Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
So TechCrunch just published: Assist Has No App. It’s A Free Travel/Shopping Chat Bot For SMS And Fb Messenger h/t @joshconstine
Assist is a chatbot that aggregates APIs to let you message GrubHub, Eat24, Postmates, Uber, Lyft, OpenTable, StubHub, and more.
It works across Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram, and SMS
I personally think 2016 will see an influx of Chatbots and what a fantastic one to kick off the year with!
Plans include going into suggesting services for users which would be really cool!
I'll let @shanemac and team tell you more :)
Where does it currently work/work the best and where are you looking to expand next?
What is the story here?
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Robert Stephens
@rstephens · Founder, Geek Squad. Co-founder, @assist
@bentossell I will tell you that v1 has one simple goal: take all of the local services that you could order with your mobile phone and access them without installing an app if possible. Next up is to try and find and integrate as many services that we all know will be emerging in the coming years.
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Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
@rstephens is it mainly US for now?
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Robert Stephens
@rstephens · Founder, Geek Squad. Co-founder, @assist
@bentossell yes, for now. Mainly due to SMS limitations, especially as this is a v1.
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Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
@rstephens looking forward to the global takeover!
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