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ChowNow Expands its Online Ordering and Marketing Tools for Restaurants with the Acquisition of Cuboh

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Delivery Services, Retail, Other Retail, Apps, Applications, Technology, Software, Food, Beverage, Restaurant, POS, ChowNow, Marketing, Growth, Acquisition, Management

Today, ChowNow , the leading online ordering and marketing platform for independent restaurants, announced the acquisition of Cuboh, a prominent startup specializing in streamlining online orders for the restaurant industry.

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  • Today, ChowNow , the leading online ordering and marketing platform for independent restaurants, announced the acquisition of Cuboh, a prominent startup specializing in streamlining online orders for the restaurant industry.
  • Founded with the vision to simplify online order management, Cuboh has distinguished itself in the restaurant technology space.
  • Restaurants already using Cuboh will now have access to ChowNow’s premium suite of products, including ChowNow Pro, Order Better Network, the commission-free ChowNow marketplace, and Flex Delivery.
  • To learn more about ChowNow, visit their website at chownow.com , download the ChowNow app or check out the latest updates by following @ chownow .

SoundHound AI Reports Record Third Quarter, Revenue Increases to $13.3 Million, Adjusted EBITDA Improves 57% Year Over Year

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
Mobile, Wireless, Technology, Automotive, General Automotive, Telecommunications, Software, Audio, Video, Consumer Electronics, VoIP, Artificial Intelligence, ChowNow, EBITDA, Pressure, Chicken Shack, Car, Entrepreneurship, CFO, Traction, Multimedia, Jersey Mike's Subs, SoundHound, Marketing, DS Automobiles, Software as a service, Krispy Kreme, Growth, Stellantis, Human, Samsung, Customer service, Mobile phone, Food delivery, AI

SoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in voice artificial intelligence, today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2023.

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  • SoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in voice artificial intelligence, today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2023.
  • The financial data presented in this press release should be considered preliminary until the company files its 10-Q.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231109631031/en/
    SoundHound AI Reports Record Third Quarter, Revenue Increases to $13.3 Million, Adjusted EBITDA Improves 57% Year Over Year (Graphic: Business Wire)
    “Our third quarter was another milestone for revenue, and at the same time marked a significant ramping up of our business,” said Keyvan Mohajer, CEO and Co-Founder of SoundHound AI.
  • “SoundHound Chat AI became the first ever voice assistant with generative AI capabilities to go live in European vehicles, and well-known restaurant brands are embracing our voice technology to alleviate pressure and delight consumers.

Recharge Capital Taps Bridgewater Associates Singapore Executive Margaret Wang as Managing Partner

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Monday, September 18, 2023
Professional Services, Health, Consumer, Women, Finance, General Health, Rhea, Head, PayPal, Digital Production Partnership, Paxos, Squarespace, Wang, Goldman Sachs, Recharge, Fertility, Capital, Bridgewater Associates, Apple, Growth, Merrill (company), ChowNow, NYSE, Management

Recharge Capital, the leading $6B thematic-first private investment firm, today announced former Executive Director and Head of Bridgewater Associates Singapore, Margaret Wang, has been appointed Managing Partner focused on leading its Women’s Health Strategy.

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  • Recharge Capital, the leading $6B thematic-first private investment firm, today announced former Executive Director and Head of Bridgewater Associates Singapore, Margaret Wang, has been appointed Managing Partner focused on leading its Women’s Health Strategy.
  • Wang joins Recharge Capital with experience in senior leadership positions at global asset managers and financial services firms.
  • “Margaret’s appointment is a catalytic moment for our firm,” said Lorin Gu, Founding Partner of Recharge Capital.
  • Recharge Capital operates from its offices in New York and Singapore, serving as a catalyst for positive change in the global investment landscape.

ChowNow Partners with Boostly to Provide Integrated SMS Marketing to Restaurants

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Retail, Apps, Applications, Small Business, Online Retail, Restaurant, Bar, Professional Services, Marketing, Software, Digital Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Partnership, ChowNow, Research, SMS, Sale, Mobile phone

Boostly , the premier text marketing and feedback solution for restaurants, has announced its partnership with ChowNow , a platform for independent restaurants that provides a suite of operating and marketing tools, including branded mobile apps, commission-free online ordering, automated email marketing, and more.

