Pegasystems buys VC-backed In The Chat Communications

Pegasystems Inc (Nasdaq: PEGA) has acquired In The Chat Communications (ITC), a Waterloo-based digital messaging platform. Terms weren’t disclosed. Founded in 2010 by President and CEO John Huehn, ITC helps businesses more effectively find and engage with customers through social media. Pegasystems, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based software company, said ITC’s platform will be integrated with its artificial intelligence-powered customer engagement solutions. ITC was a portfolio company of Canadian seed-stage investor MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 13, 2019 /CNW/ — Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the software company empowering digital transformation at the world’s leading enterprises, today announced its acquisition of In The Chat (ITC), an enterprise-grade digital customer service platform provider that unifies text messaging, social media, live chat, email, messengers, and chatbots into a seamless conversation with customers.

ITC’s platform, which enables communications via virtually any digital channel, will be integrated with Pega’s AI-powered customer engagement solutions, providing clients a seamless, future-proof way to connect with customers. These capabilities will debut as part of a new customer engagement solution at PegaWorld 2019, Pega’s annual conference from June 2-5 in Las Vegas. For more information, visit: www.pegaworld.com.
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“In The Chat’s technology and the talented employees behind it will bring valuable new capabilities to our customer engagement solutions,” said Kerim Akgonul, SVP of products, Pegasystems. “We look forward to debuting the new solution at PegaWorld this year.”

About Pegasystems
Pegasystems Inc. is the leader in software for customer engagement and operational excellence. Pega’s adaptive, cloud-architected software – built on its unified Pega Platform™ – empowers people to rapidly deploy and easily extend and change applications to meet strategic business needs. Over its 35-year history, Pega has delivered award-winning capabilities in CRM and digital process automation (DPA), powered by advanced artificial intelligence and robotic automation, to help the world’s leading brands achieve breakthrough business results. For more information on Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA) visit www.pega.com.