{"id":14206,"date":"2025-10-13T08:43:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=14206"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:43:44","slug":"wonderful-a-global-agentic-ai-company-enters-the-romanian-market-and-appoints-lucia-stoicescu-as-country-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=14206","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful, a Global Agentic AI Company, Enters the Romanian Market and Appoints Lucia Stoicescu as Country Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wonderful, the global enterprise AI agent platform, is entering the Romanian market and has appointed Lucia Stoicescu as Country Manager.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening of the local office marks another step in the company\u2019s accelerated international expansion, following a $34 million funding round raised in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wonderful has developed a multilingual AI agent platform capable of managing voice interactions and natural Romanian language conversations\u2014alongside 22 other European languages\u2014via chat and email for enterprise call center operations. Uniquely, the company combines a powerful AI platform with best-in-class local deployment, with dedicated teams on the ground in each market to ensure flawless delivery.  The company\u2019s local launch is part of its strategy to expand rapidly across global markets, powered by its $34 million seed round led by Index Ventures and joined by Bessemer Venture Partners and Vine Ventures\u2014some of the world\u2019s most prestigious investment funds, managing over $20 billion in assets. Wonderful combines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAI Integration Is the Biggest Competitive Advantage Companies Can Have\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe that AI integration is the greatest advantage a company can have in today\u2019s competitive landscape. With a strong base of experts, an IT ecosystem that rapidly adopts new technologies, and a thriving BPO industry, Romania is uniquely positioned for natural language AI adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our technology enables AI agents to hold natural conversations and perform actions autonomously. This isn\u2019t a robotic IVR system\u2014it\u2019s an AI voice capable of human-like dialogue, intelligently handling interruptions, pronouncing words accurately, adapting speech rhythm, detecting emotional tone, and filtering background noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every conversation, call, or ticket helps the system become smarter. agenticAI\u2019s costs are significantly lower than traditional call center teams\u2014and more importantly, AI agents actually solve problems, leading to better service, shorter wait times, and higher Net Promoter Scores (NPS),\u201d said Lucia Stoicescu, Country Manager of Wonderful Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fluent Romanian AI Agents for Complex Enterprise Needs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wonderful\u2019s AI agents speak fluent Romanian, mastering definite articles, diacritics, and the subtleties of polite speech across different registers. The platform allows AI agents to manage a wide range of natural-language tasks without human intervention and serves enterprises in sectors such as telecommunications, utilities and energy, healthcare, retail, banking, and insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These industries\u2014especially those with high customer service demands\u2014face increasing SLA requirements, complex system integrations, and large call volumes across fragmented support channels (email, voice, chat). Scaling support teams during growth or peak periods remains a challenge, while the need for multilingual solutions continues to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To thrive in today\u2019s market, companies need automation that is robust, flexible, and fully compliant with GDPR, the EU AI Act, DORA, SOC2, and NIS2 standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Lucia Stoicescu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucia Stoicescu has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, primarily in fintech, telecom, and medtech, holding top management roles\u2014most recently as CEO of Romanian software company mindit.io.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A graduate of the University of Craiova with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, she also holds a Master\u2019s in Web Programming from the University of Bucharest and an MBA from UQAM, Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucia believes in authentic leadership, is dedicated to building high-performing teams, and advocates for ethical AI and responsible innovation. Her expertise spans operations, IT project management, telecommunications, process management, risk management, and process improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is also a mother of two, enjoys reading and traveling, and finds relaxation and connection to nature through gardening and swimming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Wonderful<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in early 2025 by Bar Winkler (CEO) and Roey Lalazar (CTO), Wonderful provides an integrated agent platform allowing enterprises to build, manage and monitor AI agents serving customers across voice, chat, and email in any language or cultural context. By combining deep AI infrastructure with local deployment, Wonderful enables enterprises to run human-grade agents in some of the world\u2019s most complex and underserved markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winkler previously founded Approve.com, a company providing automated payment management solutions for enterprises, acquired by Tipalti in 2021. Lalazar founded Kaps, an AI-based localization platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wonderful\u2019s recent $34 million seed round, led by Index Ventures and joined by Bessemer Venture Partners and Vine Ventures, will fuel its global growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The platform enables AI agents to handle diverse tasks across voice, chat, and email channels without human supervision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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