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Insights and Trends in AI Technology

Insights and Trends in AI Technology

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VoC 2024

Monterey AI VoC 2024: 100 Accountability Framework

Monterey AI VoC 2024: 100 Accountability Framework

In this insightful presentation, Kevin shares the story of Athena Health's "100 Accountability Framework," a robust VoC program that has significantly improved their product development and customer engagement. The framework revolves around a Commercial Priorities List (CPL) of 100 items, which serves as a unified source of truth for the company's customer-driven initiatives.

Chun Jiang

VoC 2024

Monterey AI VoC 2024: The Four Pillars of VoC Practices

Monterey AI VoC 2024: The Four Pillars of VoC Practices

In this insightful talk, Behzod Sirjani, founder of Yet Another Studio, shares his extensive experience in Voice of Customer (VoC) practices, emphasizing the importance of building and scaling effective VoC initiatives.

Chun Jiang

VoC 2024

Monterey AI VoC 2024: Where Does VoC Sit

Monterey AI VoC 2024: Where Does VoC Sit

In this insightful panel discussion, speakers explore the various organizational approaches to VoC initiatives, examining how different companies integrate customer feedback into their decision-making processes and the challenges they face in maximizing the impact of VoC programs.

Chun Jiang

VoC 2024

Monterey AI VoC 2024: Do it better Best Practices in VoC

Monterey AI VoC 2024: Do it better Best Practices in VoC

This panel brought together industry experts to share their insights and experiences on effectively capturing and utilizing the voice of the customer (VoC).

Chun Jiang

VoC 2024

Monterey AI VoC 2024: Closing the Feedback Loop In and Out

Monterey AI VoC 2024: Closing the Feedback Loop In and Out

This panel brought together VoC specialists to share insights on effectively managing customer feedback, from collection to implementation, in various business contexts.

Chun Jiang

VoC 2024

Monterey AI VoC 2024: Of Course It's About AI

Monterey AI VoC 2024: Of Course It's About AI

This panel discussion brought together experts from various tech companies to share their insights on the use of AI in VoC, covering both current practices and future possibilities.

Chun Jiang

Customer Feedback

Why Product Managers Should Stop Collecting User Feedback

Why Product Managers Should Stop Collecting User Feedback

The true alpha lies not in the quantity of feedback collected, but in the ability to translate that feedback into unique insights and make creative choices that truly resonate with customers.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

Text Analysis Examples That Show the Power of Generative AI

Text Analysis Examples That Show the Power of Generative AI

These text analysis examples show how companies in various industries are harnessing generative AI to uncover actionable insights and transform their operations.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

Top Generative AI Tools for Product, Customer Experience, and HR

Top Generative AI Tools for Product, Customer Experience, and HR

See how professionals in a range of industries are using the top generative AI tools to streamline product development, enhance the voice of the customer, and transform employee engagement.

Monterey Team

Customer Experience

Segment to Succeed: How Customer Segmentation Fuels Ecommerce Growth

Segment to Succeed: How Customer Segmentation Fuels Ecommerce Growth

Improve marketing, product development, and customer satisfaction with the power of ecommerce customer segmentation.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

Generative analysis vs. traditional data analysis: What’s the difference?

Generative analysis vs. traditional data analysis: What’s the difference?

In this post, we're going to take a look at two popular approaches - AI-powered generative analysis and traditional data analysis - and explore the key differences between them.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

What Does a Product Operations Manager Do?

What Does a Product Operations Manager Do?

Learn about the role of product operations manager—the rising star in product management—and why you might need one to optimize your business.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

What Is Product Operations and Why Might I Need It?

What Is Product Operations and Why Might I Need It?

Unpack what product operations is and its role in optimizing product, engineering, and customer success.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

Top 9 Challenges of Traditional Sentiment Analysis

Top 9 Challenges of Traditional Sentiment Analysis

Learn about how modern generative analysis tools help companies overcome traditional sentiment analysis challenges such as ambiguous language, negation, and adapting to different industries and domains.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

Product Operations vs Product Management: What’s the Difference?

Product Operations vs Product Management: What’s the Difference?

