From a free chat bubble in Scottsdale to a public company in New York and a $62.5 million bet out of Kuala Lumpur, four companies are chasing the same job - answer the customer - and AI is quietly rewriting who does the answering.
Zoho, Front, ProProfs and Olark turned the little window in the corner of a website into the busiest room in the building. Here is how the humble chat bubble learned to sell, support, and never clock out.