Toronto-based Zoom.AI has now found a major partner in Microsoft, as the company announces its integration into Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office 365. Users of Microsoft Teams and Office 365 will now have access to Zoom.AI's automated assistant without having to leave their respective platforms, with services ranging from automating tasks like booking meetings, to finding information within applications and managing documents. The AI assistant can learn a user's daily routines and automate based on that information. "They are very serious about the enterprise software space and continuing to be the larger player there." The company has been working with Microsoft for the last year and a half to add more support to Teams and Office 365.

Sage has integrated its Pegg chat bot with Sage One, adding artificial intelligence technology to the company's cloud-based accounting software. The U.K.-based company is launching the capability in the U.S. first before marketing it in other countries. Sage showed off the technology last year during its Sage Summit conference in Chicago (see Accounting bot launched at Sage Summit). The bot, developed in collaboration with Gupshup, a San Francisco-based developer, uses AI technology to provide a "virtual accounting assistant." Pegg allows users to submit expenses and track receipts, and see who is late on paying an invoice, via mobile messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger and Slack. According to Sage, 20,000 customers in 110 countries have already begun using Pegg as early adopters since it launched six months ago.

Office 365 is going to get a whole lot smarter, all thanks to Genee. Genee, an AI that has been around for two and a half years, is essentially a digital assistant that books appointments, sets reminders, and can even reschedule meetings on the fly using simple commands from your phone or computer. Now, Genee is set to come to Office 365, and it is not exactly clear what role it will play. "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," writes Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Outlook and Office 365, Rajesh Jha, in an official release. According to Genee co-founders Ben Cheung and Charles Lee, the service shuts down on September 1 in its current form.