SoundHoundVoice Technology Funding SoundHound Closes $100 Million Funding Round From Strategic Investors Including Daimler, Hyundai and Tencent SoundHound Inc announced this morning that it has raised $100 million in new funding bringing total company financing to $215.. 3 May 6
Google AssistantGoogle Nest Google Launches New Investment Program for Google Assistant This afternoon on its company blog, Google announced it has launched a new investment fund for early-stage startups that can.. 2 May 2
Market DataNewsVoice AssistantVoice Commerce Data Show Voice Shopping Delivers Customer Satisfaction, Positive Sentiment and Higher Spending PwC’s report Prepare for the Voice Revolution contains a number of interesting findings. The data on voice shopping may top.. 2 May 2
Market DataNewssmart speakerVoice Assistant Cooking, Multitasking and Television Top the List of Voice Assistant Activity Pairings There is some solid survey data on the most common voice assistant use cases employed by consumers. These use cases.. 2 May 3
AIChatbotsFacebookFacebook AI Research Facebook May Launch Smart Display to International Markets First Last week it was reported that Facebook would delay the launch of its smart displays until October and that order.. 1 May 4
AIHealthcareNuanceVoice Assistant Healthcare Voice Assistant Startup Raises $20 Million Despite starting in the consumer space, Suki startup founders Punit Soni, former chief product officer of Flipkart, and Karthik Rajan,.. 1 May 1
Newssmart speakerSonos Sonos is Working on a New Sound Bar Smart Speaker Variety identified a new regulatory filing by Sonos that it expects to be a “smart home theater speaker.” Sonos declined.. 30 Apr 1
Google AssistantGoogle NestNewssmart speaker Google Assistant Introduces New Stories Offering for Kids and Adults Google announced in a blog post Friday that it is now has several new stories that will appeal to both.. 30 Apr 2
InterviewMultimodal user interfacePodcastVoice UXVoicebot Podcast The Elements of Multi-Modal Design with Karen Kaushansky – Voicebot Podcast Ep. 40 Karen Kaushansky started as a speech technology designer at Nortel in the mid-1990’s and moved on to become a voice.. 30 Apr 3
Amazon AlexaAmazon EchoDevicesNewsOpinionsmart speakerVoice Assistant Amazon Echo Dot for Kids Edition and Free Time Unlimited Are More Important Than You Think This past week Amazon announced two new programs that are part of its Alexa for kids strategy. At $79.99, the.. 29 Apr 1