Chat Startup Ideas

2 months ago

A chatbot that helps you manage your money by asking you questions, then offering suggestions for what to do with your money.

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9 months ago

A social network for people who love to eat. Users can browse menus, find restaurants that fit their budget, and chat to other food lovers.

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3 years ago

An AI-based chatbot that helps you with your fitness goals. The bot offers customized workouts based on your goals, goals, and history.

3,352

2 years ago

A chatbot that takes a text message and pulls up the relevant information

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2 years ago

A chat bot that helps you find the cheapest flights to your destination, set alerts for when prices drop, and handle tons of other travel-related tasks. The startup is focused on helping travelers manage their itineraries and get the most out of their travel.

1,022

3 years ago

A startup that lets users create their own “digital assistant”, a chatbot that works with text, voice, and image commands.

489

2 years ago

A 3-way chat system, allowing users to video chat, text, and call each other all at once.

351

2 years ago

A chat therapy app for depression and anxiety.

322

10 days ago

A startup that is building a chatbot that helps customers get quotes on insurance and financial products.

316

2 years ago

An AI chatbot that helps you diagnose your own symptoms and signs, and get you connected to a doctor or pharmacist.

256

2 years ago

A startup that’s building an AI-enabled chatbot for legal services. The company has $1 million in seed funding.

256

2 years ago

A Facebook-like chat app for gamers

252

2 years ago

A chatbot that tracks the status of a shipment by tracking the shipping carrier and making deliveries.

238

3 years ago

Chatty is a free service to help people make more friends via group chat.

229

2 years ago

A live-chat service for health insurance.

213

2 years ago

This company sells a chatbot that answers work-related questions. The startup says there is a $22.5 billion market for this type of service.

209

2 years ago

A chatbot that can let people know when their friends are sexually active.

207

2 years ago

is an AI chatbot that helps with the discovery of new startups.

205

2 years ago

A natural language processing startup that is building software that helps companies better understand user conversations, especially in chat. The company is launching in the US in 22 countries and is working on a US expansion for early next year.

203

2 years ago

A company that tries to make the world's best artificial intelligence-powered chatbot.

201

2 years ago

This startup wants to bring an email-like experience to video chat.

201

1 year ago

A chatbot for hiring remote employees.

195

3 years ago

A startup that is a chatbot that provides short-term mental health support

193

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps users figure out what to do next when they’re faced with a decision.

193

2 years ago

Tech company that builds bots and machine learning tools to help companies build chatbots and build intelligence into their digital interactions.

192

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps users find out their credit score and get to know their credit history.

192

3 years ago

A startup for local service providers to offer their services to customers in online or offline formats through a combination of chat and text messaging

191

2 years ago

A company that’s building a platform for group communication. It’s building a way to easily voice chat and share information with groups. It’s a product for big companies that want to communicate with internal teams, but it could also be used by small startups to communicate with teams.

191

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build an AI-powered chatbot that allows your Facebook friends to talk to your bot for all the things.

190

1 month ago

A platform that allows educators to connect with students via videos and video chat.

189

3 years ago

A chatbot that organizes your orders and delivery for you. It currently has a team of 3, has raised about $1 million, and is focused on San Francisco for now.

181

2 years ago

A startup that is building an AI-powered chatbot to help you find and buy your favorite sneakers. Users can create an account with the startup and then have the chatbot ask them questions about their favorite sneakers.

181

2 years ago

A video chat platform that allows users to have group chats with 1,000 people.

180

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps customers troubleshoot their phone bill with live chat support.

178

3 years ago

A real-time chat app for B2B that connects companies with each other and people who can help them.

177

3 years ago

A chatbot that helps with customer support for small businesses in India. In the US, the company works with small businesses that need live support, but in India, it works with small-to-midsized businesses that need a better CRM tool.

176

3 years ago

A chatbot that helps people learn how to kickstart conversations and build rapport quickly. The startup is working on a demo with YC.

176

2 years ago

This is a video chat app that can connect users to a live video conference where they can call one another.

176

3 years ago

An AI chatbot which answers questions on Quora, a question and answer site. It’s still early days for Quora’s bot, which answers around 1,000 questions a day on topics like “How to study” and “How to organize your life”.

175

3 years ago

A chatbot that gives real-time insight into what users are doing on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and helps them avoid the most toxic content.

175

1 year ago

A digital communications company based in New York City. Their software is designed to help companies interact with their employees via phone, email, or chat.

175

1 year ago

A Slack-style team chat app for small teams working together in the same office.

173

3 years ago

"Authentic" is the name of an app that provides a secure, private and audited chat platform for businesses. The app allows users to create a private chat room for a group of up to ten people, with a group administrator who can add new members, delete or block members and monitor chat content. The company was founded by former Googler and Google Ventures partner Misha Chellam.

172

3 years ago

A customized AI-powered chatbot that helps you optimize your online dating experience.

172

2 years ago

A real-time customer service chat platform.

172

1 year ago

A platform for drivers to find customers via chat. Currently operating in New York City.

171

3 years ago

This startup is building a chatbot that connects users with the best doctor for their ailment based on their symptoms.

170

3 years ago

This startup aims to help chatbots learn from user inputs and be used in a number of enterprise use cases.

169

2 years ago

This startup is building an AI-powered customer service chatbot that can help companies do customer service work without a human. Right now it works for customer support, but the company is planning to expand into other areas.

169

2 years ago

A chat bot that helps people find the best financial services for their needs. The startup has been around for a while, and is still selling its services via a web-based chat-based platform.

168

1 year ago

A platform that allows users to chat with each other in a currency-agnostic way, where they can “send” and “receive” money.

168

3 years ago

A chatbot that connects you with friends, family, and colleagues when you’re in the hospital.

167

3 years ago

This startup is building a chatbot that helps you figure out what to put on your resume.

164

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps you find the best pizza delivery area closest to you.

164

2 years ago

A startup that aims to solve the problem of long-distance relationships between people who are both working in the tech industry. The app takes advantage of voice and video chat to help people remain connected to one another.

163

3 years ago

A new kind of pairing app that allows you to chat with potential partners and find out if they have mutual friends.

162

2 years ago

A community of teachers with a chat room for discussion

162

2 years ago

A startup that’s looking to build a chatbot that can serve as a digital concierge for your home. The startup is already working with a few dozen home service providers to offer its AI-powered service.

162

2 years ago

A chatbot that can help pharmaceutical sales reps sell products more effectively.

162

1 year ago

Remote workers can use the app to connect to the company’s chat room to get work done.

162

3 years ago

A tool for building and deploying chat bots.

161

3 years ago

A startup that uses a combination of machine learning, chatbot technology, and artificial intelligence to provide real-time intelligence for corporate clients.

161

3 years ago

This startup is building a chatbot app for dental patients. It will teach patients about their oral health and the best way to maintain it.

