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SalesCloser says its AI sales agent can now reply to WhatsApp leads in seconds, any hour, and pass the chat to a person when asked.
Read more: An AI assistant can now answer your WhatsApp sales messagesA data company says small errors at each step snowball, and one sales team used accurate counts to find 700 accounts it had missed.
Read more: Small data errors add up: 80% accurate steps end at 33%Salesforce says online stores can now take checkout inside Google's Gemini app and AI Mode in Search, so shoppers may buy without visiting a store's website.
Read more: Salesforce lets shoppers buy inside Google's AI chat toolsA Tungsten Automation executive says companies can automate routine bills while keeping people in charge of large or unusual payments.
Read more: Companies can automate routine bills but keep people on big paymentsBanks are testing AI that spots fraud rings by how accounts and devices connect, but people still make the final call on cases. Here is what that means for you.
Read more: Banks Turn to AI That Spots Fraud Gangs by Their PatternsOllama now runs Phonon, small text-to-speech models that read text aloud on a Mac with no subscription. The license differs by language.
Read more: Free app now reads text aloud in natural voices on your MacA Perth consultant's tests suggest AI could cut a one-hour bookkeeping review to about 5 minutes, but the tools still slipped on tax and foreign currency.
Read more: Tests show AI can cut a one-hour bookkeeping review to about 5 minutesLinkthread, a tool for building one bio link page, now has a $5 a month paid plan with deeper tracking, more design options and room for a team. Free stays free.
Read more: Linkthread adds a $5 a month paid plan with deeper link trackingPoka has launched a tool that lets plant teams build their own AI agents without code, and a connector that feeds Poka data to assistants like ChatGPT and Copilot.
Read more: Poka lets factory teams build their own AI helpers without codingMotorola's Moto Tag 2 item tracker is back to $19.99 after a short stretch at $30, which makes it a cheap pick for Android users who lose keys or bags.
Read more: Motorola's Moto Tag 2 item tracker is back down to $19.99DocuSign has put contract signing and tracking inside SAP's sales and HR software, which could save time for companies already using SAP.
Read more: DocuSign now lets SAP users sign and manage contracts in one placeiOS 27.2 brings Multiview to the iPhone, so Apple TV subscribers can follow up to four live sports streams on one screen.
Read more: Your iPhone can now show four live sports games at onceElavon, a U.S. Bank company, plans to build its payment tools into SAP applications. Businesses on SAP may one day handle payments without a separate system.
Read more: Elavon plans to build payments right into SAP business softwareSaaStr put an AI agent on its sponsor contact form. It booked 614 meetings and sourced over $1 million in closed deals, and the old flow is gone.
Read more: A website chat agent booked 614 meetings and closed over $1 millionTesla says 1.7 million people now pay for Full Self-Driving, and it hopes monthly software fees can earn more than selling cars. Here is what that means for drivers.
Read more: Tesla bets on a $99 monthly driving add-on to make more moneyZoho warns that fake signing emails use look-alike web addresses, like one that swaps an n for an m, to steal data or install harmful software.
Read more: Fake e-signature emails trick workers with one swapped letterFrom Nov. 1, 2026, WhatsApp Business bills for each delivered message, bot replies included, so chatty support flows could get expensive fast.
Read more: WhatsApp will charge businesses for every message sent from Nov. 1Oracle NetSuite says SuiteExpress could cut business software setup from months to weeks or days, but it has not shared prices, a release date or speed tests.
Read more: NetSuite says its new AI tool could set up business software in daysClaude skills let teams save a repeat task as plain-English instructions, so nobody has to paste a long prompt into every chat. Most need no coding.
Read more: Teams can now teach Claude a repeat task once and skip the long promptA former Slack insider describes the culture shock after Salesforce bought the chat company. For anyone relying on a vendor, it shows how a takeover can change daily service.
Read more: Slack insider: life after Salesforce bought us felt like a culture shockAn automated campaign uses stolen GitHub tokens to make private repositories print their own secrets, then deletes the evidence. Here is who is at risk.
Read more: Hackers use stolen GitHub keys to pull secrets from private codeWalmart now lets shoppers merge Walmart+ and Sam's Club Plus into one $120 yearly plan, aimed squarely at Amazon Prime's $139 price.
Read more: Walmart Bundles Two Memberships for $120 a Year to Rival PrimeWonder, the food hall startup that owns Grubhub, wants to go public and has a goal of fully autonomous food prep and delivery by 2040.
Read more: Wonder, the food hall startup, wants to go public and automate meals by 2040Monday.com has launched Harmony, an AI that phones sales leads, qualifies them and hands good ones to a human. Here is what it does and what is unknown.
Read more: Monday.com launches AI that phones sales leads and talks like a person
