A You are welcome.Software as a Service that allows the creation of subscriptions for brands, announces a new artificial intelligence feature: personalized virtual assistants to help consumers of the brands in their shopping journeys through WhatsApp. The novelty follows a growing market trend. According to a study conducted by theIlumeo Data Science Company91% of the Brazilian population has used virtual assistants on smartphones at some point, and 25% claim to use them every day.
E-commerce has been following this transformation. "We experienced three phases in the technological advancement of this area: first, we had purchases through the website, then apps for each brand emerged, and now the time has come for AI to make the customer experience even easier," explains Renata Ferretti, CEO and founder of Kuke.
With the application of artificial intelligence for sales through conversational commerce, each company can adapt the automated conversation to its specific context. Kuke serves companies from various markets such as pharmaceuticals, food, supplements, and cosmetics.
An example of this novelty comes from one of their clients,A Quinta Pet, from the pet food industry. Kuke owns the technology behind 'Maria', the brand's virtual assistant. "We chose Kuke for its ability to adapt our business rules in a modular way, something no other platform has been able to deliver so efficiently. Additionally, the advancement of AI for sales via WhatsApp was decisive, as more than 70% of our sales already occurred through this channel," emphasizes Tiago Tresca, CEO and founder of the company.
Kuke's AI can understand the characteristics and variables of each client and customize the subscription of appropriate products, creating a natural and unique interaction and purchasing experience for consumers and brands. Through it, it is possible to understand each person's desire and need and customize the subscription without having to access the traditional search and purchase journey on the website. "Artificial intelligence has expanded the potential of"conversational commerce, improving the consumer experience, whether to clarify doubts or complete the purchase," emphasized Renata. "We are focused on enhancing intelligence for sales recurrence, creating subscriptions for brands that understand and meet the needs and profiles of customers," completed the CEO.
In addition to the advantages for consumers, companies ensure an effective and intelligent channel already integrated with WhatsApp, one of the world's leading conversational platforms with over two billion users.
In terms of technology for Kuke, this launch creates yet another“front sales” integrated into the“backend”, Kuke's core software focused on the subscription engine and intelligence for recurring sales. "It is important to remember that Kuke already uses AI for website creation and setup of brand subscription clubs. In a 2-minute conversational journey via WhatsApp, it is possible to create the first version of a subscription club website with all images and texts generated from the provided information. Additionally, the recurrence engine is configured with the subscription variables. Furthermore, the intelligence creates and optimizes the website's SEO, suggesting subscription and product descriptions that facilitate online search," explains Renata.
Growth, movement and capture
The new AI application is one of the many innovations that has been moving Kuke recently. After creating a spin-off from the old subscription club model to offer proprietary technology to other companies, the startup began positioning itself as a sales recurrence engine, in the modelSaaS all-in-one, for the physical products market.
For this, a team focused on technology and product was formed. The founder, Renata Ferretti, has been taking a prominent place in the technology product universe, which is predominantly male, and participating in networks such asFemale Forceand Maya Matching Program Alumni. Tech lead Bruno Monteiro – who participated in the spin-off after Kuke's funding round with ACE Ventures, with experience at ACE Cortex and Sambatech – leads the technology initiatives and was supported by a team of developers and an innovation and incentive program from AWS for the application of AI in Kuke's software.
“We have a modern, scalable technology solution with great potential. Artificial intelligence is here to stay and we are committed to applying it in the most strategic way possible for our clients”, concludes the CEO.