Bamboo Learning, a Seattle startup co-founded by ex-Amazon executive Ian Freed, wants to simplify education with interactive voice lessons. And it just landed a $1.4 million seed round to make… Read More
CTRL-labs, the New York-based startup that is reimagining how the human brain can connect with machines, has closed another big funding round, with Amazon’s Alexa Fund pitching in on the… Read More
A block from Amazon’s signature Spheres in Seattle, a small trailer was parked Monday in a lot that will soon become home to another massive apartment tower. Adorned on the… Read More
Amazon has expanded its Alexa Fund Fellowship, a program designed to fund and support researchers and universities working on voice technology, from four universities to 18, including its hometown school, the… Read More
Google has kicked off a new investment program to back early-stage startups building capabilities and devices using the tech giant’s digital assistant, and a Seattle company is among the first… Read More
Mojio, a Vancouver, B.C. startup that aims to connect cars to the internet, has raised a $23 million funding round, with participation from Amazon’s Alexa fund. Mojio provides a cloud-based… Read More
Amazon Thursday announced the Alexa Fund Fellowship, a program designed to fund and support researchers and universities working on voice technology. Amazon also announced the first four universities to participate… Read More
DefinedCrowd, a platform that provides big data for speech and natural language processing technology, closed a $1.1 million seed funding round from Amazon’s $100 million Alexa Fund, Sony Innovation Fund and… Read More