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Voice investments and your trash can voice commands
Ep. 30
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The voice world keep getting the monies. Bespoken announced yesterday that it raised 2.4 million dollars in seed funding round. Bespoken, a developer focused tool we featured as a voice resource a couple of weeks ago in our newsletter, allows you to test and monitor your Alexa skills. Storyline, Sensible Object, list of voice focused companies who have raised money in the last months.
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