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> I.am+’s first enterprise customer is Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE), the German telecommunications giant and parent company of T-Mobile. Since July, the compa

> I.am+’s first enterprise customer is Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE), the German telecommunications giant and parent company of T-Mobile. Since July, the company has been using Omega to power an AI customer support chatbot and it plans to add a voice phone system soon, i.am+ said. Wow. I had no idea ChatBots needed $117 MILLION in funding to ship. A quick search of GitHub shows several 100s of chatbots, even 1 with just 200 lines of code. https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Agithub.com+chatbot https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Agithub.com+chatbot This has Juicero written all over it.

dvt 9y ago
> Wow. I had no idea ChatBots needed $117 MILLION in funding to ship. You don't. But the startup game is often not so much about shipping, but more about name recognition and connections.
- justboxing 9y ago
  Agreed. Still, $117 MILLION seems really excessive. How many people do you need to build, ship, market and support an AI Chatbot?
  - dberg 9y ago
    This is after $89mm if I am reading it right
gkoberger 9y ago
I have no clue what I.AM.PLUS is; this is a general comment: Sure, creating a dead simple chatbot is easy! But you can't compare a bare-minimum open-source dumb chatbot with a enterprise AI company that happens to take the form of a chatbot.
- ng12 9y ago
  Enterprise is a funny word here. It just seems like any other voice assistant except it connects to your inventory control system rather than your Nest at home. It seems like mostly marketing to me, I doubt the technology is particularly unique.
  - gkoberger 9y ago
    That's pretty much just what Enterprise is, though... a consumer product, sold at a much higher price, and including things companies need like support and customization.
  - xwvvvvwx 9y ago
    Unique technology is absolutely not a requirement to build and ship useful and impactful product.
geofft 9y ago
> A quick search of GitHub shows several 100s of chatbots, even 1 with just 200 lines of code. Also why does Dropbox need funding? I can write a 2-line shell script that calls rsync.
dv_dt 9y ago
A little tongue in cheek, but maybe not: 7M chatbot development 14M enterprise marketing materials 28M accounting and compliance response to enterprise requirements 56M enterprise sales team & expenses 12M reserve & voice mail development They'll need another round in less than a year.
Justin_K 9y ago
You sound like a solo programmer not considering any aspects on how to run a company that serves a global client base.

dvt 9y ago

> Wow. I had no idea ChatBots needed $117 MILLION in funding to ship. You don't. But the startup game is often not so much about shipping, but more about name recognition and connections.

justboxing 9y ago
Agreed. Still, $117 MILLION seems really excessive. How many people do you need to build, ship, market and support an AI Chatbot?
- dberg 9y ago
  This is after $89mm if I am reading it right

gkoberger 9y ago

I have no clue what I.AM.PLUS is; this is a general comment: Sure, creating a dead simple chatbot is easy! But you can't compare a bare-minimum open-source dumb chatbot with a enterprise AI company that happens to take the form of a chatbot.

ng12 9y ago
Enterprise is a funny word here. It just seems like any other voice assistant except it connects to your inventory control system rather than your Nest at home. It seems like mostly marketing to me, I doubt the technology is particularly unique.
- gkoberger 9y ago
  That's pretty much just what Enterprise is, though... a consumer product, sold at a much higher price, and including things companies need like support and customization.
- xwvvvvwx 9y ago
  Unique technology is absolutely not a requirement to build and ship useful and impactful product.

geofft 9y ago

> A quick search of GitHub shows several 100s of chatbots, even 1 with just 200 lines of code. Also why does Dropbox need funding? I can write a 2-line shell script that calls rsync.

dv_dt 9y ago

A little tongue in cheek, but maybe not: 7M chatbot development 14M enterprise marketing materials 28M accounting and compliance response to enterprise requirements 56M enterprise sales team & expenses 12M reserve & voice mail development They'll need another round in less than a year.

Justin_K 9y ago

You sound like a solo programmer not considering any aspects on how to run a company that serves a global client base.