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Dev tools · April 4, 2019

Hootsy

(Pre-Pivot) Create voice assistants

Hootsy launched on April 4, 2019 with 73 votes, #589 of 3,128 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

**2021 Update** Hootsy helps companies get more customers with live video. We no longer create voice interactive characters as shown in this post. We get people coming from here asking about it, so we wanted to clarify.

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