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  • Boostly , the premier text marketing and feedback solution for restaurants, has announced its partnership with ChowNow , a platform for independent restaurants that provides a suite of operating and marketing tools, including branded mobile apps, commission-free online ordering, automated email marketing, and more.
  • The Boostly and ChowNow integration enables ChowNow’s restaurant partners to drive more incremental revenue, increase customer retention, and generate more feedback and reviews through Boostly’s innovative SMS marketing platform.
  • Both Boostly and ChowNow have always advocated for restaurants’ ability to control their customer data and relationships, so we’re thrilled to give ChowNow’s partners the opportunity to leverage their data for SMS marketing in ways that they haven’t had access to previously,” said Shane Murphy, Co-Founder and CEO of Boostly.
  • Boostly provides unique competitive advantages compared to other text marketing companies such as:
    Working seamlessly with the restaurant’s point of sale, online ordering, and phone system providers

Next-Generation Commerce Platform Kite Appoints CPTO and CFO

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
Rakuten, Life, Marketing, Owens Corning, API, Uber, Microsoft, Fletch, Bonobo, Fortune Brands, B2C, Masonite, Fulfillment, FBA, VF Corporation, IDEO, The North Face, Acquisition, GM, Machine learning, Commerce, Engineering, CFO, Growth, Entrepreneurship, Delta Dental, AI, ChowNow, Netflix, Management, Amazon, Attune, Flexport

NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kite, a next-generation commerce company specializing in scaling high-potential brands, announced today the appointment of Mike Hart, former VP of Product at Fletch and Amazon product management and engineering executive, as CPTO and Markus Leunig, former CFO of Walker Edison and The North Face, as CFO.

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  • NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kite , a next-generation commerce company specializing in scaling high-potential brands, announced today the appointment of Mike Hart , former VP of Product at Fletch and Amazon product management and engineering executive, as CPTO and Markus Leunig , former CFO of Walker Edison and The North Face, as CFO.
  • "The foundation of an exceptional company lies in the brilliance of its people," said Rob Solomon, Co-Founder and CEO of Kite.
  • Mike Hart, CPTO of Kite, has spent his career building platforms and ground-breaking products using machine learning at iconic technology companies and startups.
  • Prior to Kite, Mike was the VP of Product for data analytics platform Fletch, and led product and engineering teams at companies including Amazon, Netflix, and Microsoft.

SoundHound Joins Forces With ChowNow To Ensure Restaurants Never Miss A Call

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Software, Mobile, Wireless, Restaurant, Bar, Consumer Electronics, IOT (Internet of Things), Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, Retail, Audio, Video, Communications, Telecommunications, Marketing, Synthetic media, Smart, SoundHound, Multimedia, Generative, ChowNow, SMS, Mobile phone

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230829760942/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230829760942/en/
    SoundHound Joins Forces With ChowNow To Ensure Restaurants Never Miss A Call (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Using SoundHound’s new Smart Answering service, all restaurants on ChowNow will now have the option to add a new capability that lets them handle inbound customer queries via a voice assistant or SMS, meaning they won’t have to choose between answering the phone and serving in-house customers.
  • Built on SoundHound’s powerful voice AI platform, the Smart Answering system seamlessly uploads and assimilates company website information.
  • We’re helping them streamline operations, create more bandwidth, and ultimately, forge stronger connections with their customers," said Eric Jaffe, ChowNow Co-founder and COO.
  • “Smart Answering was specifically developed to help restaurants go from coping to thriving when it comes to inbound calls,” said James Hom, Chief Product Officer at SoundHound.

Harris Letter Joins ChowNow as Vice President of Sales

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Thursday, May 4, 2023
Letter, Partnership, DUMBO, Marketing, Resy, American Express, POS, B2C, Restaurant, GTM, ChowNow, Video game, Management

LOS ANGELES, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ChowNow, the nation's leading online ordering and marketing platform designed specifically to support independent restaurants, announced Harris Letter as Vice President of Sales to oversee the company's sales and work closely with restaurant and industry partners.

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  • LOS ANGELES, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ChowNow , the nation's leading online ordering and marketing platform designed specifically to support independent restaurants, announced Harris Letter as Vice President of Sales to oversee the company's sales and work closely with restaurant and industry partners.
  • Letter will lead ChowNow's sales team, spearheading the planning and execution of the company's high growth strategy.
  • Prior to ChowNow, Harris was the Vice President of Revenue at Resy, a global dining network acquired by American Express in 2019, where he focused on building sales teams and effective B2B processes while partnering with B2C functions.
  • "We're thrilled to have Harris on board as VP of Sales," said Chris Webb, co-founder and CEO of ChowNow.

