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Talkdesk conducts third round of layoffs in less than 14 months

Talkdesk, a company once valued at $10 billion that sells software to help large corporations improve customer service, has laid off more employees — the third round of cuts in less than 14 months.

Observe.ai raises $125M, adding Zoom as an investor, to supercharge the contact center market

Contact centers play a key part in how a company engages with customers, amounting to what is a $400 billion market globally. Today, a company that believes it can improve how agents work within them

Searchlight puts new capital to work with expanded talent intelligence tools

Users of Searchlight saw a 45% improvement in retention, 40% faster hire time and employees hired stayed on average 72% longer than when hired through other approaches.

Talkdesk’s valuation jumps to $10B with Series D for smart contact centers

Talkdesk uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve customer service for mid-market and enterprise businesses.

Google veteran Tony Wang joins 500 Startups as managing partner

Wang was most recently the COO at Color Genomics.

Lisbon finally gets a substantial VC fund in the shape of Indico Capital Partners

Lisbon, characterized occasionally by some tech scene observers as “the warm Berlin,” has been threatening to generate more startups in the last few years, not least because it will now ha

Talkdesk nabs $100M at more than $1B valuation for its smart call centers

Talkdesk, the provider of cloud-based contact center software, has raised $100 million in new funding from Viking Global Investors and DFJ.

Observe.AI raises $8M to use artificial intelligence to improve call centers

Being stuck on the phone with call centers is painful. We all know this. Observe.AI is one company that wants to make the experience more bearable, and it’s raised $8 million to develop an art

Talkdesk launched an app store for enterprise call center customers

Over the last several years Talkdesk has offered a way for businesses to get a cloud-based call center up and running. Today the company is launching AppConnect, a place where customers can connect wi

Twilio launches add-on marketplace

Twilio today announced the launch of its add-ons marketplace. Using these add-ons, developers who use Twilio’s API to power the messaging features of their apps and services can easily combine

Talkdesk Call Center Software “Growing Like Crazy”

Talkdesk co-founder Cristina Fonseca spoke at Disrupt London on Tuesday. In an interview with TechCrunch’s Matt Lynley, Fonseca explained how the San Francisco-based company that started in Portugal

Talkdesk Co-Founder To Talk About Enterprise At Disrupt London, Dec 7-8

Yes, there are more. Many, many more speakers to be announced for our TechCrunch Disrupt London conference on December 7-8, 2015. The conference will feature an amazing slate of global startups, inves

Talkdesk, A Startup That Spins Up Call Centers, Raises $15M

Talkdesk, which creates software that helps companies create digital call centers that integrate with their other internal company software, said it has raised $15 million. Companies use Talkdesk to c

The 15 Startups That Launched At Disrupt NYC Day 2. Who’s Your Favorite?

Disrupt NYC day two has just wrapped up. During the conference today, Michael Arrington demanded to know from Ron Conway when he was going to run for Mayor of San Francisco (he kept saying he would <a

Talkdesk Puts Your Company Call Center In The Cloud

Most businesses need to be able keep in touch with their customers and provide customer service over the phone, but rolling out a call center can be expensive. Not just that, but most call center soft