Botpress nabs $15M Series A to help developers construct conversational apps

by RJ Shara | Apr 28, 2021 | Startups

Botpress, a Montreal-based early phase startup, wishes to make it easier for designers to develop conversational-based apps, meaning human beings interact with the app by speaking instead of typing, tapping or clicking. Today it revealed an $15 million Series A from Decibel and Inovia Capital. “We’re trying to bring human-level digital support to the masses, and […] , a Montreal-based early phase start-up, desires to make it easier for developers to construct conversational-based apps, indicating humans interact with the app by speaking rather of typing, tapping or clicking.”We’re trying to bring human-level digital help to the masses, and we do that by providing developers the tools they require to develop conversational AI applications, so basically conversational AI. Jon Sakoda who is leading the financial investment at Decibel states that the business is turning some of that enterprise interest into an organization supporting those business. And I think that this financing plainly permits Botpress to invest in developing a turnkey cloud offering,”Sakoda says. …