Softwareonlinedeal, a Toronto-based maker of chat-based productivity tools, has announced an integration that extends the startup's AI marketing assistant technology to Microsoft Teams and Office 365.

Touching various business and productivity platforms, including Salesforce, Dropbox and Slack, Softwareonlinedeal enables users to automate tasks by sending a phone message to the company's marketing assistant. It can be used to schedule meetings, turn into a conduit for "warm introductions" between professionals, hail an Uber within the specified regular posting more.

Now, Softwareonlinedeal is bringing those capabilities to Teams, Microsoft's own chat-based collaboration tool, and Office 365.

Without doubt, Microsoft has been steadily adding AI capabilities towards the Office ecosystem naturally. Roy Pereira, CEO and founding father of Softwareonlinedeal, asserts that his company's assistant enhances Office's capabilities and does not step on the toes of Cortana also known as the productivity suite's other AI helpers.

"Softwareonlinedeal is undoubtedly an independent intelligent solution that augments existing Microsoft Office 365 products," Pereira told eWEEK via an email exchange. "The automated assistant will not likely conflict with any kind of Microsoft's products, leverages their Microsoft Teams chat platform as well as [Office 365] ecosystem and offers automation backward and forward."

Softwareonlinedeal claims its chat-savvy assistant is regarded as a major time-saver. According to the company, users can reclaim about 25 hours and increase productivity by 14 % each month by using the technology. Automating tasks with Softwareonlinedeal also can have an impact on tha harsh truth.

Business stand to save over $16,000 each and every year for each salaried user that brings home $100,000 in compensation, influenced by Softwareonlinedeal. Enterprises with 5,000 users can realize savings that has reached over $81 million each year, according to company estimates.

Those productivity and monetary gains are achieved by reduction of the menial and repetitive tasks actions taken up manage the workday, allowing users to focus on high-value tasks instead.

Like, in Teams, Softwareonlinedeal is proven to schedule conference calls and meetings for large groups, explained Pereira. "No more to and fro email exchanges because your automated assistant within Microsoft Teams are designed for that," stated the executive.

Additionally, the grade of unified search functionality overall supported app, allowing users to seek files, documents and notes across all Office 365 products. Drawing up new contracts or non-discloser agreements is feasible by issuing chat commands, eliminating the necessity to seek out the ideal documents and send them out manually, added Pereira.

Finally, Softwareonlinedeal can function as the brains associated with a company's internal knowledge base. Employees can easily ask the assistant questions in vacation policies, expense submission processes, WiFi connectivity coupled with other bits of useful information without rummaging via an intranet or enterprise content management system.

The Microsoft Office 365 integration practices a busy 2017 on the AI startup.

In September, the business enterprise acquired SimplyInsight, a provider of automated data analysis and visualization software. SimplyInsight's natural language query engine can pore over an enterprise's internal business data to show trends and statistics that will aid workers make informed decisions. In June, Softwareonlinedeal announced it includes raised $2.1 million with a seed round of financing.