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24 alternatives to The FATcast - The Virtual Assistant Who’s Virtually Human

Amy: The Virtual Assistant Who's Virtually Human

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 3 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier. The FATcast - The Virtual Assistant Who’s Virtually Human launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Zirtual▲103
Virtual assistants for busy people.
2014 · zirtual.com · its alternatives →
2
Will VR make us better humans?▲105
An illustrated explainer, from Hardbound.
2016 · its alternatives →
3
Never Boring AI▲102
The AI agent that writes your LinkedIn posts in your voice
26d ago · neverboring.ai · its alternatives →
4
Playment▲212
On-demand workforce for human tasks
2017 · telusinternational.com · its alternatives →
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We built a crowd-powered virtual assistant▲85
2013 · premier.mobileworks.com · its alternatives →
6
O'Reilly Bots - #4 - Cathy Pearl on voice user interfaces for bots▲61
The basics of VUI design
2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →
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Ghost Corefrom $3499/mo▲186
A personal AI computer that runs entirely on-device
22d ago · ghost.ai · its alternatives →
8
Riley ▲145
A personal assistant for apartment hunting
2015 · getrileynow.com · its alternatives →
9
Hatching - Launching Emoji Masks▲68
A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
10
Cubicle▲118
A live office for your AI agents, read-only by design
28d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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Sense.ly▲68
Kinect-powered virtual nurse avatar
2015 · sensely.com · its alternatives →
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Nimble Sense▲86
Bring your hands into virtual reality.
2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Ambiguous Workspacefree tier, from $20/mo▲72
18 productivity apps built for AI agents and humans
20d ago · ambiguous.ai · its alternatives →
14
Alice by Couple▲57
An AI companion from the folks who built Couple
2014 · couple.me · its alternatives →
15
WeftCut▲77
The open-source video editor your AI agent can drive
27d ago · weftcut.com · its alternatives →
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Real Virtual Show 008: Virtual & Augmented Reality for Real Life Solutions w/ Steve Dann▲64
Where real people talk live about virtual reality + podcast
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Humani: Jessie’s Story▲76
A conversation-based narrative game
2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →
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Real Virtual Show Ep. 33: 3D Human-Computer Interaction for VR/AR w/ Raj Rao of @uSensinc▲60
Where real people talk about VR/AR #realvirtual
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Real Virtual Show▲63
Where real people talk live about virtual reality + podcast
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Mantlefree tier▲58
Open-source service builder for humans and AI agents
Sep 2026 · mantle.tools · its alternatives →
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vgpu▲39
The WebGPU library, designed for agents
Sep 2026 · vgpu.sh · its alternatives →
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SocialCast by VMWare▲6
Designed for People. Built for Business.
2017 · its alternatives →
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a16z - Writing a New Language of Storytelling with Virtual Reality▲69
Chris Milk calls VR the “ultimate empathy machine”
2015 · feeds.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Real Virtual Show 019: Solving Problems with Virtual Reality w/ @DoraCheng cofounder of @uForis▲62
Where real people talk live about virtual + podcast
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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