from capabilities provided by newer, cloud-enabled applications, aligning an ecosystem of applications that integrates, scales, and adapts to changing market conditions amplifies the value of adopting cloud solutions like Guidewire and Smart Communications.

Foundry (an IDG, Inc. company), the leading B2B media and martech provider, announced today the launch of the company’s proprietary intent data product, Foundry Intent, marking the company’s first major release since it acquired data and martech companies LeadSift, KickFire, Triblio and Selling Simplified. Built upon Foundry’s existing Neon ABM data infrastructure and its history of strong IT audience and activation, the contact-level intent capability brings together KickFire and LeadSift data capture technologies and machine learning to enhance and expand the company’s knowledge graph across all technology verticals, and offers a more comprehensive view of intent to tech marketers looking to understand and respond to buyers’ individual needs efficiently and at scale.

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