When Facebook recently announced bots for Messenger, one of the most talked-about examples was Poncho, the cat that tells you the weather forecast. While some found him to be frustratingly bad at telling you whether to expect rain or shine, a group of investors led by Lerer Hippeau Ventures has put $2 million seed funding into Poncho to help him become a better weather cat. Poncho is currently available via SMS, email, Slack and Facebook Messenger, but the Betaworks-based company has a bigger mission; to understand how best to deliver ‘thin content’ via chat and notifications platforms. The hype around conversational interfaces…
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