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Interactions

31 Hayward Street, Suite E, Franklin, Massachusetts, 02038, United States

Overview

Interactions is described in the article as one of the largest standalone AI companies and offers Intelligent Virtual Assistants that combine conversational AI with human understanding. Its products are designed to deliver unified, optichannel customer care and to improve customer experience while reducing costs for large brands. The company is actively advancing its product roadmap and is prioritizing R&D and operational infrastructure investment. Recent executive additions, including a new Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Sales Officer, are intended to support scaling and go‑to‑market efforts. Interactions was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Franklin, Massachusetts, with additional offices worldwide. The company reported a fresh capital infusion intended to accelerate growth and product development. Interactions is a 12-year-old virtual assistant startup based in Franklin, Mass., that builds AI-powered natural language voice and chat systems for customer service. Its core product is an AI-driven virtual assistant that uses advanced natural language processing to handle phone calls and increasingly chat interactions, aiming to move beyond simple menu prompts. The company has deployed systems that parse complex requests—an example is with Hyatt hotels where callers can request reservations and the assistant infers party size from language—reducing robotic experiences. Some levels of their voice-recognition tech report up to 98% accuracy, while more complex requests currently yield accuracy in the high seventies. Interactions is focused on bolstering voice-recognition and improving text-recognition accuracy for chat systems as part of its near-term product roadmap. Financially, it just closed a $56 million funding round, its largest to date, bringing total funding to nearly $167 million. Interactions Corporation develops patented technology for automated voice and other interactive systems that engage customers in natural conversation. Led by CEO Mike Iacobucci, the company offers conversational virtual assistant applications for customer care. It closed a $40M financing to support growth. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations across all business functions and to continue technology and service innovation. It plans to grow its portfolio of solutions, expand existing facilities in Indianapolis and Austin, and open new offices in Boston. The company is actively hiring to support these initiatives. Interactions Corporation is a Boston, MA-based provider of voice and interactive solutions that enable consumer-facing brands to interact with their customers. The company offers a platform for automated voice and other interactive systems that integrates with existing IVR platforms, speech platforms, and web applications, supplemented by a small pool of human analysts. Led by CEO Mike Iacobucci, Interactions supports brands' customer interactions across voice and digital channels. It operates additional facilities in Indiana and Texas. The company plans to use the funds to support its growing customer base, expand market presence, and invest in new technology and infrastructure. Interactions Corporation builds customer care communication solutions that integrate with IVR, speech and web applications and augment them with a pool of human "intent analysts." The company was established in 2002 and is Boston, MA-based with a technology center in Carmel, Indiana. Its platform is aimed at consumer-facing brands seeking to improve interactive systems. The firm recently completed a financing that the company said will allow it to augment sales and marketing. That fundraising underscores a focus on commercial expansion rather than product pivots. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article.

Total raised
$164M
Funding rounds
5
Latest round
Debt Financing
Latest activity
Jul 2022

Industries

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Customer Service
  • Enterprise Software
  • Information Services
  • Information Technology
  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Software
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Recent funding

  1. Debt Financing

    Jul 2022

    $50M

  2. Equity

    Aug 2016

    $56M

  3. Equity

    May 2013

    $40M

  4. Series E

    Jul 2011

    $12M

  5. Series D

    Jul 2010

    $6M

Team

  • Michael Iacobucci

    Chief Executive Officer

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  • Dave Parkinson

    Executive Vice President of Strategic Accounts

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  • Nicholas Ruiz

    Senior Inventive Scientist

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  • Julie Dickman

    Director of Account Management

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