
VUX World
Interviews with the best brains in AI, sharing how to improve customer experience and business operations using emerging AI technologies such as voice AI, conversational AI, NLP, Large Language Models (LLMs), generative AI and more.We educate business leaders and teams on why and how AI technologies are revolutionising the way consumers engage with businesses and the internet, why that matters and how to implement it properly.“One of the most consistently insightful and deeply respected podcasts in the industry”Bradley Metrock, Score Publishing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Jul 27, 2022 • 54min
Automate the mundane, elevate the humane, with Muddu Sudhakar, CEO, Aisera
Niche player in Gartner's 2022 Magic Quadrant for enterprise conversational AI platforms, Aisera has been making moves to bring the best AI service experience to market. We're joined by Aisera CEO and investor, Muddu Sudhakar, to discuss the Aisera philosophy for AI mediated service provision and how it enables enterprises to get the best out of their human resources. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 26, 2022 • 1h 2min
The rise of digital humans, virtual influencers and branded avatars, with Danny Tomsett, CEO, UneeQ
There's a reason why the digital human market is forecast to reach $527 billion by 2030. And it's not all about the metaverse. One of the companies leading the digital human charge is UneeQ, and we're joined by CEO, Danny Tomsett, to dive into the rising trend of digital humans, branded avatars, virtual influencers and more. We'll discuss how and where digital humans are and will be used, the value they add to users, customers and businesses, as well as how you can get started on your digital human journey.Check out -https://digitalhumans.com/https://iamsophie.io/www.uneeq.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 21, 2022 • 1h 21min
Conversation design maturity with Braden Ream, CEO, Voiceflow
Braden Ream is the CEO of the rapidly growing conversation design platform, Voiceflow. Braden and his team spend their days working to understand how conversation designers work, and what they need. Needless to say, he’s worked with countless conversation design teams and is perfectly placed to highlight some observations on what the best conversation design teams in the world do well. You’ll learn the signs of conversation design maturity as well as pointers on how to improve your practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 20, 2022 • 49min
You’ll build your first chatbot twice with Orlando Gadea, Stanley Black and Decker
Orlando Gadea, Global VP Customer Experience Transformation at Stanley Black & Decker, talks about challenges of using conversational AI for pre-sales questions, developing agile culture in a traditional organization, and lessons and insights from experiences.

Jul 14, 2022 • 59min
How Rabobank uses conversational AI with Stefan Bijkerk
Rabobank is one of the leading banks in The Netherlands. Join Stefan Bijkerk, Data-analyst & Conversational AI Specialist, Rabobank, to learn all about the use cases and channels used by Rabobank’s AI assistant to serve its customers and the business value it brings. Learn how Rabobank approaches identifying use cases and taking ideas from concept to production, as well as conversation design best practices for the banking industry. **Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworld Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 13, 2022 • 58min
How Empire Today uses conversational AI with Philip Bennett
Philip Bennett is the Customer Service Operations Manager at Empire Today, the USA’s largest direct-to-consumer shop-at-home flooring provider. Philip joins us to share case studies on how Empire Today is using conversational AI to improve customer experience and business outcomes. We’ll chat about what’s working, what’s not, and how a ‘traditional’ business can apply emerging technology and fuel its transformation efforts.**Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworld Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 8, 2022 • 58min
Conversational AI in emerging markets with Beerud Sheth, CEO, Gupshup
Beerud Sheth founded popular freelancing service, Upwork, and now co-founded and heads-up the leading conversational AI platform for emerging markets, Gupshup.Gupshup has been on a mission lately, with acquisition after acquisition, and expanding into all emerging economies. Beerud joins us to share the Gupshup story, as well as how conversational AI is being adopted across emerging markets such as APAC. We’ll discuss the difference in customer behaviour and experience in these markets, as well as how that changes business strategy and technology solutions.**Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworld Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 6, 2022 • 59min
How Human First helps you build better bots, with Greg Whiteside, CEO, Human First
Greg Whiteside, CEO, Human First joins us to share how you can use data to build better bots, why we’re focusing too much on data labelling and why your help centres and knowledge bases are underrated goldmines.**Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworld Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 16, 2022 • 1h 8min
The digital assistant scorecard with Frank Schneider, CEO, Speakeasy AI
Has digital assistant performance finally been nailed? Frank Schneider returns to VUX World to discuss and share the new digital assistant scorecard from Speakeasy AI. **Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworldCheck out Speakeasyai.comCheck out the Digital assistant scorecard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 8, 2022 • 54min
Shooting the shiz with Balto's Marc Bernstein 003
Marc Bernstein, CEO, Balto, and Kane Simms, CEO, VUX World, knock their heads together again in another episode of shoot the shiz, discussing the latest trends in CX and beyond, including: Friendly competition - zoom and GenesysIrish Bank - 2 hour wait timesNearly 20% of brands have seen a dip in customer experience quality.A great post from Andrew Moorehouse on the Death of Live Chat. Analysis from studying 10,000 live chat transcriptions. It’s bad. “Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good” (Shout out to Run DMC).Check out BaltoSubscribe to VUX World Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.