Unravel the unique roles of product operations and product management and how they combine to drive product excellence at your business.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

How to Analyze App Store Reviews Automatically

How to Analyze App Store Reviews Automatically

Get actionable insights from Apple iOS and Google Play app store reviews automatically with Viable's AI-powered analysis platform.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

The Ecommerce Personalization Playbook: Unlocking the Secrets to Data-Driven Profits

The Ecommerce Personalization Playbook: Unlocking the Secrets to Data-Driven Profits

Discover the benefits of ecommerce personalization and how Viable can boost your bottom line through data-driven, AI-powered strategies.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

Understanding feedback with AI: How to analyze open-ended survey responses

Understanding feedback with AI: How to analyze open-ended survey responses

Our AI gave this consulting firm a deep understanding of their employee experience while saving time & money, all without a single spreadsheet.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

The world’s first AI- powered analysis that exceeds human performance.

The world’s first AI- powered analysis that exceeds human performance.

Unstructured feedback is your most valuable untapped resource. Turn it into your competitive advantage by actively listening with our Generative Analysis.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

Unlocking Mobile App Insights: A Deep Dive into Albertsons User Reviews & Feedback

Unlocking Mobile App Insights: A Deep Dive into Albertsons User Reviews & Feedback

See how Viable's AI transformed Albertsons' app store reviews into actionable artifacts like a Strategic Action Plan, Product Requirement Doc, and Social Media Playbook to drive business success.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

The Complete Blueprint for Crafting Your DTC Marketing Strategy

The Complete Blueprint for Crafting Your DTC Marketing Strategy

Unlock the power of DTC marketing: build strong customer connections and boost ROI with Viable's AI-driven insights.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

The Ultimate Guide to Product Review Analysis for Ecommerce Companies

The Ultimate Guide to Product Review Analysis for Ecommerce Companies

Discover how AI-powered sentiment analysis tools can help ecommerce companies uncover valuable insights from their product reviews and customer feedback.

Monterey Team

Customer Feedback

Top 11 VoC Tools to Amplify Customer Feedback in 2023

Top 11 VoC Tools to Amplify Customer Feedback in 2023

Explore 11 of the top VoC tools to collect and analyze customer feedback, enhance products, and improve the customer experience in 2023.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

A starter guide for customer insights analysis

A starter guide for customer insights analysis

If you’re just getting started in building a voice of the customer program, this article on how to gather customer insights is for you. Already have an initiative in place? The following tips might be a useful refresher.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

A Modern 6-Step Guide for Customer Touchpoint Analysis

A Modern 6-Step Guide for Customer Touchpoint Analysis

Learn how customer touchpoint analysis can help you create an exceptional customer experience by providing valuable insights into customer preferences, behavior, and sentiment at different stages of their journey. This comprehensive guide explores a modern approach to touchpoint analysis, leveraging cutting-edge AI tools.

Monterey Team

Customer Experience

11 Outstanding Voice of Customer Consultants

11 Outstanding Voice of Customer Consultants

Understand voice of customer consulting, its role in today’s business environment, and find 11 exceptional VoC consultants who can help your business thrive.

Monterey Team

Customer Experience

Voice of the Customer Training

Voice of the Customer Training

Learn how Voice of Customer training programs can help you understand your customers better and drive business improvements for your bottom line.

Monterey Team

Data Analysis

Best Segmentation Analysis Methods for B2C vs. B2B Companies

Best Segmentation Analysis Methods for B2C vs. B2B Companies

Discover comprehensive segmentation analysis models for B2B and B2C businesses to help you tailor marketing strategies by customer groups.

Monterey Team

Customer Experience

How to Measure Customer Service at Every Step

How to Measure Customer Service at Every Step

From customer feedback collection to performance analysis, learn (and copy) the methods top companies are using to measure customer service performance.

Monterey Team

Customer Feedback

5 Ways to Collect Customer Feedback for Actionable Insights

5 Ways to Collect Customer Feedback for Actionable Insights

Are you tapping into the full potential of customer feedback? Explore strategies that convert insights into action, driving change and accelerating business growth.

Monterey Team

Company

Monterey AI 2.0 - AI Native User Insights Platform

Monterey AI 2.0 - AI Native User Insights Platform

We are super excited to share the progress and launch Monterey AI 2.0 on ProductHunt today with everyone!

