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Audiences vote Linc AI and ASPR AI the top tech pitches at ISG events in Boston and Dallas

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 8, 2026-- AI-powered solutions for process intelligence and sales enablement won the ISG Startup Challenges at recent events in Boston and Dallas hosted by Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm.

ISG Startup Challenges feature entrepreneurs behind innovative solutions who deliver pitches on how their technology will add the most value to a business or community. Event judges question the presenters, and audience members vote for the technology they are more likely to implement within their own organizations.

Audience participants at the ISG AI Impact Summit, June 2 – 3 in Boston, voted for the Linc AI interview tool pitched by Chief Product Officer Shrey Sambhwani, who demonstrated its ability to turn screen recordings, video and meeting transcripts into implementation-ready artifacts. Linc pitched against Ajay Joshi, CEO, CipherSonic AI, which builds secure AI systems for regulated environments; Madhu Kumar, CEO, Amadis Technologies, provider of AI-based cloud cost optimization and FinOps solutions, and Teodos Pejoski, CEO, of developer memory tool Oobo.

“True AI transformation and value requires an end-to-end redesign of workflows and decision systems,” said Karen Healy, global leader, ISG Events. “The entrepreneurs who pitched at our ISG Startup Challenges this spring brought this concept to life with their solutions for leveraging AI in core enterprise functions to amplify output and impact.”

Ganesh Iyer, CEO and founder, ASPRAI Inc., was voted the winning pitch at the ISG Xperience Summit, March 30 – 31 in Dallas, for the ASPR unified agentic AI sales assistant. The Startup Challenge also featured Tom O’Malley, CEO, pitching the Meshi AI agent-based intelligent data layer for professional relationships; Daniel Neff, co-founder and CEO, pitching the MoodMe solution for advanced real-time face analytics for emotional insights and personalization, and Franklin Marcelo, founder and CEO, pitching the Flexi.cx conversational AI platform for messaging inboxes.

The ISG Future Workplace Summit, May 11 – 12 in New York, featured an ISG Startup Showcase spotlighting two innovative early-stage companies reshaping the AI-augmented workforce. Laksh Gupta, founder of 20xwork, demonstrated a role design platform for the AI-augmented workforce, and George Garnett, Sr., account executive at PAIR, presented an AI adoption layer that provides role-specific upskilling.

“Our ISG Startup Challenges show us where technology and organizations are headed,” Healy said. “Companies have to run today's business while rebuilding the workforce model underneath it. They need tools, solutions and approaches like those pitched by these entrepreneurs, to help them upskill employees and reimagine their organization’s roles and capability models.”

Information and registration for upcoming ISG Events is available on the ISG website.

About ISG

ISG (Nasdaq: III) is a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm. A trusted partner to more than 900 clients, including 75 of the world’s top 100 enterprises, ISG is a long-time leader in technology and business services that is now at the forefront of leveraging AI to help organizations achieve operational excellence and faster growth. The firm, founded in 2006, is known for its proprietary market data and research, in-depth knowledge and governance of provider ecosystems, and the expertise of its 1,500 professionals worldwide working together to help clients maximize the value of their technology investments.

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Source: Information Services Group, Inc.