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September 25, 2026·Release
Illumea v3.0.0 is Live!

Illumea v3.3.0 is live

#Release

We released Illumea v3.3.0 yesterday. The new version features a new Lead Scoring feature (in beta) and several UI updates to enhance the user experience. Read on for more details

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September 7, 2026·Release
Illumea v3.0.0 is Live!

Illumea v3.0.0 is Live!

#Release

We released Illumea v3.0.0 yesterday. The new version features support for Voice AI (in beta) and several UI updates to enhance the user experience. Read on for more details

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August 28, 2026·Release
Illumea v2.7.0 is Live!

Illumea v2.7.0 is Live!

#Release

We pushed a new version of Illumea sometime ago. The release focuses on fixes from our conversation data analysis and tests and UI updates. Read on to know more..

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August 27, 2026·Testing
Best Practices for Testing your Chatbot Before Launch

Best Practices for Testing your Chatbot Before Launch

#Testing#Chatbots

Most chatbot issues are seen post-launch, when a visitor asks something which nobody thought to test. This guide covers eight testing practices that catch problems before your users do, from hallucination checks to soft-launch monitoring.

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August 11, 2026
We are making our chatbots behave more like a human

We are making our chatbots behave more like a human

While building a chatbot, a large part of the effort goes into content ingestion since your chatbot's core functionality depends on it. But, is it worth spending cycles to give a chatbot more human traits needed?

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August 1, 2026
What percentage of B2B website visitors ever contact, and what happens to the rest?

What percentage of B2B website visitors ever contact, and what happens to the rest?

Only 1–3% of B2B visitors ever convert. See benchmarks across 24 industries, why the other 98% isn't a failure, and what to do about the visitors who leave with an unanswered question.

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August 1, 2026·featured
Your Website Chatbot is a Black Box: How to Turn Conversations into Marketing Intelligence

Your Website Chatbot is a Black Box: How to Turn Conversations into Marketing Intelligence

Standard RAG chatbots only answer questions. Discover how an AI visitor intelligence platform captures B2B buying signals and maps website content gaps.

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July 28, 2026
Why Static Knowledge Bases Break Website chatbot response

Why Static Knowledge Bases Break Website chatbot response

Website chatbots give outdated answers because they can't tell old website data from new updates. Here is why that happens and how to fix it easily.

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July 27, 2026
Illumea: Building Intelligent Chatbots for Deeper Business Insights

Illumea: Building Intelligent Chatbots for Deeper Business Insights

More than 20 years ago, I started out as a web designer, then got into tech building educational software, sharpened my creative skills at Ogilvy & Mather and after working on some cool data intelligence apps at Akamai Technologies, I quit to start off on my own as ScarletFlash, building Illumea.

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