Leaping AI Raises $4.7M, Zoom's Revenue Soars, and New AI Tools Unveiled - Sales & Marketing AI Weekly #20

August 22, 2025 - Sales & Marketing AI Weekly
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Welcome to this week's edition of Sales & Marketing AI Weekly.

In today's newsletter, we're diving into some exciting developments in the AI-driven sales and marketing landscape. Leaping AI has successfully raised $4.7 million to enhance its AI voice agents, aiming to revolutionize customer service in call centers. Meanwhile, Zoom Communications Inc. has raised its revenue forecast to $4.83 billion, attributing this growth to the increasing demand for its AI-integrated products.

Additionally, YY Group Holding Limited has launched new AI-powered tools for customer service and recruitment, while ShiftUp has secured $3 million to advance its AI sales platform. These stories, along with many others, highlight the ongoing innovation and investment in AI technologies that are reshaping the sales and marketing sectors.
Leaping AI Secures $4.7 Million for AI Voice Agents
Leaping AI has raised $4.7 million in seed funding to develop AI voice agents for call centers, aiming to improve customer service with human-like interactions. Read more
Ramsey Theory Group Enhances Erdos Tracks with AI
Ramsey Theory Group has upgraded its Erdos Tracks platform with AI to improve real-time profit and loss tracking for contractors, integrating functionalities like bidding and project management. Read more
Zoom Raises Revenue Forecast Amid AI Demand
Zoom Communications Inc. has increased its fiscal-year revenue forecast to $4.83 billion, citing strong demand for its AI-integrated products and a 7% rise in enterprise sales. Read more
YY Group Introduces AI Customer Service and Recruitment Platform
YY Group Holding Limited, based in Singapore, has announced the launch of an AI-powered customer service system and an AI-driven recruitment platform. The initiatives aim to enhance operational efficiency and expand revenue streams. Read more
ShiftUp Raises $3 Million for AI Sales Platform
ShiftUp has secured $3 million in seed funding to advance its AI-powered sales intelligence platform, which aims to enhance sales team performance by automating processes and providing actionable insights. Read more
Harmonic Enhances VOS360 Ad SaaS with AI Features
Harmonic has announced updates to its VOS360 Ad SaaS solution, incorporating AI-powered contextual ad triggering and programmatic advertising. These enhancements aim to boost advertising revenue and improve viewer experience for streamers and broadcasters. Read more
Mitesco Expands Data Centers and Launches AI Sales Platform
Mitesco, Inc., a technology company, is expanding its data center operations and launching 'Robo Agent', an AI-driven sales automation platform for real estate, integrating with Follow Up Boss™ CRM. Read more
Arcade Acquires Upduo and Launches AI Sales Platform
Arcade has acquired Upduo and introduced 'Arcade AI Sales Leader', a platform designed to enhance retail performance through AI-powered coaching tools. Read more
Markable Exceeds $500 Million in Sales, Targets $1 Billion by 2025
Markable, an AI-powered ad-tech platform, has announced surpassing $500 million in gross merchandise value for its retail partners. The company aims to reach $1 billion in creator-led sales by the end of 2025. Read more
AdCellerant and Vendasta Expand AI Partnership for SMBs
AdCellerant and Vendasta have announced an expanded partnership to provide AI-powered marketing and business solutions to over 250,000 small and medium-sized businesses. Read more
Keyloop Partners with Kortical AI for Motor Finance
Keyloop has partnered with Kortical to integrate AI into its software, aiming to boost motor finance renewal rates for dealers by analyzing customer data. Read more
Lenovo Chatbot Vulnerability Exposes Security Risks
A vulnerability in Lenovo's AI chatbot 'Lena' allowed attackers to steal session cookies via an XSS attack, highlighting security risks in AI tools. Read more
MetaRouter Appoints Jeremy King as Advisor
MetaRouter has appointed Jeremy King, former CTO of Walmart, Pinterest, and eBay, as a formal advisor to enhance its retail media and AI data infrastructure. Read more
Bluefish Labs Secures $20M in Series A Funding
Bluefish Labs Inc., an AI marketing platform, has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by NEA and Salesforce Ventures. The funding will be used to enhance brand intelligence as AI chatbots become more prevalent in product discovery. Read more
Broadcom Chooses Vectara for AI Customer Service
Vectara has been selected by Broadcom to provide a conversational AI customer service solution for its enterprise clients, aiming to enhance support and efficiency. Read more
ElementalTV and Cineverse Collaborate on AI Audience Insights
ElementalTV has partnered with Cineverse to integrate its AI-powered audience insights platform, 1Audience, into Cineverse's streaming services. This collaboration aims to improve audience targeting and revenue generation by transforming raw data into actionable audience segments. Read more
Contera.ai Secures $120,000 from Techstars Tokyo
Ukrainian startup Contera.ai has received $120,000 in funding from Techstars Tokyo as part of its 2025 accelerator program, focusing on automating e-commerce marketing. Read more

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