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24 alternatives to O'Reilly Bots - #15 - Dennis Mortensen on email bots

X.ai founder talks personal assistant agents

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. O'Reilly Bots - #15 - Dennis Mortensen on email bots launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Outerspan▲205

   Deploy agents that have their own email inbox

   2025 · outerspan.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   O'Reilly Bots - #3 - Dennis Yang on Bot Analytics▲63

   Aspects of the web that do and don't translate to bots

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   MailClark▲198

   The Slack bot for external communications

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   O'Reilly Bots - #7 - Lili Cheng on bot personalities▲67

   The exec behind Xiaoice and Tay talks social computing

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   O'Reilly Bots - #9 - Jassim Latif from Slack on workplace bots▲72

   Plus a new bot from Pete and a review of Google Allo

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   What are conversational bots?▲102

   An introduction to and overview of AI-driven chatbots

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   O'Reilly Bots Podcast - #8 - Real AI products arrive▲69

   Hilary Mason, Jimi Smoot, Roger Chen on creating AI products

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   O'Reilly Bots - #17 - Brad Abrams on Google Assistant▲68

   A universal bot for messaging, mobile voice, and the home

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Project Murphy▲140

   The chat bot with imagination by Microsoft

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    O'Reilly Bots Podcast: Sarah Guo on the Case for Bots▲67

    Greylock Partners investor joins for episode 2

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Eva▲133

    Everyone's personal gifting assistant bot

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    O'Reilly Bots - #14 - Richard Socher on the future of deep learning▲73

    Salesforce Chief Scientist/MetaMind founder on neural nets

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    O'Reilly Bots - #10 - Customer service with bots▲57

    Michael Schneider, Rachel Law, and Alyx Baldwin

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Microsoft Bot Framework▲167

    Your bots — wherever your users are talking

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    a16z Podcast: Bots and Beyond ▲134

    How can we keep bots in perspective — beyond the fad?

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Bots for Intercom with Converse.AI▲119

    Scaling conversations in Intercom - without code

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    O'Reilly Bots - #4 - Cathy Pearl on voice user interfaces for bots▲61

    The basics of VUI design

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    O'Reilly Bots Podcast - What are bots? Here’s the background.▲95

    Why AI-driven chat bots are a big deal right now.

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Alex WikiMessenger Bot▲98

    A Wikipedia bot for messenger

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Wit.ai Bot Engine (Beta)▲186

    Helping developers make bots great again

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    bottr.me▲169

    Create your bot by simply talking to it!

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Introbot▲159

    Connect people easily with simple emails intros

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Archie.AI Email Bot▲122

    Cut through Google Analytics with free, weekly emails

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Advertise.ai▲130

    The chatbot assistant for digital advertisers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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