WPP partners with The One Club for Creativity to bring the ONE School initiative for Black creatives to the UK

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
Professional Services, Marketing, DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), Advertising, Communications, Finance, Banking, Education, Apple, Culture, Thought, Blackness, Woman, Station One School, Â, Social change, Diversity, NYSE, Gender equality, Mentorship, The One Show, One Show, The One Club, History, Partnership, Technology, Student, Creativity, Designer, Industry, Sonos, ChowNow, Inclusion, Advertising, AKQA, Death, School, Leadership, Creative industries, Tutoring, Tourism, WPP, Black

WPP (NYSE: WPP) has partnered with The One Club for Creativity to launch ONE School UK, a free 16-week online portfolio programme designed to open doors to a career in advertising for talented UK-based Black creatives.

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  • WPP (NYSE: WPP) has partnered with The One Club for Creativity to launch ONE School UK, a free 16-week online portfolio programme designed to open doors to a career in advertising for talented UK-based Black creatives.
  • Black creatives from all walks of life are encouraged to apply for one of just 15 sought-after places.
  • Ez Blaine, ONE School UK lead, said: As a Black creative from the UK, its very meaningful to me to return here and help bring new Black talent into the creative industry.
  • Black creatives wanting to make the leap into advertising can find more details about ONE School UK, including information on how to apply, at https://oneschooluk.org .

Hone Raises $30 Million Series B Round to Democratize Executive-Quality Training

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Well, 3L, ROI, TomTom, Capital, COVID-19, Work, The Mind at Work, PacSun, ChowNow, Privilege, Aramark, Organization, Growth, Industry, Learning, Catalog, Equity, Mental health, Library, CEO, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program, Solution, Goal, Gopuff, Leadership, Lead, Airtable, SAN, Global Industrial, Team Dynamics, Allscripts, Mindfulness, Relativity Space, L&D, ConocoPhillips, Hortus semper virens, Leadership development, Tutoring, Financial services, Management, Rover, Metropolis, Hone

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Hone, the leading people skills training platform for the enterprise, announced today that it has raised a $30 million Series B round led by 3L Capital. This brings the total raised to $52.4 million. Invus Opportunities and previous investors F-Prime Capital, Cowboy Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Slack Fund, Semper Virens, and Swift Ventures, also participated in the round.

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  • Hone's live online learning platform is revolutionizing training across all levels of the enterprise, at 40% of the cost of traditional training solutions
    SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Hone , the leading people skills training platform for the enterprise, announced today that it has raised a $30 million Series B round led by 3L Capital.
  • Invus Opportunities and previous investors F-Prime Capital, Cowboy Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Slack Fund, Semper Virens, and Swift Ventures, also participated in the round.
  • A 2022 Leadership Development Survey found that high-performing organizations are more likely to invest in developing future leaders early.
  • Hone has trained employees at organizations as wide ranging as Indeed, ConocoPhillips, Pacific Sunwear, Allscripts, TomTom, and Aramark.

Lavu Provides Seamless Integration of Third Party Delivery Platforms for Its Restaurant Point of Sale Customers

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Monday, August 22, 2022
Payments, Retail, Restaurant, Bar, Apps, Applications, Technology, Software, Electronic Commerce, Caviar, CEO, Technology, App Store (iOS/iPadOS), Otter, Solution, Golden Corral, Sale, Dish, Taco Bell, DoorDash, IPad, POS, Multimedia, Restaurant, Google, KFC, Uber Eats, ChowNow, Automation, Efficiency, Â, Food delivery, Lavu language

Lavu , a major global restaurant software and payments solution provider built by restaurant people, today announces that new and existing Lavu POS customers in the United States and Canada can directly integrate third party delivery platforms into their POS, streamlining the online ordering and delivery process.

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  • Lavu , a major global restaurant software and payments solution provider built by restaurant people, today announces that new and existing Lavu POS customers in the United States and Canada can directly integrate third party delivery platforms into their POS, streamlining the online ordering and delivery process.
  • Third party delivery apps have served as a lifeline for restaurants, allowing them to bring in new customers and orders during challenging times, said Saleem S. Khatri, CEO of Lavu.
  • Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Lavu was the first iPad point of sale in the Apple App Store and continues to offer the latest in restaurant features and functionalities.
  • Otter, tryotter.com, is a restaurant technology company that helps restaurants increase sales, save time, and make delivery easier.