Is Alexa spawning companies in the same way that Slack/Facebook Messenger are?
It seems like there has been an explosion of companies creating text bots for messaging platforms. Amazon's Alexa/Echo platform is similar in concept (Natural Language interface into a streamlined service), but I haven't a similar explosion. Am I missing something? Does anyone know of any companies building specifically for Alexa (the Alexa fund companies I've seen are all hardware focused)? Check out some of the companies that have presented at the NYC Amazon Alexa meetup - www.meetup.com/NYC-Amazon-Alexa-Meetup/ Often, it's not that companies are building only for Alexa, but that the Alexa integration is powering a new product offering they weren't able to fully provide previously.