161

2 years ago

A helpdesk platform for developers and startups that can be accessed from any web browser. Users can call, chat, and file tickets.

161

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a video chat app for people on the go. The startup is building a chat app that works on both Android and iOS.

161

3 years ago

A startup that helps people get around their cities by providing to-do lists, and letting them chat with others to help them get around.

160

3 years ago

A company that helps you get answers to your problems faster by scheduling a one-on-one chat with an expert.

160

2 years ago

A Skype-like video calling app for group chats, designed for small teams.

160

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a chat-based platform for small businesses. Its platform is similar to Facebook Messenger, with the ability to chat with employees and customers.

158

3 years ago

A chat bot that lets people through meditation than can be used to help people battle depression

157

3 years ago

A decentralized protocol for messaging apps, enabling users to chat with each other without needing to install a new app.

157

3 years ago

This is a company that wants to build an artificial intelligence chatbot that can check in with your company or your clients regularly to make sure they’re doing OK.

157

3 years ago

This startup helps companies get customer support from their existing customers. The company uses their own chatbot to answer customer support questions.

157

1 year ago

A cloud-hosted chat platform with built-in support for text, voice and video, and an API to build custom integrations.

157

3 years ago

A "text-based social network" where people can chat with each other, send text messages, and send emoticons and stickers.

156

3 years ago

A chatbot that aims to help people better understand their credit score and make more informed decisions about credit.

155

3 years ago

A tool for helping people collaborate and communicate via text, email, and phone. The startup’s product is a Slack chatbot that helps users talk about topics, track conversations, set reminders, and so forth.

155

3 years ago

A platform for developers to build chatbots on. The startup enables developers to build software that can mimic human conversations.

154

2 years ago

A chatbot that allows companies to respond to service requests with text messages.

154

3 years ago

A startup that provides a “Workchat” platform that’s like Slack and a “Workboard” platform that’s like Tre

153

3 years ago

An AI-based chatbot that will help investors make better investment decisions. The startup says it is currently in the “soft launch” phase of their $1 million seed round.

153

3 years ago

This startup is building a chatbot that connects

153

3 years ago

A messaging app that allows people to chat with a coder they’re hiring, without a third party,

152

3 years ago

A platform that helps companies manage their customer service and chat support. They have a contract with a major e-commerce company.

152

3 years ago

A text-based chat service for healthcare providers, with the aim of making it easier for patients to get a doctor’s appointment and communicate with their care teams.

152

3 years ago

Mixer is a dating app for people who want to meet others in a more social setting. It’s an app like Tinder, but it’s free to use and allows users to pay to chat with others.

152

3 years ago

A chat-based budgeting tool that lets users instantly customize their budgets in real-time

151

1 year ago

A startup co-founded by Y Combinator alum Sam Altman, this is a social network where you can make friends with the people you meet through the app. Users pay for memberships and can then message and chat with others on the platform.

151

1 year ago

A startup for hiring for gigs, or for employees to find short-term work. It asks users to complete a questionnaire and upload a photo, and then matches them with gigs via a chat interface.

151

1 year ago

A startup that has developed an AI-driven chatbot that helps people move into an apartment.

151

3 years ago

This startup’s tagline is “the first real-time CRM.” It works similarly to any other CRM, but with one key difference: it’s real-time and works a lot like a chat. It’s also very simple.

150

3 years ago

Building a chat interface that relays data over a secure encrypted channel, so that people can chat and share files securely, and also build a platform for developers to build their own encrypted messaging apps.

150

3 years ago

A startup that offers a text-based platform for live chat conversations with the aid of AI. The company is developing a chatbot that can provide personalized answers to questions.

150

8 months ago

A video-chat app for groups, like Slack or Facebook.

150

3 years ago

This is a chatbot that’s designed to help you work remotely. It’s currently working with one client in the US, but the company plans to expand to Europe in the coming months.

149

2 years ago

A platform for online tutoring with a focus on helping teachers and parents out of school. Tutor-to-tutor videos are on-demand, and the startup is also working on a way to make the private video chats public and shareable.

149

1 year ago

A company that looks to replace customer support chat with a more involved video chat.

149

3 years ago

A startup that lets people write to their local news outlets and broadcast their thoughts and ideas to the public, akin to what the Snapchat Discover platform does for millennials. The twist, of course, is that these broadcasts are live and recorded.

148

3 years ago

A company that helps companies manage highly distributed teams. It provides a toolkit for companies to build chat, file sharing, and collaboration tools.

147

3 years ago

A company that’s building a platform for connecting patients with doctors via video chat.

146

3 years ago

A software company for building apps with Facebook Messenger. The startup has built apps for the likes of Unilever and Airbnb. It’s a platform for chat bots, and allows companies to build chat bots in minutes.

145

3 years ago

A chatbot that can be used to verify email addresses. The startup is still looking at options on how to make money with the platform, and it’s not clear how many people are using it yet.

145

3 years ago

A startup that helps people have more productive meetings with tools like summaries, chat, and whiteboards.

145

3 years ago

This startup is building an AI and chatbot to help marketers measure their brand’s performance.

145

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps personal financial management. The startup is looking to build a platform that aggregates data from a variety of online and offline sources to provide financial guidance and advice to its users.

145

2 years ago

Slack is a chat system for teams that uses a chatbot-like interface. The startup’s bot is called “Dalai,” whose goal is to make the process of building a Slack team a smooth experience.

145

3 years ago

A chat app for book lovers and library users. The startup wants to make it easier for library users to talk about books.

144

3 years ago

Slack is a project management and chat platform for teams and groups. Slack builds software as a service (SaaS) products, which are web-based applications that companies or organizations can use instead of having to install or maintain software on their own computer.

144

1 month ago

A chatbot that asks users to type in their health concerns and then asks them questions about those concerns and provides recommended solutions. The startup has users in the UK, India, and the US.

144

3 years ago

A startup that is building a platform for chatbots that lets people build chatbots using any programming language

143

3 years ago

A startup that’s creating a “chatbot” for HR. The startup is currently working with companies on the backend of the recruiting process.

143

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps you track the progress of your project. A chatbot that helps you track the progress of your project.

143

1 year ago

A toolkit for building AI-powered chatbots using Node.js.

143

3 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that can respond to questions about a person’s current location, and provide more detailed answers as you learn more about their habits.

142

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies find new talent. It helps scale traditional recruiting with its chatbot.

142

3 years ago

A location-based service that aims to bring the real-time chatter of restaurant reviews to the table. It’s targeting customers with $25 meals or more that don’t have a reservation.

142

3 years ago

A startup that allows you to create a “move” between friends, effectively turning a video call into a video-text-chat.

142

3 years ago

A chatbot that monitors and keeps track of the health conditions of your friends and family.

142

1 month ago

A collaboration platform for remote teams, allowing them to easily share documents, chat, and call each other.

142

3 years ago

Launched in August, this is an open-source chatbot that can handle both finance and consumer-facing business.

