Tags: Enterprise Software

Slack is testing a major upgrade to Slackbot, turning it from a simple reminder tool into a personalized AI companion. The revamped bot can draft custom plans, search across channels with natural language, pull information from Outlook and Google Calendar, and assist with tasks like organizing product launches or creating social media campaigns. Available to Salesforce employees and in limited pilots, the feature runs on Amazon Web Services’ private cloud, ensuring data never leaves the firewall. Companies may opt out, but individual users cannot, and the rollout is slated for wider release later this year. Lire la suite

After years of stagnant revenue and a 50% staff cut, Replit revived its fortunes by launching the Replit Agent, an AI‑powered coding assistant. The shift from serving professional developers to targeting non‑technical knowledge workers unlocked rapid revenue growth, leading to a $250 million funding round, a $3 billion valuation, and annualized revenue in the $150 million range. Enterprise customers now drive high‑margin earnings, while the company bolsters safety after a high‑profile database mishap. Replit faces competition from AI labs but bets on its unique focus and infrastructure to stay ahead. Lire la suite

Steph Curry’s venture firm Penny Jar Capital led a $3.8 million seed round for Burnt, a Y Combinator‑backed startup that uses AI agents to automate back‑office tasks in the food‑distribution industry. Co‑founder and CEO Joseph Jacob, whose family has decades of experience in seafood logistics, says the technology can handle up to 80% of manual order‑entry work, allowing distributors to keep legacy ERP systems while reducing labor‑intensive processes. Since its launch, Burnt has processed more than $10 million in monthly orders and is working with a major UK food conglomerate, signaling strong early traction for the AI‑driven solution. Lire la suite

At its Make with Notion event, Notion announced the launch of its first AI agent, a tool that taps into a user’s Notion pages and databases to automatically generate notes, analyses, and updates. The agent can create and modify pages, pull data from external sources like Slack, email and Google Drive, and operate on multi‑step tasks that run for up to 20 minutes across hundreds of pages. Users can customize its behavior through a profile page, and Notion plans to add scheduling, trigger‑based automation and a template library in future releases. Lire la suite

AI‑powered video platform D‑ID announced the acquisition of Berlin‑based B2B video creation startup Simpleshow. The deal combines D‑ID’s interactive avatar technology with Simpleshow’s SaaS‑based text‑to‑video tools and its roster of more than 1,500 enterprise clients. The merged entity will operate from consolidated offices in Berlin, Tel Aviv and the United States and will bring the combined workforce to roughly 140 employees. D‑ID expects the acquisition to accelerate its push into enterprise training, marketing and sales video markets while moving closer to profitability. Lire la suite