Pathos Communications: strong H1 debut as AI publicist Pressella takes shape

Pathos Communications Plc (LSE:NEWS) founder and CEO Omar Hamdi joined Proactive's Stephen Gunnion to discuss a strong first half following the company's public listing, with double-digit growth in both revenue and EBITDA, rising cash receipts and continued AI investment. Hamdi attributed the performance to a large addressable market, expanding customer relationships and a growing range of services driving repeat business and larger engagements. He described it as "a very, very solid start to the year and start to life as a public company." The AI strategy centres on Pressella, the company's virtual publicist, which Hamdi sees delivering value in two ways: improving internal productivity and enabling generative engine optimisation, helping clients improve how they're represented by large language models like ChatGPT. Hamdi said the company is taking a measured approach, leveraging seven years of proprietary data to train the platform. "We're not in a rush. We've got to get this right," he said. Entering the second half with nearly $1 million in deferred income and around $6 million available, Pathos is actively evaluating both organic growth and acquisition opportunities. Visit the Proactive YouTube channel for more interviews with leading companies and market experts. If you enjoyed this video, please give it a like, subscribe to the channel and enable notifications so you never miss future content. Read Proactive's Editorial Policy here: https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/pages/editorialPolicy #PathosCommunications #OmarHamdi #PublicRelations #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GenerativeAI #GenerativeEngineOptimization #GEO #ChatGPT #InvestorRelations #SmallBusiness #GrowthStocks #BusinessGrowth #LondonStockExchange #ProactiveInvestors