141

3 years ago

The startup is building a platform for event hosts. The app is aimed at small to medium size events, and includes features like group chat and live streaming.

141

3 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that will guide buyers through the home buying process, with an interface that is designed to make the experience very similar to that of a real agent. The startup believes that this will lead to a significant increase in home sales.

141

2 years ago

A video chat app that also allows group video chat rooms and video conferences, with the ability to draw and annotate on your screen.

141

3 years ago

A startup that provides an in-app chat function for websites, intended to replace contact forms

140

3 years ago

A startup that wants to use natural language processing to make it easier to integrate chatbots into your business.

140

3 years ago

A chatbot that helps you navigate the world of digital marketing.

140

1 year ago

This is an AI-powered chatbot that will help you find the best products for your personal style.

140

1 year ago

A chat app that allows you to chat with a network of friends you’ve made while traveling.

140

1 year ago

A startup making an AI-enabled digital assistant. They recently launched an AI chatbot that can help you set up video calls on Slack and has plans to launch it on other chat platforms.

140

1 year ago

This startup is building an AI-powered chatbot assistant for entrepreneurs, to help guide them through their first year, handling things like financial planning, tax preparation, and other needs.

140

1 month ago

A chatbot that helps determine a person’s credit risk.

140

3 years ago

This startup wants to provide users with a platform to create personalized content across different platforms. The company describes it as a Snapchat for creative expressions.

139

3 years ago

A company that provides an AI-powered chatbot that helps customer service reps improve their customer interactions.

138

2 years ago

DesiChat is a messaging app for long-distance friends in India and Pakistan. After setting up a user account, users can message one another via a phone number, email address, or a Facebook account.

138

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a chatbot for use on Slack, to help teams communicate with one another. They’re currently focused on developing a “conversational” experience.

138

3 years ago

A chatbot that answers questions and handles customer service calls, using language processing to help users avoid common mistakes.

137

3 years ago

A free chat app for developers. The company has already raised $5.5M in funding from some of the largest VCs in the world, including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and more.

137

3 years ago

A chatbot that helps people eat better. The startup is targeting the $20 billion global market in the next 5 years.

137

3 years ago

A Boston-based startup that wants to take on Slack. The startup is creating a full-fledged chat platform that they say can go head to head with Slack. The company, which has raised $2.5 million and has no product yet, is based in the city’s Innovation District.

137

3 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help developers build chatbot applications and turn them into standalone mobile apps.

136

3 years ago

A chatbot that helps parents save money by helping them negotiate deals with companies

136

3 years ago

A chat platform that allows teams to connect to discuss work, exchange ideas, and collaborate. With the pitch, the company says it’s like Slack, but for TV.

136

3 years ago

A chatbot to help with small talk and get to know people you’re meeting with in person.

136

3 years ago

The startup is working on an AI chatbot that can work as a personal assistant. The startup wants to use the chatbot to power the customer support for a new startup.

136

3 years ago

A platform for building chatbots that is meant to be used for enterprise-level business.

136

3 years ago

A chatbot that helps people connect with local small businesses that sell items on eBay.

136

1 year ago

A startup that offers a platform for entrepreneurs to grow their online presence with social media, email, and live chats.

136

1 year ago

A chatbot platform that allows users to schedule regular conversations with virtual therapists who provide advice, feedback, and advice.

136

3 years ago

A company that enables companies to build bot-enabled services and chatbots. The company already has a beta product, a chatbot for booking a server that runs on Amazon’s Alexa.

135

3 years ago

Loose talk among friends and coworkers about work and life. You can learn a lot about people by what they’re discussing, and what they’re saying is more than just idle chatter. This startup wants to make that sort of content available to employers and HR departments.

135

2 years ago

A startup that builds a developer toolkit for chatbots, which also helps businesses to better establish their chatbot strategy.

135

3 years ago

A way to quickly create and administer private group chat messages for teams.

134

2 years ago

A startup that wants to improve the ability to chat in real-time over video by providing chatbot-like functionality.

134

3 years ago

A startup that has created a chatbot that helps people organize their lives The chatbot is powered by NLU, machine learning, and natural language generation

133

3 years ago

A group chat app that helps groups communicate, with video capabilities

133

3 years ago

A platform for companies to build branded chatbots.

133

3 years ago

A mobile app that helps you get to know your friends and family through video chat.

133

3 years ago

This startup is building a chatbot service for driving sales and messaging.

133

1 year ago

This startup is building a platform to help people who have given up their phones or are reluctant to give them up, to still communicate with loved ones, friends and coworkers. They’ve built a chatbot that allows people to send text messages and make calls to their friends without the phone.

133

3 years ago

A messaging app for API providers that lets developers create a messaging interface for their apps without having to write a full chat bot.

132

3 years ago

These guys have a chatbot called “Alexa” that helps you track down a product you may have ordered. The company has integrated with major e-commerce companies to provide the service to their customers.

132

2 years ago

A chatbot that can help you get in shape and stay in shape.

132

2 years ago

This startup is working on a way to help users create a chat bot in minutes through a simple, drag-and-drop interface.

132

1 year ago

A chatbot for the fashion industry, which helps clients find samples, find stockists, and query fabric.

132

1 year ago

A startup that’s trying to figure out how to make chatbots work for people. So far, it’s been tested as a Skype chatbot that helps you schedule a doctor’s appointment.

132

3 years ago

A messaging app that lets you chat with your friends using GIFs and stickers. Like Kik, the app uses a chatbot to accept your messages and then creates your messages out of existing ones in your phone.

131

3 years ago

A video chat app for small businesses, allowing them to record meetings, call in and out, and see who’s online.

131

3 years ago

An API that helps companies create “live” chat functionality that is entirely private.

130

3 years ago

“Ask.fm for the Enterprise” is a chat app for enterprises that lets employees be more productive, and more importantly, more social. The company has raised $150,000 in seed funding and aims to launch in April.

130

3 years ago

A chat-based recruitment platform for recruiters that allows them to manage and publish their job boards, and manage the conversations that take place on them.

129

2 years ago

A platform that connects employees to employers and allows them to connect directly through a chat interface.

129

2 years ago

A chatbot for your team. It’s a way to automate what otherwise might be a time-consuming, low-value process for your team.

129

3 years ago

A platform for managing and tracking social media conversations. The company’s first product is a chatbot that lets people manage their social media conversations.

128

3 years ago

A chatbot-powered automated service for making purchases at the airport.

128

3 years ago

A messaging platform that supports human-to-human communication in machine learning. The startup is building a chatbot, but is also selling a tool that helps businesses gauge their customer service conversations.

128

3 years ago

A startup that integrates with Slack to create a team chat and calendar like interface that helps people stay on track with their goals.

128

3 years ago

A chatbot that allows you to schedule calls with financial advisors at your convenience.

