Gupshup, a provider of Conversational AI to ecommerce companies and retail businesses around the world, announced the acquisition of AskSid, a leading Conversational AI provider. Gupshup’s customer experience (CX) will be enhanced as AskSid’s full-stack AI product and Retail AI brain makes the entire customer journey – from pre-purchase through post-purchase – fully conversational.
Beerud Sheth, co-founder, and CEO, of Gupshup, said, “Conversational commerce is about to transform shopping, both online and offline. Gupshup is building the most comprehensive conversational commerce solution and AskSid’s deep-domain AI offering will help us bring even more advanced capabilities to ecommerce and retail businesses worldwide. We welcome the AskSid team onboard and look forward to collaborating with major brands across the world to enable next-gen shopping experiences.”
As a result of the acquisition, Gupshup’s AI-powered conversational solutions for the e-commerce, retail, and consumer goods industry will be strengthened. Also during this month, Gupshup acquired Active.Ai, a leading conversational AI platform for banks and fintech companies. With the acquisition, Gupshup will offer greater customer experience (CX) solutions to BFSI customers.
Per a recent report by McKinsey, ecommerce could grow up to 5x faster compared to pre-pandemic times. “This presents a huge opportunity for retail and ecommerce brands – but only if they are able to provide expert guidance anytime, anywhere to their consumers, which is exactly what AskSid delivers. Together with Gupshup, we will help businesses drive richer conversational experiences.”
“We are very happy to join forces with Gupshup and look forward to helping more brands personalize their shopping experiences at scale,” said Dinesh Sharma, Co-founder, and CTO, AskSid.
The company acquired Dotgo in September last year for geographical and business expansion, which was a player in RCS and RBM.
