The reality is people are talking about your brand and your industry - whether you're in the (digital) room or not. They're swapping product recommendations via Instagram Stories or sharing feedback using TikTok comments. Paying attention to your direct mentions and tags is great - necessary, even - but it's not enough if you want to hear more unfiltered thoughts directly from your audience. That's where social listening comes in.
The idea for Keplar was conceived in 2023 when Dhruv Guliani (above right), previously an engineer at Google, where he worked on speech and voice AI models, and machine learning engineer William Wen, participated in the South Park Commons founder fellowship program. The duo spoke with market researchers and brand managers and realized that the tools these professionals rely on - written surveys and interviews conducted by humans - can now be replaced by conversational AI.
HSBC's Pulse Check survey showed that nearly 68% of local customers expect no change or improvement in their wealth position by year-end, despite global uncertainties.
AI is no longer just in the back office. It's front and center in every customer and employee conversation, and it's being brought to organizations in ways they can tangibly see and benefit from.