Chun Jiang

Making Waves Podcast

Kevin Gentry: Leading VoC at Athenahealth, 100 Top Customer Priorities Framework, and AI

Kevin Gentry: Leading VoC at Athenahealth, 100 Top Customer Priorities Framework, and AI

Kevin Gentry, Director of Product engagement at Athenahealth, continues to lead innovation of an award-winning Voice of the Customer (VoC) Program into it's 10th year.

Monterey Team

Making Waves Podcast

Voc at Figma: How Figma leverages Al and VoC to foster product development

Voc at Figma: How Figma leverages Al and VoC to foster product development

Michael Nguyen, an expert in building and leading Voice of Customer (VOC) programs at companies like Asana and Figma, and now pioneering the integration of AI into this process.

Monterey Team

Making Waves Podcast

Jack Shay: Developing Products in EdTech: Qualitative and Quantitive Metrics, Regulatory and Ethical Frameworks

Jack Shay: Developing Products in EdTech: Qualitative and Quantitive Metrics, Regulatory and Ethical Frameworks

Today my guest is Jack Shay. Jack is one of the most admired and respected product leaders in marketplace growth and edtech innovation. He is the former Chief of Product at CourseKey, the leading student retention platform supporting over 200 colleges.

Monterey Team

Making Waves Podcast

Mariena Quintanilla: Customer Advocacy for Data Products, and AI in Customer Operations

Mariena Quintanilla: Customer Advocacy for Data Products, and AI in Customer Operations

Today, our guest is Mariena Quintanilla. Formerly a Foursquare and Factual. And the leader in client and sales solutions engineering. Who immerses herself in customer operations daily.

Monterey Team

Events

Customer Service Trends 2024: Insights from Intercom Webinar

Customer Service Trends 2024: Insights from Intercom Webinar

The panelists highlighted the evolving role of AI in support jobs, emphasizing that AI is primarily aimed at automating monotonous and repetitive tasks to enhance efficiency.

Chun Jiang

Product

Managing Unplanned Work: A Guide for Product Teams

Managing Unplanned Work: A Guide for Product Teams

Without a clear process, unplanned work can overwhelm your team, leading to lost issues, cluttered work queues, and distractions from higher priority tasks. To address this challenge, It’s essential to establish a clear process for managing unplanned work by implementing a triage process that centralizes all incoming requests and routes them to the correct team.

Monterey Team

Events

AI Night SF: A Recap of the AI Leader Panel Discussion

AI Night SF: A Recap of the AI Leader Panel Discussion

Our very own CEO and co-founder, Chun Jiang, took the stage alongside other distinguished panelists to share their thoughts on the future of AI and its impact on various aspects of technology and business.

Monterey Team

Events

Plug and Play Tech Center: Enterprise AI Day with Chun Jiang and Large Scale Data Analysis

Plug and Play Tech Center: Enterprise AI Day with Chun Jiang and Large Scale Data Analysis

Co-founder and CEO, Chun Jiang, was a speaker at the recent Plug and Play Tech Center event on Enterprise AI Day (Feb 27, 2024).

Monterey Team

Engineering

Who Benefits the most from Generative UI

Who Benefits the most from Generative UI

Generative AI in UI design goes beyond automation; it's about augmentation and innovation. Generative AI platforms can quickly create wireframes and code. Most current tools also enable the export of these AI designs to popular traditional design tools, such as Figma. But who truly benefits most from these generative UI platforms?

Monterey Team

Insights

Surveys Aren't the Starting Line of Voice of the Customer (VoC) Anymore

Surveys Aren't the Starting Line of Voice of the Customer (VoC) Anymore

Today, as consumer demands rapidly change, market leaders in marketing, CX, and research are shifting to customer experience strategies to stay ahead of consumer expectations, embracing the modern opportunity to drive loyalty and increase sales.

Monterey Team

Insights

Go Beyond Improving Your Customer Experience. Future-Proof It.

Go Beyond Improving Your Customer Experience. Future-Proof It.

What exactly does this elevated customer experience entail? What capabilities, processes, and mindsets are essential for achieving and continuously enhancing it? To uncover these answers, we took a look at the practices of organizations leading CX.

Monterey Team

Events

AI User Conference: Chun Jiang Talks AI Product Analytics on Designer Day

AI User Conference: Chun Jiang Talks AI Product Analytics on Designer Day

We are thrilled to share the latest updates from the AI User Conference in San Francisco, where our very own co-founder and CEO, Chun Jiang, took the stage to showcase the groundbreaking work happening at Monterey AI.

