RingCentral Acquires DeepAffects
December 21, 2020
RingCentral acquired DeepAffects, a conversational intelligence startup, to integrate advanced speech, speaker and emotion-recognition AI into its meetings and collaboration platform. The deal closed in Q4 2020 for undisclosed terms and is intended to enhance RingCentral's pre-, in- and post-meeting experiences for enterprise customers.
- Buyers
- RingCentral, Inc.
- Targets
- DeepAffects
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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