Convershake secures €150,000 in investment

According to a statement posted on LinkedIn by the company’s co-founder Emīls Vāvere, the artificial intelligence startup Convershake has secured an investment of €150,000 from the Outlast Fund.

In the long-term, it is Convershake’s ambition to lead the way in the development of fully autonomous AI agents in the field of customer service. The company’s vision entails a gradual transition from human-supported AI solutions to an environment where AI agents, guided by Convershake’s software, manage all customer calls independently.

Outlast Fund partner Marija Ručevska notes that Convershake is changing the way in which customer service teams operate. Through its platform, which connects every information source and provides the correct answer instantly and in any language, Convershake helps call centres and their employees to save hours of time every week. According to Ručevska, there is a growing belief within the industry that AI assistants hold the key to the future of customer experience, a transformation lead by the team at Convershake.

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Originally published on 20 Nov

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In the largest NATO “Digital Backbone Experiment” unmanned systems have been tested

From 27 October to 7 November, NATO’s Largest Digital Backbone Experiment “DiBaX 2025” was taking place at military base “Ādaži” and virtually across several NATO nations. This year, “DiBaX” strategically focused on the use of unmanned vehicles in contested environments and the application of artificial intelligence in detection and decision-making tasks.

‘”DiBaX” is the only military technology experiment of this scale that NATO has been conducting in Latvia for already four years. This demonstrates the advancement of our defence industry in the field of 5G technologies, the National Armed Forces’ contribution to innovation development and Latvia’s defence infrastructure capacity to host such high level experiments,” underlines Andris Spruds, Minister of Defence of Latvia.

The digital backbone is a vital component of NATO’s infrastructure, enabling connectivity for complex Multi-Domain Operations. During the DiBaX, the latest technological advancements was demonstrated and assessed for integration into real-world environments to enhance interoperability and efficiency among Allied Forces.

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Originally published on 7 Nov

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