Monterey Team

Engineering

How Monterey AI Unlocks the Power of Vector Search

How Monterey AI Unlocks the Power of Vector Search

TNS publisher Alex Williams spoke with Ben Kramer, co-founder and CTO of Monterey.ai Cole Hoffer, Founding Software Engineer at Monterey.ai to discuss how the company utilizes vector search to analyze user voices, feedback, reviews, bug reports, and support tickets from various channels to provide product development recommendations.

Ben Kramer and Cole Hoffer

Insights

10 Must-Read AI Books for Product, Design, and Customer Success Team

10 Must-Read AI Books for Product, Design, and Customer Success Team

For one or two-semester, undergraduate or graduate-level courses in Artificial Intelligence. The long-anticipated revision of this best-selling text offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the theory and practice of artificial intelligence.

Monterey Team

Insights

5 Q’s for co-founder of Monterey AI

5 Q’s for co-founder of Monterey AI

The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Chun Jiang, co-founder and CEO of Monterey AI, a customer feedback analytics platform based in San Francisco. Jiang explained how businesses can leverage natural language processing to better gain insights from customer feedback. 

Morgan Stevens

Insights

Product of the Week: Monterey AI

Product of the Week: Monterey AI

A tool that allows teams to aggregate, analyze, and monitor qualitative data at scale is my product of the weekChat with any websitePlus, a recommended read on why DeepMind’s cofounder says Generative AI is just a phase and Interactive AI is what’s next.

Tyler Swartz

Insights

Towards the AI Agent Ecosystem

Towards the AI Agent Ecosystem

We are hardly the first to claim a new technology is poised to upend work as we know it. With every wave of innovation comes a chorus of such pronouncements, many of which turn out to be hyperbole.

Activant Capital Research

Insights

Humans of AI Podcast: Pursuing Design in AI

Humans of AI Podcast: Pursuing Design in AI

Chun Jiang's journey to founding Monterey AI is quite impressive, blending her background in urban design and architecture with the cutting-edge field of artificial intelligence. Her experience spans a diverse range of applications, from self-driving cars to geospatial data platforms, demonstrating her ability to apply AI in various contexts.

Alex Chao

Insights

Bring Generative AI to Comcast NBCUniversal

Bring Generative AI to Comcast NBCUniversal

Chun Jiang, Co-Founder“I was obsessed with automating my work,” said Jiang.Specifically, she wanted to simplify the process of analyzing user feedback from a variety of disparate sources — but that process was manual, laborious, and error-prone

Comcast LiftLabs

Product

Introducing Monterey AI 1.0 - Copilot for Product Insights

Introducing Monterey AI 1.0 - Copilot for Product Insights

We are thrilled to announce Monterey's public launch: the copilot that analyzes millions of user voices in seconds.

Monterey Team

Insights

AI for Customer Success Teams Framework to Evaluate

AI for Customer Success Teams Framework to Evaluate

I recently hosted an Fireside chat for the Support Driven community covering AI Tools for Customer Success Teams: Framework To Evaluate What Is Ready. 

Support Driven & Simon Dunant

Insights

Data-driven Customer-centricity with Monterey AI

Data-driven Customer-centricity with Monterey AI

What is the future of product development in an increasingly complex and fast-paced world? How can organizations keep up with rising consumer expectations, accelerating timelines for new features and products, while also increasing the amount of personalization and the fit to emerging market needs without skipping a beat? Who will help enterprises better leverage the vast and disparate unstructured data sets that they’re sitting on quickly, accurately & in a simple and intuitive way?

VentureFuel Visionary Podcast

Insights

Featured on Outpace: AI Product for PMs

Featured on Outpace: AI Product for PMs

Welcome to Outpace’s community newsletter, designed to supercharge your success at work. ⚡️ It's delivered to your inbox every week to help you level up where it matters the most.

Outpace

Insights

7 AI startups stood out in YC’s Summer ’22 batch

7 AI startups stood out in YC’s Summer ’22 batch

It’s that time of year again. This morning, Y Combinator (YC) hosted a demo day for its 2022 Summer Cohort — the 35th demo day in the incubator’s history. Featuring founders from 30 countries and startups across sectors including developer tools, fintech and healthcare, the day saw no shortage of compelling pitches.

TechCrunch

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