128

1 year ago

A startup that wants to create a platform that allows people to participate in virtual competitions using video chat. The platform will launch in the UK and the US in the second half of the year, and will allow people to compete in a range of different games, from puzzle solving to trivia.

128

1 year ago

A machine learning platform that lets anyone build a chatbot without coding. It’s currently used by Budweiser and HP.

128

1 year ago

A new take on Slack chat bots, which have been a big part of Slack’s growth. Instead of just repeating back what you type, it learns from you and adapts to your behavior.

128

3 years ago

A chat app for the former French colony in West Africa, the Ivory Coast. It was launched in August 2015 and has already built up a following among young people.

127

3 years ago

A new kind of social network for content creators. The startup is building a way to help content creators share their work via messaging, voice and video, and wants to compete with platforms like Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter.

127

3 years ago

This startup says that it is building a marketplace for humans to hire AI-powered chatbots and voice assistants.

127

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies replace traditional human customer service with a chat bot. The startup has been in beta since February.

127

1 year ago

A startup focusing on building video chat applications for social media and messaging apps.

127

3 years ago

A telemedicine startup that connects patients to health care professionals via email, chat, video, and phone.

126

2 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that helps you negotiate the best deal on a car loan.

126

2 years ago

A startup that takes on the issues facing small and medium sized companies in the industry with a cloud-based platform they say is “built for the employee experience”. The platform hopes to give employees more time and flexibility to be productive, with features like the ability to manage and access workers from any device, a “private” chat room, and an inbox for all communication.

125

2 years ago

This startup wants to build an AI-powered chatbot to help you manage your money, with a focus on millennials.

125

3 years ago

A family-friendly AI chatbot that allows grocery shoppers to chat with the AI through voice or text to help them pick out the best deals. The company says it’s already up and running in grocery chains like Walmart.

124

2 years ago

A chatbot-based customer service tool, with the goal of getting humans to do more of the customer-service work.

124

2 years ago

A chatbot that integrates with your email and helps you manage your inbox. The chatbot is designed to be able to answer questions about email and work.

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1 year ago

Just launched in August 2019, this is a platform for machine learning chatbots. The company uses the messaging platform for large-scale online shopping and is backed by a group of investors including Dropbox and Salesforce.

124

2 years ago

A chatbot that can answer questions about social security benefits. The startup is building a chatbot that is programmed to answer questions about social security benefits, creating a conversational interface between government and citizens.

123

1 year ago

A chatbot that allows customers to efficiently and quickly help others on the internet.

123

1 year ago

An AI and deep learning startup that helps companies create AI-powered chatbots.

123

3 years ago

A company building a customer service software platform that connects businesses with their customers via chat. Founded in 2017, they have over 2,000 customers.

122

3 years ago

A startup that aims to improve the quality of communications by helping teams improve their efficiency via group chat and video.

122

3 years ago

A way to check in with your employees from anywhere, using a combination of video chat and a mobile app.

122

2 years ago

A video chat service based on Facebook’s Messenger platform.

122

2 years ago

This is a chat app that wants to be the default messaging app for WhatsApp.

122

2 years ago

A tool for managing and organizing your team’s Slack chat to eliminate the need for email.

122

1 month ago

An AI-powered chat platform that wants to compete with platforms like Facebook and Slack.

122

3 years ago

A company that powers the chat experience in messaging apps. It allows users to completely customize the appearance and behavior of their chats, especially with respect to things like changing background colors and fonts.

121

2 years ago

Jeeves is a service that lets people reserve rooms on Airbnb, post photos, and chat with hosts. It’s currently running in San Francisco and Los Angeles and has plans to expand to New York City, Chicago, and Washington, DC.

121

2 years ago

A customer support platform for small business, allowing them to connect with customers via chat, email, social media, and phone calls.

121

1 year ago

A startup that runs a poker table through any video chat, allowing people to play in a virtual environment.

121

2 years ago

A new type of video chat that includes a “super-fast camera” and instant zoom. The company wants to build a video chat experience that can be both more intimate and more powerful than the current line of video chat apps.

120

1 year ago

A group messaging app with an Android and iPhone app. The app is free with ads, and in-app purchases of $1.99 unlock a subscription to group chat.

120

1 year ago

A real-time chat bot that will link up with Slack to help teams better communicate and collaborate.

120

3 years ago

A chatbot-based service that helps businesses sell to those in their target markets. Founded by two Interactive Advertising Bureau employees, the company wants to build “your friend in advertising” — a tool that helps you buy a product or service with a personalized conversation.

119

2 years ago

This startup is creating a chatbot that will help users find the best deal on airline tickets, and provide recommendations based on personal preferences.

119

2 years ago

A tool that helps team members at any level of an organization stay in touch, with tools like group video chats, a team calendar, and more.

119

3 years ago

A startup that uses text messaging to help people who are sick or at risk of infection simply call in and connect with a nurse or other professional for a chat, instead of having to go to the doctor’s office.

118

3 years ago

This company is building a chat-based social network for enthusiasts that aims to allow users to share their experiences and advice with each other, like Reddit or Quora. It’s a spin on the social media platform idea: instead of frequent posts from celebrities, the goal is to get your friends to post about their experiences and thoughts.

118

2 years ago

This startup wants to use AI to make it easier for people to build virtual assistants, using a chat platform.

118

2 years ago

A “social network built for the modern millennial”, with features like a group chat, a profile page, a newsfeed, and social networking features to connect with nearby people.

118

2 years ago

A startup that builds AI-powered chatbots to help businesses automate customer service and other support tasks. Their aim is to replace human customer service agents with chatbots.

118

2 years ago

A developer API that lets developers create chatbots with specific features. The startup is targeting enterprise businesses.

117

1 year ago

A video-chatting app that allows you to meet new people in a safe environment. The startup is building a community that lets you meet new people without having to go through the hassle of setting up a meetup or paying for online dating.

117

1 year ago

A private messaging app that encrypts text and video messages between users. It allows users to have end-to-end encryption and forward messages to other users through a secure chat interface.

117

1 year ago

A startup that wants to take on Slack, the chat app that connects teams, by offering a version of Slack for small teams.

117

3 years ago

A decentralized communications company with a focus on legal and regulatory compliance. The company is building out its technology to allow lawyers to create and manage documents via a chatbot.

116

2 years ago

A chatbot to help businesses grow their international footprint. The chatbot will serve as a way for businesses to quickly and easily find markets in other countries and sell there.

116

1 year ago

A social networking app where you can message and chat with people who have a rare disease.

116

2 years ago

An AI-powered chat bot that can help people select a best-suited payment method for their spending.

114

2 years ago

Startup that allows users to send secure messages from the popular messaging app WeChat to their friends, family, co-workers and other contacts.

114

2 years ago

A startup that brings together top doctors and nurses in an app, which lets you book appointments, or video chats with doctors and nurses remotely.

