UneeQ Launches AI Buddy for Spoken Sales Coaching

UneeQ, a provider of digital human technology, today introduced AI Buddy, offering immersive, face-to-face, spoken coaching within its Immersive Training Platform.

The moment practice sessions end, AI Buddy picks up the conversation, sitting down with learners for real, two-way discussions about what they did, what they said, and how they came across, providing specific coaching to help them improve.

AI Buddy carries the coaching conversation forward because it already knows the full context of the session: the transcript, the organization's coaching framework, the learner's scores, and, through UneeQ's 3D Analysis, how the team member physically came across in eye contact, body language, tone of voice, and emotional intelligence.

The experience is not a one-way performance review. The learner can challenge interpretations, ask why certain moments mattered, replay difficult interactions, test alternative responses, or dig deeper into how they were perceived. AI Buddy responds conversationally and in context, adapting the coaching discussion in real time.

"For decades, sales organizations have treated coaching as a logistical problem, something that scales only as far as the available manager's time," said Danny Tomsett, CEO and founder of UneeQ, in a statement. "We've seen that constraint disappearing for our clients who've already been given access to AI Buddy. The companies that win the next decade will be those that turn every practice moment into a learning moment for their people. AI Buddy is our first step toward a coaching intelligence layer that will become as foundational to enterprise learning as the LMS was 20 years ago."

UneeQ's AI Buddy comes with a personality. By default, learners meet and engage with Eno: a real-time rendered digital human with emotional presence, custom animation, and a voice built specifically for him. Eno is curious, playful, and empathetic, with just enough irreverence to take the edge off difficult feedback while staying constructive on substance.

Early deployments of AI Buddy have already shown stronger learner engagement and improved coaching retention outcomes.

Companies can tailor the personality of their Buddy, align it with their own coaching methodology, and reflect the internal messaging that matters most to their team members. Any digital human in UneeQ's Immersive Training Platform can be set as the AI Buddy, including a custom one created through UneeQ Studio.

AI Buddy's capability extends well beyond sales. UneeQ's Immersive Training Platform is already deployed across leadership development, customer service, financial services, and healthcare.