Walker: Dialpad acquired Salesforce-backed TalkIQ around 2018
Craig Walker · Dialpad CEO "We'll break $100m in 2020, comfortable burning $1m/mo, $45m in bank" · Jul 5, 2020 · at 3:56
Dialpad CEO Craig Walker explains how Dialpad incorporated voice AI capabilities by acquiring TalkIQ.
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“Yeah, so we acquired this company called Talk IQ about two years ago. They were funded by Salesforce and a couple other great VCs.”
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