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ASAPP names Katie Stein CEO to scale AI push
Aug 4, 2026SOURCE: globenewswire.com
SO WHAT
The window is moving from invention to control: the winners will be the firms that can turn AI capability into durable distribution before the market hardens.
ASAPP has appointed Katie Stein as CEO as it shifts from product transformation to growth scaling. The contact center becomes another node in the inversion, where operational depth is now being fitted to machine speed.
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