| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.03.2019 | Conversocial Acquires Assist, an Interview with Shane Mac | Conversocial Acquires Assist, an Interview with Shane Mac
Bret Kinsella on March 19, 2019 at 9:05 am
Conversocial, the UK-based social media management and customer service software provider, last week acquired Assist, a conversational solu... |
| 30.07.2018 | Shane Mac CEO of Assist Says The Talking Internet is Here – Voicebot Podcast Ep 54 | Shane Mac CEO of Assist Says The Talking Internet is Here – Voicebot Podcast Ep 54
Bret Kinsella on July 30, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Shane Mac co-founded Assist five years ago along with Geek Squad founder Robert Stephens. Since then, Assist has fo... |
| 26.11.2017 | Voicebot Podcast Episode 18 – Shane Mac CEO of Assist Talks Conversational UI Platforms | Voicebot Podcast Episode 18 – Shane Mac CEO of Assist Talks Conversational UI Platforms
Bret Kinsella on November 26, 2017 at 10:00 pm
Shane Mac is CEO and co-founder of Assist which provides a voice and chatbot platform for brands looking ... |
| 30.06.2017 | Corrected: Binary Capital’s investors have not accepted Jonathan Teo’s resignation | This story is still evolving. Original report up top; update below.
Earlier this week, following the resignations of Binary Capital co-founder Justin Caldbeck and a more recent addition to the team, Matt Mazzeo, Binary co-founder Jonathan T... |
| 28.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, June 28 | Et Cetera
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In other words, Binary is likely done. Remaining partner Jonathan Teo won’t be able to make new investments and his ... |
| 27.06.2017 | The latest in the Binary Capital blowup and what it means for startup investing | Binary Capital, the San Francisco-based early stage fund whose cofounder, Justin Caldbeck, resigned this past Sunday, is shutting down for all practical purposes.
A source tells Bloomberg that the young firm, which had closed its second fun... |
| 23.06.2017 | 8 Experts Offer Tips for Building Better Actions for Google Home | 8 Experts Offer Tips for Building Better Actions for Google Home
Bret Kinsella on June 23, 2017 at 12:20 pm
For the final installment of our four-part series on building better voice applications, Voicebot asked 8 experts for advice when de... |
| 16.06.2017 | 10 Experts Offer Tips for Building Better Alexa Skills | 10 Experts Offer Tips for Building Better Alexa Skills
Bret Kinsella on June 16, 2017 at 8:40 am
The past two weeks we asked developers for general advice on what to do and what not to do when building voice applications. This week we go fo... |
| 09.06.2017 | 10 Experts Offer Tips for Building Interactive Voice Applications | 10 Experts Offer Tips for Building Interactive Voice Applications
Ava Mutchler on June 9, 2017 at 8:58 am
Last week, Voicebot reached out to 11 voice application development experts and asked them to highlight common mistakes that developer... |
| 02.06.2017 | Avoid These 11 Common Mistakes When Building Voice Applications | Avoid These 11 Common Mistakes When Building Voice Applications
Bret Kinsella on June 2, 2017 at 9:50 am
Now that voice applications such as Alexa and Cortana Skills and Google Actions are proliferating, there is increased discussion about ... |
| 23.05.2017 | Assist Wants Conversations to Always Move Forward Through Active Listening | Assist Wants Conversations to Always Move Forward Through Active Listening
Bret Kinsella on May 23, 2017 at 12:22 pm
At Dashbot’s Superbots conference in San Francisco this month Voicebot had the chance to catch up with Stephane Nguyen, VP ... |
| 09.05.2017 | Google Allo Now Speaks Spanish and French – Can Google Home Be Far Behind? | Google Allo Now Speaks Spanish and French – Can Google Home Be Far Behind?
Bret Kinsella on May 9, 2017 at 4:34 pm
Allo was a testing ground for Google Assistant in learning conversational interaction in English. True Viral News is reportin... |
| 10.03.2017 | 10 ways you may have already used IBM Watson | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Watson captured the public imagination about arti... |
| 26.12.2016 | These were the top 5 bots to try in 2016 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
As the bot ecosystem grew in 2016, we were please... |
| 26.12.2016 | These were the top 5 bots to try in 2016 | As the bot ecosystem grew in 2016, we were pleased to present 5 bots to try each week. We brought you the five most popular bots, as they appeared on Botlist during the previous week.
And now, as we prepare to welcome a new year, we’re exci... |
| 01.11.2016 | Twitter Improves the Use of Direct Messages as CRM | Twitter announced today new features that help companies use the Direct Messages aspect of their platform to improve communications with customers. They have enabled companies to build in Quick Replies and Welcome Messages via Direct Messag... |
| 23.10.2016 | 8 chatbots that are actually helpful | The hype over A.I. and bots shows no signs of simmering down, thanks to accelerating investments, a developer “gold rush,” and the ease of building bots. According to Pandorabots, there are more than 225,000 bot developers and upwards of 30... |
| 04.10.2016 | 100 people to watch in the chatbot space | This is my personal top 100 for people to watch in the bot space. Let me know who you think I’m missing and please provide me with additional information.
Thanks to everyone who helped me curate this list. Now let’s get straight to the poin... |
| 10.08.2016 | 5 long-term takeaways from MobileBeat 2016 | Four executives from different corners of commerce sat down together with VentureBeat editor in chief Blaise Zerega at the MobileBeat2016 conference on July 13 during a panel. The goal? To discuss the future of conversational commerce, with... |
| 10.08.2016 | 5 long-term takeaways from MobileBeat 2016 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Four executives from different corners of commerc... |
| 14.04.2016 | Facebook just validated the bot movement for businesses | The battle for our attention has once again shifted to a new technological plane within the mobile space. The industry now is starting to turn its attention away from apps and instead focusing on a new interface to drive “conversational com... |
| 14.04.2016 | Facebook just validated the bot movement for businesses | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The battle for our attention has once again shifted to a new technological plane within the mobile space. The industry now is starting ... |
| 01.03.2016 | Coming in April? Facebook Messenger could spark a chatbot revolution | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Speculation is increasing that Facebook will open up its Messenger chat service to outside businesses, potentially as early as its F8 c... |
| 17.02.2016 | Chat Bot for Local Services, Assist, Gets Funding | Technology never ceases to amaze us, especially if it is put to the service of our society. And one example of those amazing applications of technology is Assist‘s local services Chat Bot, which has recently raised an investment of $5.5 mil... |
| 12.01.2016 | Assist — универсальный виртуальный помощник, работающий со Slack, Telegram, Facebook Messenger и по СМС Статьи редакции | Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — платформа Assist, с помощью которой пользователь может «общаться» с нужными ему сервисами в любимом мессенджере.
Assist — платформа, которая при помощи API известных сервисов (таких, как Uber, Lyft, Postmates... |
| 06.01.2016 | Assist Has No App. It’s A Free Travel/Shopping Chat Bot For SMS And Facebook Messenger | You don’t care who delivers dinner or drives you home as long as it gets done fast. That’s the idea behind Assist, a chat bot that aggregates APIs to let you text to interact with GrubHub, Eat24, Postmates, Uber, Lyft, OpenTable, StubHub, a... |
| 05.01.2016 | Facebook’s Secret Chat SDK Lets Developers Build Messenger Bots | M won’t be the only artificial intelligence on Facebook Messenger. Facebook has given some developers access to an unannounced Chat SDK that allows them to build interactive experiences and “bots” in Messenger for shopping, booking travel, ... |
