Evabot secures fresh capital to inject artificial intelligence into corporate gifts – TechCrunch
Summary
In fact, theres a cottage industry of gifting-as-a-service startups promising to streamline the task, from companies like Reachdesk and &Open to Sendoso and Goody. In a recent survey, companies cited the inability to buy from multiple brands, inventory and stock management, and the limited selection of products as their biggest challenges when it came to gifts.Evabot itself is a supplier. Gupta said the proceeds will be used to scale Evabots operations, product development and growth, as well as its investments in artificial intelligence to build fully automated gifting experiences.Every company really wants to know their customers and employees in order to create thought-provoking experiences and touch points. With most of us remote now, businesses need a better way to connect with their customers and employees.Gupta co-launched Evabot, which previously went by the name Vizzi, in 2016 with Satwick Saxena, Ashish Kumar and Akshay Gupta shortly after they immigrated to the US. The company employs 60 people across offices in San Francisco, Dallas and cities in Canada and India, a number of employees Rabi Gupta intends to grow to 70 by the end of the year.