Pulse Labs went through the original Alexa Accelerator and raised their initial $120,000 through that experience. Now, the tech company has raised $2.5 million as they continue their mission to make voice assistants across the board.
Abhishek Suthan is the CEO of Pulse Labs. Suthan joins Cheddar to explain how the tech company is bringing a unique and genuine voice experience to various voice assistant apps.
Pulse Labs works closely with brands because companies have realized that having a "voice strategy" is an important move for the future. Over the past month, Pulse Labs has helped over 20 brands launch on the Amazon Alexa app.
When asked how much it costs for a brand to have a voice strategy, Suthan says that the average is around a couple hundred thousand dollars.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday that the majority of iPhones sold in the U.S. in the current fiscal quarter will be sourced from India, while iPads and other devices will come from Vietnam as the company works to avoid the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on its business. Apple’s earnings for the first three months of the year topped Wall Street’s expectations thanks to high demand for its iPhones, and the company said tariffs had a limited effect on the fiscal second quarter’s results. Cook added that for the current quarter, assuming things don’t change, Apple expects to see $900 million added to its costs as a result of the tariffs.
Visa is hoping to hand your credit card to an artificial intelligence “agent” that can find and buy clothes, groceries, airplane tickets and other items on your behalf.
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