| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.08.2017 | Startup competitions seeking chatbot companies | They include competitions from Amazon, IBM and Facebook
If you're a startup seeking opportunities to get funded, educated or connected, startup competitions are a great resource.
Vator has been holding its own competitions, using VatorX, to... |
| 17.08.2017 | Poncho Raises $2.4M in Funding | Poncho, a NYC-based weather service, raised $2.4m in seed funding.
The round was led by Lightspeed Ventures.
The company will use the funds to continue to develop the platform and expand operations.
Led by CEO Sam Mandel, Poncho leverages S... |
| 15.08.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, August 15 | OPEN MIC
It’s the middle of August, the latest issue of Fortune is finally closed, and I am all out of things to say about the latest wrinkle in Uber’s neverending soap opera. (That wrinkle, by the way, comes in the form of an open letter f... |
| 14.08.2017 | Poncho weather service picks up $2.4 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners | Poncho, the betaworks-backed weather service, has raised $2.4 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed Ventures.
Poncho launched out of betaworks the same year as Giphy and Dots, and uses SMS and email to bring the news to you in an entert... |
| 12.08.2017 | Sorry, Elon Musk. AI is not a bigger threat than North Korea | 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!
Regulations, sanctions, rules — they are not alwa... |
| 04.07.2017 | Voicebots didn’t outshine chatbots. Microsoft, Amazon, and others did | 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!
There’s been quite a fervor over voicebots lately... |
| 17.05.2017 | 7 roles chatbots could play in media and entertainment | One of the more fun assertions you hear tossed around nowadays is “Chatbots will kill apps, websites, and basically everything else, too” — except, it seems, email. Having been in the marketing business for a couple of decades now, I read a... |
| 16.05.2017 | Adelyn Zhou, voice ads, and the current state of chatbots – VB Engage | This week, Travis and Stewart have the opportunity to interview Adelyn Zhou of Topbots. We find out the latest in AI, how smaller businesses can get involved (it isn’t just for Fortune 500 types), what’s going on with chatbots, and whether ... |
| 16.05.2017 | Adelyn Zhou, voice ads, and the current state of chatbots – VB Engage | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
This week, Travis and Stewart have the opportunity to interview Adelyn Zhou of Topbots. We find out the latest in AI, how smaller busin... |
| 11.01.2017 | Vote for your favorite chatbot of 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!
The Year of the Chatbot is now over. More than 90... |
| 21.12.2016 | 3 tips on improving chatbot retention | 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!
Chatbot retention has been a real problem. It’s s... |
| 21.12.2016 | The 8 best chatbots of 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!
Wow, what a year! More than 34,000 bots have been... |
| 21.12.2016 | 3 tips on improving chatbot retention | Chatbot retention has been a real problem. It’s so poor that most people don’t even get past the first two messages. According to İlker Köksal, the CEO of BotAnalytics, the initial drop-off is huge: “About 40 percent of users never get past... |
| 28.10.2016 | Can AI dominate the web industry and other domains? | Owais Afaq Contributor
Owais Afaq is simplifying technology as the CEO of Aplos Innovations.
2016 has been quite a ride for the players in AI, NLP and ML technologies. From the famous advent of Microsoft Tay at the end of Q1 to the numerous... |
| 19.10.2016 | How to make a music chatbot without the gimmicks | Every weekend new bots are emerging, particularly in the entertainment arena. Built in a weekend and released to the world, they’re usually either purely meant to be funny or are solving a “problem” no one really has. After the initial infl... |
| 27.09.2016 | Key takeaways from the Betaworks botcamp | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Betaworks, a White Star Capital partner, recently hosted its Botcamp day. Betaworks CEO John Borthwick, my fellow Kellogg alumnus Matt ... |
| 27.09.2016 | Key takeaways from the Betaworks botcamp | Betaworks, a White Star Capital partner, recently hosted its Botcamp day. Betaworks CEO John Borthwick, my fellow Kellogg alumnus Matt Hartman, and the rest of the team put on an excellent day with great speakers and demos by eight promisin... |
| 26.09.2016 | How 4 chatbots responded to random, unrelated questions | Chatbots are not new, especially for this generation. In fact, back in 2000, if any of you had ever been an avid user of AOL Instant Messenger, you probably tried chatting with its bot, SmarterChild. I did. I used it to request movie times ... |
| 23.09.2016 | 10 common chatbot mistakes to avoid | 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!
The time has come! You and your development team ... |
| 23.09.2016 | 10 common chatbot mistakes to avoid | The time has come! You and your development team have put weeks of effort perfecting your new chatbot and are finally ready to unveil your creation to the world.
But building a bot is just the first step. There are tens of thousands of bots... |
| 08.09.2016 | Want to connect with millennials? Make a chatbot | For brands, engaging millennials is becoming harder and harder. Unfortunately, this is happening as millennials’ spending power is about to skyrocket.
