Cisco to Acquire AI Startup Accompany for $270 million

Cisco will acquire Accompany which provides an AI-driven relationship intelligence platform for finding new prospects, navigating the selling process, and strengthening relationships, for $270 million.

"...providing user and company profile data in Webex meetings.

The premise for Accompany is simple: the mobile and web app wants to be your virtual chief of staff, providing you with all the information you need for anyone you are meeting with in a given day. The app, which has been in private beta for the past two years and opened to the public today, connects to your Google or Microsoft email account, your mobile calendar, and Facebook and Twitter accounts. From there, the company’s algorithms parse through your personal data — as well as biographies and information listed on the...

Cisco will acquire Accompany which provides an AI-driven relationship intelligence platform for finding new prospects, navigating the selling process, and strengthening relationships, for $270 million.

"...providing user and company profile data in Webex meetings.

The premise for Accompany is simple: the mobile and web app wants to be your virtual chief of staff, providing you with all the information you need for anyone you are meeting with in a given day. The app, which has been in private beta for the past two years and opened to the public today, connects to your Google or Microsoft email account, your mobile calendar, and Facebook and Twitter accounts. From there, the company’s algorithms parse through your personal data — as well as biographies and information listed on the web — to create miniature dossiers on each of your contacts.