114

2 years ago

A startup that helps people find the right freelance service for them, and has a platform with a “live chat” feature that helps people who don’t know how to get started.

114

1 year ago

A web-based chat platform that provides employees with an easy way to manage their own work schedules.

114

3 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that helps people find and make reservations at restaurants with the ease of an automated messaging system.

113

2 years ago

A platform that provides an API for companies to create a chatbot that’s the equivalent of a virtual assistant.

113

1 year ago

A small startup that uses artificial intelligence to provide over-the-phone sales and customer support. The app connects to the companies’ CRM and provides live agent support in a chat interface.

113

2 years ago

A video chat solution for businesses that helps them communicate with their customers.

112

2 years ago

A tool to create chatbots for businesses. The startup is building a chatbot that’s focused on helping companies build their branding. The startup is currently working with three clients.

112

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps users with their finances. The startup says that it has already run a pilot with a few companies.

112

2 years ago

A video-chat-like app for internal meetings, which allows for video and chats but also an internal forum where employees can write notes and comments.

111

2 years ago

What it is: A chatbot that lets people find and hire freelance specialists. The platform aims to work with a wide variety of professionals, including interior designers, virtual assistants, and even personal trainers.

111

2 years ago

A chatbot for the Spanish market, selling products across a variety of categories.

110

2 years ago

Chatbook is building an app for people to record their travel. The startup won a $40,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to build out its mobile app. It’s intended to help people remember their adventures in a more visual way.

110

2 years ago

A mobile app with a chatbot that helps people get dental checkups.

110

2 years ago

This company is building a “natural language processing platform for chatbots”.

110

3 years ago

A secure messaging platform for enterprises. It looks a lot like Slack, but only allows internal employees to join a company chatroom.

109

2 years ago

A startup that wants to provide “secure and private” chat rooms for people to meet up, without having to give out personal information.

109

2 years ago

A “tame” version of the Snapchat app, focused on bringing its features to one’s phone.

109

2 years ago

A chatbot that answers your questions about finding a new job

108

2 years ago

A new startup that aims to bring the popular online chats of Twitch, Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter together into a single video-based chat platform. They’ve built a Chrome extension that lets you embed Twitch, Reddit, or Twitter into a video chat.

108

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies build mobile bots, or programs that interface with chat apps like Slack.

108

2 years ago

A virtual assistant, error-correcting software, and chatbot that helps you empower your team to deliver more accurate and better customer service.

107

1 year ago

A developer toolkit for creating chat bots.

107

3 years ago

A startup that analyzes data from email and group chat to create a visual map of how conversations are taking place within a company.

106

2 years ago

A startup that’s solving the problem of connecting a company’s virtual assistants to its voice and chat platforms. (Hey, Alexa, can you call the pizza place)

106

2 years ago

A startup that builds a homegrown alternative to the likes of Instagram, PicsArt, and Snapchat

106

2 years ago

An AI-based chatbot that helps you plan your financial goals and track the progress of achieving them.

106

2 years ago

An effort to make the internet a more open and inclusive place for people of color, especially women. Sizabot is a virtual assistant, and the company built Sizabot to work with a wide range of languages to help people of color find better deals on services via chat.

105

2 years ago

A chatbot to help people learn on the fly about deep learning, AI, and AI-driven technology.

105

2 years ago

A startup that helps teachers and students collaborate on homework and projects in real-time by connecting them through a chatroom.

105

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a streamlined enterprise mobile application. Its platform lets businesses choose from pre-built mobile apps or customize them from scratch. It’s built on the Salesforce Chatter API and is targeting the C-Suite.

104

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps users of AIG’s personal loan calculator get the most out of their loans.

104

8 months ago

Another chat platform for businesses to distribute, manage, and track all communications.

103

1 month ago

A chatbot that helps users find a nearby doctor. The startup has users in the UK, India, and the US.

103

2 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that helps doctors diagnose and treat patients. The company says it is already being used by over 20,000 doctors in the US.

101

2 years ago

A startup that built an app that enables people to create custom messaging channels on WhatsApp. The startup, which has already raised funding from Y Combinator and other investors, is currently working with WhatsApp to enable its customers to sell premium products in their chat channels.

101

2 years ago

This startup makes the most of the fact that employers like to have their employees on the same location. It connects employees with other employees in a private chat room, where they can discuss work and ask questions. It’s a more efficient use of time for employers who don’t want their employees talking to each other.

101

8 months ago

This is a chatbot for teens to give them advice on how to get in shape and stay healthy.

101

2 years ago

A platform that embeds video chat and SMS into video conferencing tools to add value.

100

2 years ago

A chatbot for cleaning services that can be used by small employers, bringing a bit of automation to a very manual process.

100

2 years ago

A tool for people to create their own version of Slack where they can host a chat group at their own location.

100

2 years ago

A video chat product that allows you to call up a video, group chat, or voice call with friends from your phone whenever you want.

99

8 months ago

A solution to the problem of getting customers through to chat support agents. The startup is looking to help companies fix the problem of poor customer support.

99

2 years ago

A platform that makes it easier for companies to measure employee engagement. It analyzes text messages, chatroom messages, and social media posts to provide employers with insights into what employees prefer, what their priorities are, and what they’re working on.

98

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps automate customer service through customer engagement bots for companies.

98

2 years ago

A platform that helps people to learn languages from their phones. They also offer a “chatbot” that can help you with your language learning.

98

2 years ago

A platform that helps brands get better responses through social media and chatbots.

98

2 years ago

A software startup that helps businesses subscribe to services like Slack, Stripe, Microsoft Teams, WeChat, and more.

97

2 years ago

A new OTT video platform that wants to merge the video world of YouTube with the viral nature of Snapchat.

97

2 years ago

The startup is building an AI-powered chatbot that helps you make better decisions about your health.

97

2 years ago

A chatbot-based shopping assistant that helps people choose products based on their needs and wants.

96

2 years ago

A “tame” version of a chatbot, with the goal of making it easier to communicate with the company’s marketing team.

95

2 years ago

A live chat audio software for call centers.

95

3 years ago

This startup is building an AI chatbot that acts as a friendly customer service rep. The startup is using a combination of machine learning, natural language processing, and domain expertise to make its chatbot more human.

94

8 months ago

This startup is building a solution that helps users find the nearest dispensary as well as purchase cannabis products. It’s a one-click process that allows users to find a dispensary, create an account, and then browse their menu. The company also plans to expand to Instagram and Snapchat.

94

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps you manage your personal brand. The startup aims to be the first company to bring a full-service personal branding platform to the web.

93

2 years ago

A startup that offers a distributed human-powered AI that can help organizations build AI-driven chatbots.

92

2 years ago

A social network for Snapchatters, with tattoo styles and styles that can be shared with friends.

92

1 year ago

A tool for creating and testing chatbots, and an SDK for building chatbots on platforms like Facebook Messenger, Slack and Kik

92

1 year ago

A company that sells real-time shopping with bots that respond to your questions through mobile chat.

