Video.bot (YC S20) – Like a chatbot, but with video-based interface
Hi HN, Daniel here. I've just applied video.bot (http://video.bot/olivia) to YC S20. Chatbots have been around for 30 years, but there's been zero interface evolution to date. video.bot is asking people to rethink chatbots. Imagine them with a rich interface, like in personalized videos, but with interactions, like in a game. That's what we're calling video.bot: bots with visual appealing that create 1 on 1 visual conversations on the fly AT SCALE. Top Banks, Telecoms, Pharmas, etc. are using video.bot to make job offers, onboard new employees or customers, help patients…
Video.bot (YC S20) – Like a chatbot, but with video-based interface launched on April 3, 2020 with 21 votes, #1,097 of 5,003 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Video.bot is a platform that reimagines chatbots by adding video-based interfaces for interactive one-on-one conversations at scale. Rather than text-based chat, it uses personalized video with game-like interactions to create engaging experiences. The system is designed for enterprise use cases including job offers, employee and customer onboarding, patient support, and investment recommendations. It serves banks, telecommunications companies, pharmaceutical firms, and other large organizations seeking to modernize their conversational interfaces beyond traditional text-based chatbots.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, Daniel here. I've just applied video.bot (http://video.bot/olivia) to YC S20. Chatbots have been around for 30 years, but there's been zero interface evolution to date. video.bot is asking people to rethink chatbots. Imagine them with a rich interface, like in personalized videos, but with…
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