# Blink: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/blink/
Covers: May 18 to Oct. 6, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Blink: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/blink/, updated 2026-11-11

> Blink is on the AI internal communications software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 6, 2026.

Blink calls itself "the universal AI platform for frontline work": a mobile app and intranet with a news feed, chat, tasks, forms, surveys and recognition for staff with no desk or company email. Its AI builders draft forms, pages, surveys and newsletters from a plain-language description. Frontline Assistant and Smart Search answer worker questions, and Blink IQ reports on sentiment and engagement. Source: [joinblink.com](https://joinblink.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [joinblink.com](https://www.joinblink.com/)
- Founded: [2015](https://www.newsprint.com/research/internal-communications-software/#co-blink)
- Category: Frontline employee apps
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI internal communications software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/internal-communications-software/#co-blink)

Blink calls itself "the universal AI platform for frontline work": a mobile app and intranet with a news feed, chat, tasks, forms, surveys and recognition for staff with no desk or company email. Its AI builders draft forms, pages, surveys and newsletters from a plain-language description. Frontline Assistant and Smart Search answer worker questions, and Blink IQ reports on sentiment and engagement. Source: [joinblink.com](https://joinblink.com/).

- Category: Frontline employee apps
- Price: paid plans published on the vendor's site
- AI capabilities: Named agent, AI search and answers, Assistant, Comms analytics, Sentiment and feedback, Translation and AI writing
- Scale: Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed (Blink says it works with hundreds of companies worldwide. It announced a $17 million round in May 2026.)
- Founded: 2015

Sources: [joinblink.com](https://joinblink.com/), [joinblink.com](https://www.joinblink.com/product/frontline-ai), [joinblink.com](https://www.joinblink.com/use-cases/employee-communications), [joinblink.com](https://www.joinblink.com/about), [joinblink.com](https://www.joinblink.com/pricing), [pulse2.com](https://pulse2.com/blink-17-million-raised-from-enlightened-hospitality-investments-and-global-partnership-announced-with-shake-shack/) and [4 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/internal-communications-software/#co-blink).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Blink adds AI task creation and workforce insights to Task Management

Launch, Oct. 6, 2026. Blink added a Task Builder that turns a plain-language request into a ready-to-assign task or checklist, and made Task Management part of its Workforce Insights engine. Managers can also use Blink's AI agents in chat to assign work or check status.

Source: [Blink release](https://www.joinblink.com/intelligence/blink-unites-frontline-communication-and-task-management). From [the AI internal communications software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/internal-communications-software/#co-blink).

### Blink releases AI builders for pages, journeys, surveys and forms

Launch, Sept. 14, 2026. Blink released AI builders that turn a plain-language description into an editable draft of a page, journey, survey or form. The same release adds video in chat and scheduled publishing.

Source: [Blink blog](https://www.joinblink.com/intelligence/whats-new-in-blink-ai-builders-video-first-chat-and-publishing-that-keeps-up-with-you). From [the AI internal communications software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/internal-communications-software/#co-blink).

### Blink raises $17 million from Enlightened Hospitality Investments

Funding round, May 18, 2026. Blink raised $17 million from Enlightened Hospitality Investments and announced a global partnership with a restaurant customer. The money funds more product and engineering staff, faster work on its AI platform and more sales and marketing.

Source: [Pulse 2.0](https://pulse2.com/blink-17-million-raised-from-enlightened-hospitality-investments-and-global-partnership-announced-with-shake-shack/). From [the AI internal communications software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/internal-communications-software/#co-blink).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology