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2022. Prezent.ai secures $20M to gamify deck presentations



In a universe teeming with spreadsheets and slides, the audaciously brilliant Prezent.ai has triumphantly secured a $20 million Series A round, like a hitchhiker discovering a towel made of gold. This not-so-humble presentation creation tool isn’t just about cobbling together slides; it hosts a galactic archive of templates for companies to build branded presentations that would make even a Vogon poet envious. Beyond that, it dares to teach employees the arcane art of presenting with gamified courses — possibly the most fun one can have outside a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. Fully self-service, Prezent.ai ensures “brand-compliant” templates that adhere to corporate standards dictated by the mighty C-suite overlords. And with compatibility spanning PowerPoint and Google Slides, it allows users to share and collaborate across decks and storylines as easily as intergalactic hitchhikers swap tales of improbable adventures.


2021. Matik raises $20M to automate the process of creating personalized customer presentations



Matik, which has developed automated data-driven software for tailoring Google Slides or PowerPoint presentations, has secured $20 million in a Series A. Matik’s product focuses on data-centric organizations, particularly sales and customer success teams, to simplify the creation of personalized presentations such as quarterly business reviews, pricing proposals and one-pagers. It operates by automatically importing content from various data sources. The startup claims its technology converts content from static to dynamic—whether it’s text, charts, images, or tables. It asserts that it saves teams time on number-crunching, formatting and extracting data from diverse sources like CRMs such as Salesforce, BI/visualization tools like Looker and data warehouses like Redshift, BigQuery, or Snowflake.

2020. Scribd acquires presentation-sharing service SlideShare from LinkedIn



SlideShare has a new proprietor, with LinkedIn transferring the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed amount. The two platforms have always had somewhat aligned goals. SlideShare concentrated more on PowerPoint presentations and business users, while Scribd emphasized PDFs, Word documents and long-form written content, targeting the general consumer. SlideShare will remain operational as an independent service, separate from Scribd and will continue to be well-integrated with LinkedIn. LinkedIn acquired SlideShare in May 2012 at a time when it was becoming apparent that professionals were using LinkedIn for more than just making professional connections.


2019. Microsoft PowerPoint adds AI presentation coach


During last few years, Microsoft started to bring some of its AI smarts to PowerPoint to help you design good-looking slides. Today, it’s launching a number of updates and new features that make this even easier. Even the best-designed presentation isn’t going to have much of an impact if you’re not a good public speaker. That’s a skill that takes a lot of practice to master and to help you get better, Microsoft created Presenter Coach for PowerPoint, a new AI tool that gives you feedback while you’re practicing your presentation in front of your computer. For example it tells you whether you are using inclusive language and how many filler words you use. It also makes sure that you don’t commit the greatest sin of presenting: just reading the slides. After your rehearsal session, PowerPoint will show you a dashboard with a summary of your performance and what to focus on to improve your skills.


2018. Google Slides gets real-time automated captions



In the great galaxy of technological wonders, Google has unveiled a peculiar and rather splendid addition to its Slides presentation gizmo: real-time automated captions. This marvel not only translates the peculiar art of human speech into readable text during live presentations but does so with an elegance that positively screams “useful.” It’s a feature that feels like it was designed by a benevolent hyper-intelligence for those who find listening a bit overrated—or, more importantly, for anyone who’s hard of hearing or deaf. At present, this linguistic wizardry works only with U.S. English and Chrome browsers, but fear not! The great minds at Google hint that other languages will soon join the party. Enabling it is as simple as pressing the new “CC” button and babbling into your trusty computer microphone, as if it were born to do this all along.


2018. Salesforce unveiled Microsoft PowerPoint competitor



Microsoft's PowerPoint faces new competition from a well-known competitor: Salesforce. Salesforce's Quip division, which already provides tools for word processing and spreadsheets, has introduced Quip Slides. Quip was acquired by Salesforce in 2016. Many features in Quip Slides will be recognizable to users of Office 365 or G Suite for creating presentations that can be viewed and edited by a team, such as chat, commenting and inquiries. However, due to its corporate owner, Quip Slides can display Salesforce data directly within a presentation that updates automatically as the underlying data changes. Additionally, it supports interactive presentations where viewers can ask questions online. Quip Slides will be available for $10 per user per month or $25 per user per month for the Enterprise license.


2018. Zoho Show adds contextual interface and broadcasts



Zoho introduced a completely revamped Zoho Show featuring a contextual interface. It enables your ideas to take center stage and provides an intuitive formatting pane that adapts to user interactions. No more searching for the right tool. Users need a comprehensive set of tools to bring their ideas to life. That’s why Show offers custom text boxes, silhouettes, image filters, pre-designed layouts for charts and tables, over a dozen animation options for every element within a slide and more. With Show’s advanced commenting system, teams can collaborate, brainstorm and offer suggestions for enhancing any aspect of a slide. You can also insert rich text comments to emphasize key points or attach an image when words fall short. Additionally, it allows you to broadcast slides to a remote audience or use the Presenter View for an in-person session and present slides from anywhere.


2016. Google Slides adds Q&A feature to help presenters connect with their audiences


Google has launched a new feature for its presentation service Slides, that allows presenters can to get questions and general feedback from their audience — and audience members can vote for their favorite questions. Presenters who want to use it will see a button in the Slides presenter view to kick off a Q&A session; on mobile, this feature will be behind the “audience tools” button. After that, a link to the custom Q&A for this presentation will appear above the presentation. This feature can make more efficient the Q&A session after a presentation, especially at events where you can assume that everybody in the audience has access to a smartphone or laptop. Not everybody wants to walk up to a microphone and ask a question in front of a huge audience, after all (and the people who do are often a bit too happy to be in front of that audience…).


2015. Presentations tool Swipe launches Pro version



Swipe, the web-based PowerPoint alternative that introduces features such as audience analytics, real-time polls and live syncing to the traditional presentation, is activating the monetization switch today with the launch of a Pro plan designed for businesses and marketers. It includes new features such as integration with third-party analytics platforms (starting with Google Analytics), the capability to create unlimited ‘secret links’ for your deck to track its performance per recipient and the option to password-protect your presentation. While Swipe intends to keep its core product free for “professors, teachers, designers, churches, non-profits, artists and students,” the new paid offering positions it directly against well-funded competitors like ClearSide, which focuses on sales teams and to a lesser extent Box.


2015. Google Slides now allows to present from Android phones


Google Slides — the company’s PowerPoint competitor - now lets you present from any Android phone and tablet to a Hangouts video call. From the Slides app, you simply click on the present button and if the meeting is on your calendar, you can start presenting right away. During your presentation, you can use your phone or tablet to advance slides, see your speaker notes and keep track of time with the app’s built-in timer (there’s nothing worse than a presentation that runs over, after all). Google also notes that you can still see who is on the call while you are presenting.