92

6 months ago

A text-only chat and messaging app that is free and ad-free on all devices.

92

2 years ago

This startup is building an AI chatbot that it says will help you land an interview with a company, and hopefully get an offer of employment.

91

2 years ago

A platform that helps companies manage their customer support. S2W helps companies provide products and services to their customers via chat.

90

2 years ago

Spots are a blockchain-based social network powered by artificial intelligence. The company lets users create and manage their own chat groups, with each group being able to run a mini-economy.

90

6 months ago

A “groupware” solution for companies with remote employees. It provides a secure, password-protected chat and chatrooms, and integrates a calendar, task management, and file storage.

90

2 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that can help companies and employees schedule meetings, handle travel coordination, book rooms and even help with pre-determined tasks in the office.

89

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps people get answers to their legal questions. Already live in one state and one county in the US.

89

2 years ago

A chatbot that taps into the Facebook Graph API to build a more human-like conversational interface. The startup can tap into the billions of data points the Graph API has on you to provide more personal insights to its customers.

89

2 years ago

A company focused on building a mobile chat app for users to find and book hair- and beauty services.

89

8 months ago

This is a personal assistant chatbot platform for enterprise customers in India.

89

2 years ago

A workplace chat solution that syncs your calendar and files from your desktop or mobile devices to your corporate network.

88

2 years ago

A startup that helps you setup and manage your online network, from email lists to calendars to Gchat.

88

2 years ago

A virtual assistant with a chatbot-like interface to help schedule meetings, find flights and help with transfers. The startup doesn’t have any funding yet, but has a strong technical team.

87

2 years ago

A chatbot that can help users book and manage home services.

87

2 years ago

A social network that allows users to chat and play games with their friends who are currently hanging out in the physical world. Users can also play games against friends at home, meanwhile.

87

1 year ago

A workplace chatbot that helps employees collaborate, stay motivated, and handle workplace crises. It’s currently working with 1,500 companies.

87

2 years ago

This startup is building a chatbot that lets people ask questions and get answers from doctors over the phone.

86

2 years ago

A tool for book authors to manage their digital publishing, from editing to royalties, live chat, and more.

86

2 years ago

A chatbot for booking rides on Uber and Lyft

86

1 year ago

Customer support chatbot that helps support teams take care of incoming support requests.

86

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps people manage their spending and goals, and is also a way to find out about new credit card offers.

86

1 year ago

A video-chat app that allows you to screen-share with a doctor over the phone, with a focus on healthcare.

86

2 years ago

A self-lending service with a digital wallet and chatbot integration.

85

6 months ago

A new way of building chatbots that allows them to learn and respond to conversations in context, without having to be programmed to all of the possible permutations.

84

2 years ago

A company that provides remote workers with a way to manage time-tracking via a chat interface. The startup, which has raised $12 million to date, has raised $13 million since launching in March.

83

2 years ago

A chatbot for your shopping list.

83

1 year ago

A phone-based chatbot that helps you figure out which of your emails you can toss without feeling guilty.

83

8 months ago

A platform that helps buyers and sellers stay in touch with each other, with a marketplace for sales, a chat area for buyers, and an area for sellers to communicate with each other.

83

8 months ago

This is a chatbot that helps people ask legal questions. The startup said it has already seen results for their customers, with a client’s investment account growing by $4,000 in a month.

82

6 months ago

A platform for building chatbots to assist with customer service

82

2 years ago

A standalone browser that integrates with the Slack team chat app. It allows users to create polls, polls that can be used in other Slack channels, and even polls that can be customized to display a specific emoji when they’re answered.

81

2 years ago

A platform to create custom, private, and secure online video chat rooms for a variety of uses, including recruitment, dating, and customer support.

81

2 years ago

A way to quickly build chatbots, which should improve productivity.

81

2 years ago

A startup that wants to put chatbots in the hands of real estate agents, to make the process simpler and faster.

81

1 year ago

A startup that builds an AI-powered chatbot to help businesses with product research, customer support, and sales.

81

6 months ago

This startup aims to help teams stay organized and stay on task, using chatbot technology and a combination of tools like visual task boards, workflows, and reminders.

81

2 years ago

The company is working on building an AI-powered chatbot that can sort through all your different college degrees and track your progress. The idea is that college degrees can be tracked in a way that makes them useful for future employers or graduate school applications.

80

2 years ago

A chatbot that uses AI to help people with their personal finance, including retirement planning.

80

2 years ago

Using machine learning, this startup is building a chatbot that can determine what you really mean, and deliver the right response.

80

2 years ago

A chatbot platform that helps restaurants manage the back of their house. It’s built on top of the same language processing technology that Facebook uses to turn user chat messages into ads.

80

1 year ago

This startup is building a chatbot that helps college students with their college applications, applying for aid and paying their bills.

80

1 year ago

A company that’s building machine-learning technology to help train and manage AI-powered chatbots.

80

1 year ago

An AI-assisted chatbot in which the user can ask it questions about their data.

80

7 months ago

A Snapchat-like tool for astrophotography.

80

1 year ago

A platform that plugs into Slack or HipChat to help employees stay up-to-date on what’s going on in different channels.

79

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps people find the right job. It uses a “listening algorithm” to match job seekers with companies with the right fit. Currently focused on the UK.

79

1 year ago

A social network for parents, with features like group chats and fact-finding on the best places to take kids to eat. It’s already on over 50 college campuses, with plans to expand to over 200 in the next few months.

79

1 year ago

A chat application that is more like a messaging app than a social network. It is more like Slack, Kakao Talk, WeChat, Telegram and Facebook Messenger all rolled into one.

79

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps people decide which insurance plan to select.

78

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps you book appointments and travel arrangements.

78

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build AI-powered chatbots that can automatically generate chat transcripts, allowing companies to save time and money by using automated chat systems.

78

2 years ago

This startup helps companies manage their customer service through an automated chat bot on Facebook Messenger. Its first customer is Zoosk, the dating site and app maker.

78

1 year ago

A chatbot for users in the UK who are looking to buy a home

78

8 months ago

This is a new service that connects college students to help with their school work. Students can get a tutor via video chat, with the tutor providing help on homework and tests.

78

1 month ago

A chatbot that helps you find the best home care costs in your area. The startup is also building a platform for people to rate these services and make recommendations to one another.

78

2 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that helps consumers with their payments, including mobile wallets.

77

2 years ago

A chat app that lets you order food at home and pay ahead of time. The startup has already worked with two restaurants in New York City to demonstrate the concept.

77

2 years ago

A chatbot that allows bank tellers to handle customer issues with a simple chat interface.

77

1 year ago

This startup is building a chatbot that learns from your habits to give you better recommendations for what to watch based on your interests.

77

1 year ago

A chat-based remote support platform for businesses of all sizes.

