Tech giant Microsoft has acquired AI based Genee that simplifies the scheduling and rescheduling of large group meetings for companies. Microsoft will incorporate the AI innovation into Office 365 before closing down Genee. “Microsoft has signed an agreement to acquire Genee, an artificial-intelligence-powered scheduling service,” said Rajesh Jha, Corporate Vice President, Outlook and Office 365, in a Facebook post.
Co-founders Ben Cheung and Charles Lee, who plan to join Microsoft, began Genee in 2014 to improve the tedious undertaking of booking (and rescheduling) meetings. “It’s especially useful for large groups and for when you don’t have access to someone’s calendar,” Jha added.Genee uses natural language processing and optimized decision-making algorithms so that interacting with a virtual assistant is just like interacting with a human one.
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Let us see how Genee works, he added. “Say you want to meet a potential customer, Diana, for coffee. Simply send an email to Diana and copy Genee, like you would a personal assistant,” Jha noted. Genee understands that you want to “find a time to meet with Diana for coffee next week” and will streamline the process by emailing her directly with appropriate options that work with your calendar and preferences.
Genee will even convey the meeting invite for your sake — freeing up your time. “As we continue to build new Office 365 productivity capabilities and services our customers value, I’m confident the Genee team will help us further our ambition to bring intelligence into every digital experience,” Jha added. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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