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Conferences i/o

Can a NASBA-compliant audience-engagement tool become the default attendance/CPE-credit rail for accounting firm learning?

Founded2012
HQChicago, Illinois, United States
IndustryVertical SaaS / Education (CPE Audience Engagement)
The story

Founded in 2012 as an audience-response and polling tool for live conferences, Conferences i/o found durable product-market fit inside the NASBA-regulated CPE (continuing professional education) market, where its attendance tracking is certified compliant with Group Live and Group Internet Based standards. It was acquired by LCvista in March 2024 and is now positioned as the 'Attendance & Engagement' module of LCvista's broader learning & compliance platform for accounting firms. The product does not touch money movement — it is pure engagement/compliance SaaS.

Last 12 months
2024-03
2024-11
Product timeline
2012
Company founded in Chicago as an audience response / engagement platform for conferences and CPE events.· launch
2024
Acquired by LCvista, an accounting learning & development platform, on 2024-03-04.· acquisition
2024
Launched PollSense, a generative AI feature to auto-create polls from PowerPoint slide decks.· product
The stack
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