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Top Ecommerce AI Company News | August 29 - September 5, 2024

Synthesia launched a Multilingual Video Player that automatically serves videos in the viewer's preferred language...

Using RivalSense, we have discovered last week's most important developments and news on companies like Octane AI, Synthesia, Lavender, Lumen5, Jasper AI, ViSenze, ClickUp, Bazaarvoices, Prisync, Syte, and other trending e-commerce AI companies. 

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🚀 New Product Offerings

  • Synthesia launched a Multilingual Video Player that automatically serves videos in the viewer's preferred language.
  • Surfer introduced the Auto Internal Links feature to automatically insert 5-10 relevant internal links into optimized content.
  • Prisync introduced a Product Variant Price Tracking feature to monitor prices of all product variants.
  • RetentionX launched an automated merchandising suite that updates Shopify collections daily to optimize product positioning and maximize revenue.
  • Octane AI has launched a new feature allowing quiz answers to be used as variables for hyperpersonalization.
  • Clerk added support for ShopifyQL, enabling automated Shopify reporting and AI monitoring.
  • MarketMuse now offers personalized content briefs in just 3 minutes, as announced by Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Jeff Coyle.
  • Synthesia launched Brand Kits 2.0, allowing users to create on-brand videos with custom color palettes, fonts, and avatars.
  • ClickUp Brain now integrates all your apps in one place for instant, contextual, and accurate answers within your workflow.
  • BugHerd announced a two-way integration with ClickUp for improved project management.
  • ClickUp has introduced new auto-registration and self-paced courses focused on advanced AI skills and becoming a ClickUp Expert.
  • Synthesia will launch AI Video Localization on September 12, offering video localization in 80 languages with one click.
  • Runway is about to release its Gen3 Motion Brush with a Custom Motion Path and advanced video editing tools.
  • Tidio now allows customers to personalize their chatbot, Lyro, by giving it a brand-specific name.
  • Runway launched Gen-3 Alpha Extensions, allowing users to extend their generations up to 40 seconds.
  • Michał Suski, Head of Innovation at Surfer, revealed that their new keyword clustering tool, developed with bards.ai, took almost two years to perfect and avoids the pitfalls of traditional clustering methods.
  • Surfer released an update in August 2024 to improve website content auditing.
  • Brendan O'Shaughnessy, Chief Commercial Officer at ViSenze, and Tina Holyman from Amazon Web Services (AWS) showcased ViSenze Multi-Search, which combines AI-powered text, image, and multi-modal search for e-commerce.
  • DevRev announced a seamless data transfer feature for migrating tasks from ClickUp to DevRev.
  • PublishPress aims to replace external SaaS content tools like ClickUp with its latest update to PublishPress Planner.
  • ClickUp's support team quickly resolved a bug in their automation/template process after it was reported.
  • ClickUp has updated its Board view feature to emphasize visualizing work, maximizing efficiency, and managing work in progress limits.
  • ClickUp updated its signup page to simplify the terms agreement by consolidating multiple checkboxes into a single button click.

🤝🏻 New Partnerships and Vendors

  • Bazaarvoice partnered with Blissim to make the Clarins XXL mascara the most reviewed product in its category on SEPHORA.fr within 2 months.
  • ClickUp has replaced Bcrypt with Scrypt for hashing sensitive data such as passwords.
  • Wulff Beltton significantly improved its customer service and increased sales after switching from Gorgias to Tidio.
  • Goodman uses Bazaarvoice to administer and validate homeowner reviews on their website.
  • Decathlon Belgium saw a 2.5x increase in conversion rates and a 224% uplift in average revenue per user by using Syte’s Visual Discovery and Hyper-personalization AI-powered suites.
  • Prisync is using ChatGPT to generate Shopify app installs and convert them into 5-star reviews.

💡 Other Notable News

  • Signe Bøhn Bleivik has become the Chief of Staff at boost.ai.
  • boost.ai is hiring a Chief Marketing Officer in London, England.
  • Mikkel Novod has resigned as CEO of Clerk.io after 4 years.
  • Bazaarvoice was named the Top Enterprise of 2023 in Lithuania.
  • Synthesia is currently seeking a Head of Global Accounts in the United States (Remote).
  • Bazaarvoice is currently hiring for the position of Enterprise Sales Director, Content & Creator Solutions in the United States.
  • Bazaarvoice's CTO Colin Bodell has been named one of the Top AI Leaders of 2024 by RETHINK Retail.
  • Will Allred, Cofounder at Lavender, claims no AI writes better sales emails than Lavender.
  • RetentionX increased revenue by 62% through strategic merchandising without increasing traffic, according to CEO Alexander Jost.
  • Synthesia launched an affiliate program for content creators to earn money by promoting their platform.
  • LivePerson has been named a Sample Vendor in the 2024 Gartner Hype Cycle for Digital Commerce and Banking Customer Experience.
  • Cristóbal Valenzuela, co-founder and CEO of Runway, will talk about the latest developments in AI and creative tools at Dreamforce 2024.
  • Bazaarvoice is sponsoring Bloomreach - The Edge Summit 2024 in London.
  • Jasper will be at MAICON in Cleveland from Sept 10-12, featuring sessions with Jessica Hreha and Shannon Milner.
  • James Slattery left ClickUp as APAC Director / Head of Sales in the Greater Melbourne Area to join Connecteam as General Manager.
  • Jakub Jaranowski, Director of Software Engineering, announced his departure from ClickUp after two years. A potential hiring opportunity?
  • Christopher Blanco joined ClickUp as Head of Application Security in the United States, previously serving as Senior Director of Engineering at TrueML.
  • ClickUp made the Forbes Cloud 100 List for the third year in a row.
  • Matt Beard left ClickUp as Senior Director of Engineering in Greater Indianapolis to join Calendly as Head of Product Engineering, Platform Services.

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