Four Critical Questions That Chatbot Entrepreneurs Should Ask Themselves — Genacast Ventures

Excellent analysis of chatbot startups from the perspective of an investor. If you are an entrepreneur in the chatbot space, you are guaranteed to find something in this post that will make you think. No matter if you are raising capital or not, these are key questions that a startup in this space needs to have answers for.

Money as Message

300M users, almost half of WeChat users, have their banking credentials configured in WeChat. This insightful article explores how WeChat leveraged payments as a way to grow its network.

The Beat on Bots

Some highlights from the MobileBeat conference, where bots took the center stage. Some of the questions that were tackled are: Are bots replacing apps? Are bots a fad? What is the future of bots?

3 Tips For Creating a Human And AI-Powered Chatbot

Rapport, trust, relationships are things only humans can deliver. Bots provide scale by taking care of the interactions that they can do better, faster, or more accurately, such as automating feedback requests or collecting information. I definitely agree, in fact this bot-human hybrid is a key aspect of reply.ai.