77

1 year ago

A chat service where merchants and buyers can connect to find each other, with a chatbot serving as the go-between

77

4 months ago

A messaging app for the deaf and hard of hearing that makes it possible for deaf people to get phone calls, video calls, and video chats. In May 2019 the company launched a product that lets deaf people hear their friends through a device to communicate.

77

2 years ago

A new way for employers to hire workers. The startup uses a live video chat to help employers hire workers quickly. It uses AI to match candidates to employers, and allows employers to ask questions and validate candidates before hiring.

76

2 years ago

A platform that combines the best of human and machine intelligence that allows you to create your own visual voice and chatbot. The idea is that your chatbot will be able to learn from your interactions and start to learn from your friends and family.

76

1 year ago

This startup wants to make Snapchat contacts more useful. Instead of just sending a snap to a contact, you can send them a message and have them view it.

76

1 year ago

A video chat and call service for teams.

76

8 months ago

A chatbot that helps people find the right retirement plan that’s right for them.

76

2 years ago

A startup that’s building an AI chatbot that emulates a coach, helping people get in shape.

75

2 years ago

A chatbot that can help people with “recovering from addiction” by providing a forum for anonymous support.

75

1 year ago

A real-time video chat app that lets you chat with your friends, family, and coworkers, even if they aren’t online.

75

9 months ago

A startup using AI to analyze facial expressions and power a new kind of chatbot.

75

7 months ago

This company is building an AI chatbot platform for restaurants, retail, and hospitality. The startup is focusing on hospitality, a huge industry for chatbots.

75

2 years ago

A platform that lets companies develop chatbots and have them respond to customer questions without any need for developers.

74

2 years ago

A platform that acts as a social network for people to organize and attend events in real life, in the same way Snapchat does for people in their digital social network.

74

1 year ago

A group of app makers, including a former YC batch, started a startup to enable broadcasters to promote their content through Snapchat.

74

1 year ago

A company that works with local governments and nonprofit organizations to help them get free, city-wide WiFi for their residents. They have funded and built their own network in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and expanded to New Orleans, Detroit, and Indianapolis.

74

1 year ago

A workplace chat app where employees can have ongoing conversations, share documents and files between each other.

74

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps people move past the initial stages of working with a new doctor.

74

1 year ago

A software platform that drives collaboration across multiple teams in the same way that Gchat does for messaging.

73

1 year ago

A remote employee scheduling and communication tool, serving as an alternative to Slack and Hipchat.

73

6 months ago

A new way to securely communicate with family and friends through text, phone calls, video calls, and group chats

73

1 month ago

An AI-powered chatbot for finding emergency medical help.

73

2 years ago

A prototype of an app that’s like Snapchat, but for business. It provides users with a personalised feed of photos and videos.

72

1 year ago

The startup helps businesses streamline their operations, process payments, and cut down on errors by using AI-powered chatbots.

72

1 year ago

A video chat app for mobile devices

72

1 year ago

A chat and file-sharing application.

72

8 months ago

A startup that wants to build the next generation of SMS and chat apps, with a focus on security and user experience.

72

7 months ago

A platform that allows companies to create chatbots that can be used to automate tasks and provide customer service.

72

2 years ago

A company that helps companies automate their sales process with a “human machine interface” where salespeople can interact with the sales process via chatbots.

71

1 year ago

This startup is building a chatbot to help employers and employees connect with each other, and help employers better understand their employees' needs and how they can help them.

71

8 months ago

A SaaS platform that combines a customer service chatbot with a team of customer service people who help with the chatbot’s questions.

71

8 months ago

A chatbot that helps brands book appointments with doctors and support staff. The company is building a platform for groups to book appointments for their offices and can also be used for first-time patients.

71

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to communicate with doctors remotely. Doctors can chat with patients via a smartphone or the web, and can see what prescriptions they’ve already written and what they’re working on right now.

70

1 year ago

The startup is building a chat app aimed at social media influencers, driving better engagement on their social media channels.

70

1 year ago

A chatbot designed to answer all of your questions about how to reduce your carbon footprint, which they want to do by partnering with your utility company.

70

1 year ago

A chatbot that will be available in ten languages and can recognize over 500 “emotional states” through facial expressions, tone of voice, and other factors.

70

1 year ago

A web-based tool for hiring customer service representatives who can use their real-time chat to handle support calls.

70

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps users create a “smart contract” based around their personal preference. Founder David Chen tells me that the bot was built to be a “simple and fun way to teach people about smart contracts and blockchain.”

70

1 year ago

A cloud-based video chat system, one that allows businesses to see and guide customer service reps in real time.

69

1 year ago

A platform that allows businesses to manage customer service, sales, and marketing team through one dashboard, combining CRM, chat, and email functionality.

69

1 year ago

A platform connecting customers with the best service providers through an AI-driven chatbot.

69

1 year ago

An AI-powered chatbot that helps with financial planning. The startup wants to bring AI to the financial planning industry, which has historically been dominated by humans, who can be biased and inefficient.

69

1 year ago

An AI-powered chatbot that helps you stay organized in your email inbox by flagging the things you should act on right away.

69

2 years ago

A toolkit that lets you embed a “conversation” into a website, like a chat in a forum or a message board.

68

1 year ago

A Toronto-based startup that brings a trusted chat experience to your mobile device, with a built-in customer support system.

68

1 year ago

A startup that provides a “human-centric” wellness program that connects patients with care professionals in the form of video chats.

68

1 year ago

A social network for women looking to connect with other women to chat, find jobs, and plan events.

68

1 year ago

A chatbot to help you schedule home maintenance and repair, with an iOS and Android app to help you track the job.

68

1 year ago

A startup that lets you chat in real time with all your friends, even if they’re in different countries or states.

67

1 year ago

A chatbot for HR departments to help workers at companies sign up for benefits.

67

1 year ago

A way for people to chat and share photos on their Android phones without ever having to leave their apps. It’s a chat app that’s always on and can be used with a 3G or LTE connection.

67

1 year ago

A platform that helps developers test their applications by letting them build their own custom AI, using a machine-learning library. The startup is working on building specific AI to handle specific jobs, like building custom chatbots.

67

9 months ago

A Snapchat competitor that uses messaging apps to send money.

67

2 years ago

A startup for enterprise to make it easier to manage and coordinate their work. It’s a Slack-like app with features like job and team management, user management, and a chat-like platform.

66

2 years ago

This startup is a chatbot that’s meant to help small businesses manage the toughest parts of their operations.

66

9 months ago

A real-time chat room for doctors to discuss patient cases, including patient histories and test results.

66

9 months ago

This startup is building an AI chat bot for booking appointments. The company is building a platform where users can get appointments booked through a chat bot. The chat bot can book appointments based on a user’s location and availability.

66

8 months ago

This is a startup that works with established brands to offer online courses and plans to monetize with a model of selling courses to a student’s family (like an on-demand learning service like Udemy or Coursera) and then charging them a commission fee. The startup has already built a few courses, and is also working on an AI-based chatbot for teachers.