It’s no wonder, then, why brands spend millions, even billions, of dollars developing app... |
| 17.07.2016 | Apps put on notice as new study suggests teens love chatbots | The growing popularity of messaging platforms, paired with rapid advances in A.I., is driving a new era of meaningful interaction with chabots. Just as browsers like Chrome and Firefox provide access to every web page, messaging platforms h... |
| 16.07.2016 | Why these developers are making Poncho the weather bot even better | Chatbots are in their infant stage.
It’s clear that the first incarnations using the Facebook development tools are more of a proof-of-concept. But, as we witnessed at Mobile Beat 2016 this past week, there have already been some serious im... |
| 09.05.2016 | From Appboy to VTS: A New York Funding Roundup | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Springtime has brought to the city a batch of recent funding for local startups across industries from mobile to real estate.
—New York-based commercial real estate technology... |
| 28.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 28, 2016 | Drivy raised $35M to grow its rental marketplace; Levyx closed a $5.4M Series A; Poncho raised $2M
Poncho, a precious orange "weathercat" bot developed by betaworks, raised a $2 million seed round of funding led by Lerer Hippeau V... |
| 28.04.2016 | Poncho Closes $2M Seed Funding Round | Poncho, a NYC-based personalized weather-forecasting service fronted by the eponymous cat from Brooklyn, closed a $2m seed funding round.
The round was led by Lerer Hippeau Ventures with participation from Greycroft Partners, Comcast Ventur... |
| 28.04.2016 | Weather app Poncho raises $2 million to build its AI and data science tech | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Fresh off its promotion at Facebook’s F8 developer conference, Poncho announced today that it has raised $2 million for its personalize... |
| 28.04.2016 | Poncho secures $2 million seed for cute weather bot | After launching as a bot for Facebook Messenger earlier this month, weathercat picks up some cash
Editor's Note: Our annual Vator Splash Spring 2016 conference is around the corner on May 12, 2016 at the historic Scottish Rite Center in Oak... |
| 28.04.2016 | Weather app Poncho raises $2 million to build its AI and data science tech | Fresh off its promotion at Facebook’s F8 developer conference, Poncho announced today that it has raised $2 million for its personalized weather forecasting service. The round was led by Lerer Hippeau Ventures and will be earmarked for impr... |
| 02.02.2016 | Poncho the weathercat gets its own app | Betaworks, the New York startup incubator behind Gif search engine Giphy and the relaunch of Digg, debuted a quirky, text message-only weather service called Poncho back in 2013. Nearly three years later, the service has generated a followi... |
| 02.02.2016 | Poncho the weathercat gets its own app | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Betaworks, the New York startup incubator behind Gif search engine Giphy and the relaunch of Digg, debuted a quirky, text message-only ... |
| 08.03.2015 | Betaworks-backed Poncho is launching its simple weather service in Texas | Today Poncho, a text message-powered weather service backed by investment firm and incubator Betaworks, announced its plans to launch in Texas next week.
The launch is (of course) timed for SXSW — the annual music, film, and tech festival i... |
| 08.03.2015 | Betaworks-backed Poncho is launching its simple weather service in Texas | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Today Poncho, a text message-powered weather service backed by investment firm and incubator Betaworks, announced its plans to launch i... |
| 06.11.2014 | Meet the weather entrepreneur who thinks weather is boring | We’re in that weird time of year when the weather keeps alternating all over the place. One day it’s cold. The next it seems strangely warm. And then there’s this whole wind situation.
So what do you do if you want to know what to wear but ... |
| 14.10.2014 | Betaworks-Backed Weather Service, Poncho, Heads To Chicago | At the start of every day, most people check the weather. They go to the weather app on their phone, or open up weather.com, or perhaps they lick their finger and stick it out the window. I, however, get my weather updates from Poncho.
The ... |
| 18.03.2014 | FictiveKin calling on startups to state their /purpose | Dumbo creative agency FictiveKin is putting out the call to startups and makers to state their purpose.
To do so, they have built a separate page for the idea, called slashpurpose. Not to pitch their work with another about page, but to tel... |
| 17.04.2013 | Poncho, For Those Who Can’t Be Bothered To Open A Weather App | Long before the era of iPads and Snapchats and holographic Tupacs, some of the greatest minds in tech and science spent their life trying to understand weather patterns. Since, we’ve evolved to have an almost overwhelming amount of data on ... |
| 17.04.2013 | Betaworks Launches Weather Service Because Let’s Face It, You’re No Meteorologist | Brb, running to the Warby Parker store. (Photo: Screencap)
Do unexpectedly blustery days leave you wailing at the fates? Sick of dressing in your smartest spring sandals, only to walk outside and discover there’s still a nip in the air?
So ... |
