This ended up a long but worthwhile discussion. The Simwood potato is relevant across the telecoms industry, from legacy telcos needing to leapfrog technical debt, to Simwood competitors missing features and services, to enterprises needing to add features overnight, and all the startup voice AI companies needing to plug their telephony gaps. It’s a surprisingly … Continue reading TADSummit Online Conference, 2 April, Simwood Potato
Here are the TADSummit and TADHack 2025 plans, so you know the big picture. This post lists the agenda, and links to recorded sessions Links to Recorded Sessions Google rejects SMS OTP for QR Codes? I understand the SMS bit, but QR codes? Kevin Graham, Bohdan Hopanchuck, Noah Rafalko, Johnny, Dennis Kersten (audience), Ahmed Serag (audience). From the Trenches, RCS / RBM … Continue reading TADSummit 2025 Online Conference Agenda
Organizational Stuff What TADSummit is about: Honesty and Integrity TADSummit is the thought leadership event in programmable communications / telecoms for 12 years (founded 2013). Our 2025 trends identified honesty and integrity as critically important for customers, https://blog.tadsummit.com/2025/01/17/10-global-predictions-for-2025/. There’s no hype, just innovators and experts sharing insights that respect you, your business, and your customers. Yes, … Continue reading TADSummit and TADHack 2025 Plans
Moez has raised Twilio’s Stock price from $42 to $110 Moez Kassam and Anson Funds started circling Twilio in 2023, back when the stock was hovering around $42. The information provided in TADSummit’s Truth in Telecoms helped lead to $100M profit for Anson on Twilio. The stock price rise is because of hedge funds buying … Continue reading Truth in Telecoms helps Investors in Programmable Telecoms
I’ve known Lyle Pratt since he founded BetterVoice in 2010, and was then acquired by Inteliquent (wholesale voice services) in 2016. Lyle was part of Inteliquent / Voyant, which was acquired in 2021 by Sinch. Lyle then left to build Vida as LLMs (Large Language Model) were getting interesting in automating some business functions. Through … Continue reading Vida Voice AI Lyle Pratt, Vida io Founder & CEO
RJ has been in the ‘Voice AI’ industry for decades. The session is not about his company Consig; rather his opinions on the voice AI industry, on where it’s been, where it is, and where its going. This is a dynamic time in the communications industry, as the English ironic curse goes, “may you live … Continue reading Voice AI: Breaking Past the Bullshit RJ Burnham, Founder & CEO at Consig AI
Rob is a TADSummit and TADHack regular. He provides in my opinion a critical litmus test on whether a new communications technology has potential, the issues to consider, and whether its ready. At the end of this post I include the pitch Rob gave for his hack RTCEmergency at the first TADHack in 2014. Time … Continue reading Using speech-to-speech models in conversational chatbots. Rob Pickering.
Thanks to TADSummit sponsors TSG Global, Inc. and Strolid, Inc. for understanding the importance of truth (no BS) for customers Here are the agenda for 22nd October and 23rd October. The focus is the truly innovative stuff in programmable communications. Since its founding in 2013 TADSummit has a stated policy of no BS. https://tadsummit.com/2024/policy/. This … Continue reading TADSummit 2024 is less than 3 weeks away
TADSummit is the thought-leadership event in programmable communications / telecoms for over ten years. We deliver the truth, no BS. Truth you can build your business on. The segmented agenda is here, and the Day 1 agenda here. All times are Eastern Standard Time (New York City time). TADSummit Sponsors Summary, Timed Agenda: 23 October 08:00 Evolve … Continue reading TADSummit Timed Agenda, Day 2 23rd October 2024
A big thank you to Strolid and TSG Global for sponsoring TADSummit. They understand the importance of focusing on the reality of today’s diverse markets. I’m grateful to all the presenters, they know programmable communications can step up to the current challenges using their innovations. Robert Vis, Bird, recently described what is happening in A2P SMS as EOL (End of Life) … Continue reading Please Register for TADSummit 2024