The Zapier Blog

JULY 3, 2025

As a kid, I was deeply traumatized by the Borg in Star Trek: Next Generation —so it's safe to say that I had some baggage to work through when I first started hearing the term "AI integration." With Zapier, AI integration is about making your workflows work better. Table of contents: What is AI integration?

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 3, 2025

Small businesses cannot afford to have a tech team on staff, so this article offers valuable insights about the step-by-step cost- effective ways to use No-Code AI tools in various areas of a company. Enhanced Customer Experience: AI can provide personalized interactions and support that bring in potential customers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Singapore-based Bot MD helps save time with an AI-based chatbot that lets doctors look up important information from their smartphones, instead of needing to call a hospital operator or access its intranet. Bot MD’s AI assistant currently supports English, with plans to release Bahasa Indonesian and Spanish later this year.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Platforms targeting this challenge include Orbita , a platform designed to simplify the process of designing,, and managing, AI-driven voice and chatbot applications across smartphone and smart speaker channels. Sensely is a voice assistant and chatbot that helps health plans route their members to the right healthcare providers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 3, 2024

Should I use AI to help with a blog? AI can analyze large amounts of information, so you can use it to qualify leads and make data-based decisions that enhance your content based on users’ behavior and interests to boost conversions. Use chatbots to answer potential clients’ questions and personalize the experience on your website.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 8, 2024

Ever since ChatGPT catapulted generative AI into public consciousness over a year ago, we’ve been introduced to thousands of new consumer products that incorporate the magic of AI — from video generators to workflow hacks , creativity tools to virtual companions. More on what’s behind the spike in AI companionship below.)

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Dream It

AUGUST 6, 2020

Infermedica (Healthtech ‘18) is an AI-driven platform that helps insurance, telemedicine companies, and health systems increase efficiency through fast, digital symptom-checks. Symptom Checker is available as a chatbot and voice assistant. We’re delighted to be onboard as Infermedica embarks on the next stage of its journey.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Biting into an AI Apple : Apple isn’t about to let all those other big tech companies get in on the AI fun. A new story, also by Ivan , reports that Apple is reportedly experimenting with language-generating AI so that Siri can better understand queries.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 17, 2018

One technology trend that has caught everyone’s attention in recent years is the way artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving. Among the many possibilities that AI promises, customer experience (CX) seems to be completely overhauled. We are already witnessing the inroads AI is making into various industries and fields.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Leverage AI and Chatbots AI-powered chatbots can provide instant responses to common queries, improving response times and freeing up your human agents for more complex issues. Pro Tip: Start with a simple chatbot for FAQs and gradually expand its capabilities based on customer interactions and feedback.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 10, 2025

This concept is top of mind for me because we are now seeing the potential for AI products to change the quality and economies of service for addiction and therapy once again.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

While everybody was infatuated with the “truthy” belief that in the future nobody will make calls as we all interact with AI chatbots, the volume of calls has exploded with inbound calls to businesses skyrocketing to nearly 170 billion per year over the next few years. For years I struggled to convince people that phone calls mattered.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 13, 2020

Carlos Melendez is the CEO of Wovenware , a nearshore software services firm focused on chatbots and AI. As businesses begin to implement new ways of working in the new landscape , we asked three EO members—from three industries and three countries—to share how they are moving forward. . Carlos Melendez, Wovenware, EO Puerto Rico.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Thanks to AI (artificial intelligence) technology , chatbots, smart speakers — such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home — and live chatbots all use natural human language to converse with real people and help them make purchase decisions. AI chatbots. Implementing an AI chatbot.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The focus, as tends to be the case for all these customer service conversational AI plays, is freeing (human) support agents from dealing with dull, repetitive stuff — so they can apply their (less limited) skills to more complex, consultative or emotionally demanding customer queries. Tracking the growth of low-code, no-code startups.

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StartupNation

JUNE 6, 2025

For instance, the loudest ones might tell you: “ You shouldn’t play with that AI ball — it’s dangerous! This can be a white-label help desk , AI chatbot, or voice assistant. They aren’t in the business arena but have front-row seats and megaphones to point out what you’re doing wrong.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 21, 2024

Generative AI took the consumer landscape by storm in 2023, reaching over a billion dollars of consumer spend 1 in record time. Over the past couple months, we’ve spoken with dozens of Fortune 500 and top enterprise leaders , 2 and surveyed 70 more, to understand how they’re using, buying, and budgeting for generative AI.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

While most whiteboard apps are starting to implement AI-powered features, they aren't yet a major factor for inclusion. And, of course, it's got AI features in beta: you can do things like generate diagrams and images from a prompt, automatically create sticky notes, and otherwise bounce ideas off an AI chatbot.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT , can now browse the internet — in certain cases. A chatbot with web access is a risky prospect, as OpenAI’s own research has found. Time will tell whether they’re sufficient. They’re largely self-explanatory.

