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Hallmarked by our core values of inclusive collaboration and creative brainstorming, i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nnovation is central to everything that we do at RingCentral. Now, with AI-powered technology fueling our future, many of our current innovations involve harnessing the power of AI to benefit communication and collaboration amid today\u2019s hybrid workforce.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among our latest innovations are RingSense, our next-generation AI platform that brings the power of conversation intelligence to business communications and collaboration. Leveraging generative AI, RingSense enables organizations to turn their conversation data into powerful insights that will unlock productivity and drive business outcomes. RingSense for Sales, the first offering in the RingSense AI portfolio, analyzes interactions among salespeople and their prospects to surface key insights and performance measures, helping them to increase their sales efficiency. It provides sales leaders with insights to help them better train, mentor, and drive their teams to greater levels of success. Other innovations include AI-based Advanced Meeting Insights and Summaries, which<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> capture a distillation of key moments within a meeting and automatically generate a written summary as well as a video highlight reel. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eetings participants can pay better attention and engage more in meetings with the note-taking and meeting record functions outsourced in this way. And, if employees need to miss a meeting, this feature makes it faster and easier for them to catch up on what transpired.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we expand our technology offerings like this, we are ever-mindful of protecting accessibility and privacy, too. With our suite of tools and product features, like screen-reader, closed-captioning, active speaker highlights, and more, we aim to ensure that everyone can participate on a level playing field \u2013 and a secure one. End-to-end encryption for messaging, video, and phone allow for ideas to be shared privately and securely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our innovative ideas and technology are a reflection of the culture we\u2019ve built and continue to nurture \u2013 one that recognizes the vast value of diversity alongside the increased needs of a distributed, hybrid workforce to stay connected and collaborative beyond legacy brick-and-mortar shops. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empowering and encouraging our innovators to think creatively, innovate intentionally, and collaborate as one <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is at the cornerstone of how we thrive as a global community of employees located in 17 countries and spanning many international time zones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through RingCentral Ventures, we also empower and encourage innovators outside of RingCentral. 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