08:18 AM EDT, 04/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- TELUS International , a digital customer experience (CX) innovator, was at last look up 1% in US premarket after saying Tuesday that it has expanded its partnership with Appian to help clients accelerate business processes and application development via intelligent automation as a service (AaaS) platform that incorporates Appian's low-code application development capabilities.

Under the partnership, TELUS International said it has set up a "unified, IT ecosystem" that is powered by artificial intelligence. Appian's low-code process automation platform allows individuals to build applications with a visual interface for faster and democratized application development.

"The agility and adaptability of the Appian Platform combined with TELUS International's AaaS platform uniquely empowers businesses across industries to address challenges and drive real business impact," Medhat Galal, senior Vice president of engineering at Appian, said. "Together, our expertise accelerates innovation and reduces resource-intensive tasks through AI powered low-code development and end-to-end process automation."

The company's shares slipped over 1% in Canada yesterday.