Zapier – a workflow automation platform for small and midsized businesses – announced that it had acquired the team behind Vowel (an AI-powered video conferencing tool) for an undisclosed amount. And Vowel’s CEO, Andrew Berman, will become the new Director of AI at Zapier.
With this acquisition, the Vowel team will focus on enhancing Zapier’s AI automation capabilities.
And the Vowel team’s expertise in AI has been instrumental in developing Zapier’s newest product, Zapier Central.
Available now in public preview, Zapier Central is a new AI workspace where customers can build, teach, and work hand-in-hand with AI bots customized with their data to handle tasks across 6,000+ apps and help them accelerate their business.
About 388K+ Zapier customers use Zapier’s various AI products and integrations to delegate over 50 million tasks to automation. Through acquiring Vowel and launching Zapier Central, Zapier continues its commitment to bringing AI and automation to everyone, regardless of their technical experience or company size.
Note: The Vowel product sunsetted services as of December 27, 2023.
KEY QUOTES:
“The acquisition of Vowel enhances our AI capabilities and furthers our mission of democratizing AI and automation for businesses. With our New Products division, we’re launching products that help put the power of AI and automation into the hands of everyone—from builders to non-technical employees, and from enterprise brands to SMBs.”
- Sheryl Soo, Zapier’s SVP of New Products and Head of Strategy
“We were customers of Zapier, using them as our integration layer, and envisioned Vowel evolving into an AI command center for companies querying apps and initiating actions via natural language. It was then that we connected with the Zapier team, discussed what we were building, and saw the intersections with what they wanted to launch.”
- Andrew Berman, Director of AI at Zapier
