BizWireTV Accelerator Report: Amazon Launches a $2.5 Million Socialbot Competition, and Introducing the First Pocket-Sized Business Advisor

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Featuring Amazon, Remitly, Rover.com and BRiN

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$AMZN #BizWireTV–On the latest BizWireTV
Accelerator Report
, Amazon introduces the Alexa Prize, an annual
university competition dedicated to accelerating the field of
conversational artificial intelligence (AI). It is challenging students
to build a “socialbot” on Alexa that will converse with people about
popular topics and news events.


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Also featured in the episode is this week’s startup standout, BRiN, the
world’s first personal business advisor in your pocket. The app uses
artificial intelligence to give entrepreneurs and business owners
personalized education on how to run a business.

Now available on BizWireTV’s
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, the show serves as a preview of upcoming IPOs,
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trends to watch in the upcoming week.

This week’s episode features:

Amazon
Introduces the Alexa Prize: $2.5 Million to Advance Conversational
Artificial Intelligence
(NASDAQ:AMZN)

On the VC Watch:

Remitly
Announces Additional $38 Million in Financing as It Expands into Latin
America

Rover.com
Retrieves $40 Million Round of Funding

This week’s startup standout:

BRiN
Is the World’s First Business Advisor in Your Pocket

BizWireTV and BizWireTV Accelerator Report are hosted by Erin
Ade
. Tune in to watch Erin’s reports for BizWireTV each Sunday and
Friday on BizWireTV’s
new home on Tempo
.

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BizWireTV Accelerator Report: Sunday at 3:00 pm ET

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