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StartupNation

JUNE 6, 2025

For instance, the loudest ones might tell you: “ You shouldn’t play with that AI ball — it’s dangerous! This can be a white-label help desk , AI chatbot, or voice assistant. They aren’t in the business arena but have front-row seats and megaphones to point out what you’re doing wrong.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

And the broad impact of this wave of AI is already creating the sort of massive value we’ve seen with other platform shifts, like the internet, mobile, cloud. AI today 1. But there will be more breakthroughs because now all the AI scientists in the world are working on making the stuff better. Noam Shazeer, Character.AI

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) raises everything from fears of a takeover by machines to optimism that computers will solve some of humanity’s toughest challenges. Currently, just 17% of organizations use AI-based solutions in their HR department, but this is expected to rise to 30% by 2022. Recruitment. Employee engagement.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

“Voice skins” have become a very popular feature for AI-based voice assistants, to help personalize some of the more anodyne aspects of helpful, yet also kind of bland and robotic, speaking voices you get on services like Alexa. Our goal is to be a global leader in providing AI voices that touches people’s hearts and emotions.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

At first glance, Jasper and ChatGPT seem similar—they're both generative AI tools that can create content in a split second. But there's a big difference here: ChatGPT is an AI chatbot that's flexible enough to handle just about any task you throw at it, while Jasper is a specialized AI marketing tool.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

I've been writing about AI since before most people knew what it stood for, and still, barely a week goes by where I don't have to look up some new term or technical topic. Try Zapier's AI features Discover how AI gives you automation superpowers.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

With the rise of data-led marketing and artificial intelligence (AI) within digital strategies, the benefits have never been clearer. From chatbots to personalized shopping recommendations, AI is truly all around. However, for many SMEs, it’s often difficult to see the clear value in AI. The Value of AI in SME Marketing.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Use interfaces, data tables, and logic to build secure, automated, AI-powered systems for your business-critical workflows across your organization's technology stack.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’re excited to announce the second batch of a16z Open Source AI Grant recipients. This program is designed to support a thriving open source ecosystem around modern AI. We provide grant funding (not an investment) to developers and small teams who are building critical pieces of the open source AI stack.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

Read more on how to effectively add AI to your Zapier workflows. Build—and interact with—AI assistants in other apps Ever wanted to have your own AI assistant that can chat with team members or customers and solve issues in other apps, like Slack or Gmail? You can use AI and automation to bridge that gap.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

The hype around ChatGPT , OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, hasn’t reached a peak yet. Associating with an app that visible, particularly one that’s in the red-hot generative AI space, is bound to get attention — a fact to which this article is a testament.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

And while AI has since come on the scene, it hasn't replaced automation—it's made it better. Now, I delegate to AI automation. Try Zapier's AI features Discover how AI gives you automation superpowers. Table of contents: What is AI automation? Automation used to be the best way to do that.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, Oren Etzioni is an entrepreneur and CEO of the non-profit Allen Institute for AI. Matt McIlwain is an early-stage venture investor at Madrona Venture Group who has been investing in AI technologies for nearly a decade. Matt McIlwain. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

If software is eating the world, AI isn’t far behind. AI-powered text-, art- and audio-generating systems will soon make — and already are making — their way into the tools people use every day, from programming environments and spellcheck plugins to concept art creation platforms. Image Credits: Inworld AI.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

The enterprise is about to get hit by the generative AI hype train, as Salesforce prepares to invest in startups developing what it calls “responsible generative AI.” It has also previously launched a dedicated AI fund , targeting startups building AI smarts on top of Salesforce.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Pro tip: Use Zapier Canvas —a free AI-powered diagramming tool—to map out processes and workflows from scratch. Zapier is the only AI orchestration platform that combines the security oversight IT demands with the speed your business teams need. That's where AI tools like ChatGPT can lend a hand. Where are the handoffs?

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

Leveraging a combination of live chat apps and AI-powered chatbots, as well as analytics, Tidio attempts to scale customer service operations even at small companies without the benefit of dedicated staff. Ada also slots into the category — it features chatbots powered by a natural language processing engine.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 21, 2023

AIMMO, renowned for its AD-DaaS solution—a specialized solution for autonomous driving AI data—exhibited its technology at ‘Auto.AI With this, AIMMO is emerging as a global powerhouse in AI data solutions. Could you tell us about AIMMO’s AI data solution? Especially in the AI industry, speed is crucial.

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