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HireVue Acquires AllyO

October 6, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

HireVue acquired AllyO to integrate AllyO’s conversational recruiting chatbot and automated workflow software into HireVue’s video interviewing and assessment platform, aiming to accelerate high-volume hiring and improve candidate engagement. The acquisition combines AllyO’s AI-driven candidate engagement with HireVue’s assessments to serve industries with high-volume hiring needs such as hospitality, retail, restaurants and manufacturing. Terms were not disclosed.

Bazaarvoice Acquires affable.ai from Affable Technologies

October 10, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

Bazaarvoice has acquired the affable.ai creator-marketing platform from Affable Technologies to add AI-driven influencer discovery and management to its social commerce and content activation capabilities. The deal integrates affable.ai's creator technology into Bazaarvoice's full-funnel content and retail distribution network to help clients scale creator-led social commerce and measure ROI across awareness to conversion.

Uniphore Acquires Orby AI and Autonom8

August 28, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Uniphore announced it has acquired Orby AI and intends to acquire Autonom8 to integrate advanced agent orchestration, Large Action Models, and neuro-symbolic capabilities into its Business AI Cloud. Both acquisitions bring senior AI research and engineering talent from DeepMind and Google and will accelerate Uniphore's ability to automate complex enterprise workflows; transaction terms were not disclosed.

Salesfloor Acquires Conversational AI Provider Automat

January 13, 2022

AI & Machine Learning

Salesfloor acquired Montreal-based conversational AI provider Automat to integrate guided shopping, product recommendations and personalization into its virtual shopping and clienteling platform. The deal brings Automat’s AI capabilities (used by brands such as L’Oréal and Colgate-Palmolive) into Salesfloor’s platform to boost omnichannel retail personalization and sales performance.

Bazaarvoice Acquires Granify

December 5, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Bazaarvoice has acquired Granify, an AI-driven e-commerce contextualization and conversion optimization platform, to enhance its full-funnel e-commerce and user-generated content (UGC) offering. The deal integrates Granify’s in-session behavioral AI capabilities with Bazaarvoice’s product and UGC data to drive improved on-site personalization and higher conversion rates for brands and retailers.

Alation Acquires Lyngo Analytics

October 14, 2021

Data & Analytics

Alation Inc., the Redwood City–based data intelligence company, has acquired Los Altos–based Lyngo Analytics to integrate Lyngo’s natural-language AI capabilities into Alation’s data catalog. Lyngo’s co-founders Jennifer Wu and Joachim Rahmfeld will join Alation in senior product and AI/ML roles to help broaden the platform’s support for non-technical business users and convert natural-language questions into SQL.