Qlik announces acquisition of AI-powered platform CrunchBot

Data analytics and business intelligence platform Qlik on Wednesday announced it has acquired Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered bot platform CrunchBot, along with its team of professionals, for an undisclosed sum. Users can now understand their data using natural language through "Qlik Sense" and within leading collaboration tools such as Slack, Skype, Salesforce Chat and Microsoft Teams, the company said in a statement.

"Bringing CrunchBot and Crunch Data into Qlik will help users more easily inject data regularly into workflows, making analytics an essential element in daily collaboration and decision making," said Qlik CEO Mike Capone. "Qlik continually looks for new ways to deliver augmented intelligence to users and improve data literacy," he added.

Now available to customers through Qlik, CrunchBot helps bridge the gap between visual discovery and conversational analytics. With the acquisition, Qlik customers and partners would see enhanced analytics adoption and user data literacy with a faster and easier way to ask questions, generate insights and make data-driven decisions with CrunchBot.

"We're thrilled to become part of the advanced capabilities that Qlik continues to bring to market, helping enterprise customers realise the bottom-line value of making it easier for their employees to converse with data," said Nish Patel, CrunchBot CEO and Crunch Data Co-Founder.