Virtual scheduling assistant developer Clara has been acquired by recruitment services provider TopFunnel two years after raising $7m from investors including Slack Fund.

Communications app provider Slack has exited US-based virtual scheduling technology developer Clara Labs in an acquisition of undisclosed size by talent recruitment software producer TopFunnel.

Founded in 2014, Clara Labs has created an artificial intelligence-driven tool that can be embedded within emails to automatically arrange and schedule meetings and follow-ups in addition to issuing reminders to the attendees.

The tool has been made available to TopFunnel customers in a bid to streamline the process of recruiting new employees on behalf…