SBS Comms

Wishing Senior Account Manager Alexander Modiano a happy 4th anniversary with SBS! Alex's creative approach to media strategy, keen eye for aesthetics, and grounded client counsel set him apart, and we're so grateful to have him on the team. Happy anniversary, Alex! 🧘♂️ 🧢 💚

Some terrific insights in this story from ☀️Raza Shaikh at Launchpad Venture Group on angel investing in New England (plus NYC). This team has some amazing investment and exits, so I was thrilled to sit down for an interview. Raza confirms that age-old paradox that successful companies often emerge from economic downturns; as he notes, "most angels know that great companies are usually built or started in tougher times, and are more likely to succeed because they must be building something that somebody really needs." Check it out for more nuggets of wisdom, and thanks to Startup Boston for publishing the story! https://lnkd.in/gWx7quBR

Excited to share that Tomato.ai has announced two new products for call centers, created by a diverse founding team who were all born outside the U.S., bringing firsthand experience in cross-cultural communication. The new offerings include Accent Softening and Noise Cancellation 🎧 Oh, and they've extended their seed funding to $12M+! Congrats to Ofer Ronen, James Fan, and the rest of the Tomato.ai team for this innovation in customer service tech 🚀   As always, great working with Michael Nuñez at VentureBeat to share our story!

Today marks one month since I started at SBS Comms and in that short amount of time I’ve had the opportunity to attend Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Gala and our semi-annual Night Moves event that brings media and communications professionals together for a fun night of networking. While we are a fully remote company, it’s been great to have face-to-face time with the team these past few weeks and connecting IRL has helped me seamlessly transition into my new role. I’m excited to grow and learn from the team at SBS Comms !

We had an amazing time at NIGHT MOVES NYC! Thank you to everyone who came out and made it an unforgettable night. Stay tuned for photos! 🗽⚡

Ramp continues to grow beyond the traditional finance category with its second category expansion – Ramp Travel. With the offering, Ramp is leading with its AI capabilities, powering intricate software and workflows that other travel solutions can’t compete with. Now businesses and employees using Ramp can seamlessly book work travel through the platform, that includes inventory from Priceline. CC: Jo Youngerman, Eric Glyman, and Carl Franzen

New Episode! James Evans, CEO of CommandBar, has the goal to make the most robust AI powered user assistant to save time, money, and optimize workflow. James has raised over $23M in funding and attracted customers like AngelList along the way! He founded and is leading CommandBar with an innovative approach that can now sift through FAQs all the way to updating your employee's 401(k) from just being asked! James shares why he wanted to be in AI, how CommandBar is reducing costs and making businesses more efficient, where AI assistants are heading, and his overall vision for the company! James also discusses many great lessons for entrepreneurs to learn and apply. Thank you to Sophia Ingram and the SBS Comms team for helping with this! YouTube: https://lnkd.in/e_zHKPVu Spotify: https://lnkd.in/e6ebMtQb Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/esxyHWJX

We’re excited to welcome our next class of Fellows to SBS Comms! Meet Aidan Elrod & Daisy Fauver, joining us from opposite coasts to make up our tenth fellowship cohort. Aidan is a Chico State University graduate with a Bachelor’s in Journalism & Public Relations. He joins us from San Francisco with prior experience as a PR intern in the tech industry, where he worked with clients in the venture capital, fintech, account management and AI sectors. When he isn’t working, Aidan enjoys playing/watching sports, writing, hanging out with friends, and playing video games. Based in New York, Daisy is a recent graduate of St. Lawrence University where she studied Sociology and Education. Her previous roles include interning in the media space at iHeartmedia and the consumer and influencer marketing space at Spot & Tango. Outside of work she enjoys going to concerts, exploring the outdoors, traveling, searching for bodega cats in NYC, mycology and reading. Psst: We’re still growing! We’re looking to add new Fellows, an Account Manager, Senior Account Managers, and Account Directors to our fully remote and distributed team! Visit our job page for more information. 👀

Maven AGI is taking on the $460B customer support industry with generative AI to deliver highly personalized customer experiences. And the need is there – early adopters such as Tripadvisor, HubSpot, Impact. com, and ClickUp, have teamed up with Maven to autonomously resolve over 93% of inquiries, reduce support costs by 81%, and handle millions of interactions across more than 50 languages. My team had the pleasure of helping launch Maven out of stealth mode and announce their Series A this week – $28M in new funding and a partnership case study with #OpenAI. 🔥 Big thanks to Michael Nuñez for telling our story in VentureBeat. Congrats Jonathan Corbin, Sami Shalabi, Eugene Mann, Arielle Aldrich, and the rest of the Maven AGI team! 

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