66

8 months ago

A chatbot that helps HR teams deal with the constant churn of talent.

66

2 years ago

A mobile chat platform that lets you video chat with your friends. It actually built a mobile chat platform the same way it built the messaging platform, with no outside funding. It’s now in private beta after launching in December.

65

2 years ago

A company that helps make a person’s phone more secure through a simple chat or phone call

65

1 year ago

This company is building a platform for people to message, chat, and share content with each other in a private, secure, and encrypted group chat.

65

1 year ago

A messaging app for the enterprise, aimed at the “creative” market. The company wants to use the app for project management, chat, and productivity.

65

1 year ago

A mobile-first, chat-based payment platform for the hospitality industry.

65

1 year ago

This app is designed to help people earn one-on-one time with a live mental health counselor. As opposed to getting a video chat with a counselor, users can book a session face-to-face with a counselor via a live video call.

65

1 year ago

Connecting people with a shared interest with a way to manage their own chat rooms.

65

1 year ago

An AI-powered chatbot that responds to queries like “what is the weather like tomorrow” and “what are the sales for this week” in a manner that’s “personalized” and “conversational”. The startup hopes to move into the voice assistant space.

65

9 months ago

A secure, encrypted chat tool that helps people find jobs, run their businesses, and organize their finances.

65

8 months ago

A “modern payroll software” that uses a combination of chatbots and artificial intelligence to replace the paperwork and back-and-forth interactions for payroll. The company says that after launching, it’s already implemented more than 3,000 new payroll processes with no human interaction.

65

3 months ago

A chatbot that helps people find beauty products.

65

1 year ago

This startup is building a platform for chatbots to make sense of customers’ data and make recommendations.

64

1 year ago

An AI-powered chatbot that offers financial advice to people.

64

1 year ago

A text-based chat app for people with dementia.

64

1 year ago

A Y Combinator spin-out that’s building a search engine for AI-powered chatbots.

63

1 year ago

This startup is building a software platform for companies to manage customer support in their apps, helping them to answer incoming support requests, negotiate with agents to resolve problems in real-time, and chat with customers.

63

1 year ago

A video chat app for kids, where parents can chat with the kids on screen, even if they are offline. The app is aimed at children ages 6-14.

63

1 year ago

A tool for communicating with a crowd of people, it's like a Slack for chat rooms.

63

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps you find an apartment you can actually afford.

63

1 year ago

A live-chat software for companies with multiple time zones. The startup helps companies get a 24x7 chat service for their staff without having to buy an expensive phone system.

63

1 year ago

This startup is building a social network for millennials, but it’s not a clone of Snapchat, it’s a more traditional social network.

63

1 year ago

This startup is building a new type of chatbot that helps you at home, based on the same AI that powers Siri and Alexa.

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1 year ago

A chatbot that helps people learn Spanish vocabulary and grammar. The startup wants to build a tool that helps people learn Spanish by chatting with a bot. It’s already built out a prototype and has launched a pilot with Canvas.

63

1 year ago

A company building a chatbot that evaluates your current financial status and predicts your future.

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1 year ago

A chatbot meant to help automate the process of having a new product idea. The chatbot begins by asking users questions about their product goals and then uses those insights to generate a list of potential product ideas that could be relevant to their needs. The startup says over 50% of their user-generated data is generated by their chatbot.

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7 months ago

A startup that helps people connect and collaborate via a group chat app, similar to Slack or Facebook Groups.

63

5 months ago

A video chat application that allows you to call and video chat with family, friends and anyone else you choose, using a phone number or email address

63

1 year ago

This startup is building a platform for AI-powered chatbots. Their system can be used to power chatbots for any industry or vertical, but they’re currently focused on businesses that are doing customer service.

62

1 year ago

Ideas: A chatbot for Slack. A bot for Slack that helps you find the cheapest flight to a destination, among other things.

62

1 year ago

Slack is a chat app for team communication. The company’s founders want to build a Slack app that integrates with other platforms, such as Basecamp or Asana.

62

1 year ago

This is a mobile app that helps companies manage employees. It’s looking to replace tools like Slack or HipChat.

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1 year ago

A new feature for Slack (which is a messaging/chat application), allowing users to create a group of people who could potentially be interested in a product or service. The startup says it’s already working with a small team of companies and that it plans to roll out to the 1.1 million Slack users.

62

1 year ago

A “marketplace for bots”, where businesses can hire software agents to handle tasks on their behalf. The startup says they can automate tasks like scheduling, scheduling, transcribing, email, and chat support.

62

1 year ago

A chatbot for the eBay auction site.

62

1 year ago

A video-chatting app for group video-chatting that also lets you set up custom video calls.

62

1 year ago

A platform for calls-to-action on social media, allowing users to quickly share a button on their Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat profile that drives traffic to a website or app. The site has more than 5 million active users.

62

1 year ago

A private chat app for groups that allows for encrypted group chats with shared access to files, photos and other media

62

1 year ago

A platform for building AI-powered chatbots. The company is building its own natural language processing engine, which it says is better than others on the market.

62

10 months ago

A chatbot that’s meant to help people with social anxiety, and help them practice conversations they want to have in real life.

62

7 months ago

A chatbot for sale and rental of vintage items.

62

6 months ago

A marketing startup that helps brands reach their customers on their terms. The company provides messaging and other marketing tools, as well as a platform called Rx2 that helps brands leverage data, chat bots and more to communicate with their customers.

62

1 year ago

A startup that offers a virtual customer service platform that allows large companies to easily create customer service chatbots.

61

1 year ago

A way to easily create a video chat app with voice and video calls, text messaging and file sharing.

61

1 year ago

A startup that aims to help companies buy and sell software as a service. It’s a customer relationship management tool that allows companies to manage their chatbots, CRM, and business applications.

61

1 year ago

Chatting for businesses, this is a chat app for salespeople to build rapport and keep in touch with customers.

61

1 year ago

A replacement for the “shitty” conference call or conference voice chat apps that clutter your phone. The startup wants to use a sophisticated system of algorithms to filter through all of the crappy conference calls that happen in your daily life. The company’s founders say these calls are distracting, and in some places illegal.

61

1 year ago

An AI chatbot that helps farmers in India manage their produce. It’s meant to give farmers access to AI-generated insights on produce, including when it’s ripe and when it’s best to harvest.

61

1 year ago

A platform for building AI-powered chatbots for marketers. They want to be the next Slack.

61

6 months ago

A SaaS startup that helps engineers collaborate on projects using a chat-based tool. The company’s CEO, Ryan Kavanagh, says that it’s already paying off.

61

3 years ago

Idea: This startup is building a telemedicine service that lets people consult with doctors via video chat. They’ve already worked with a few dozen companies.

60

2 years ago

An alternative to the more popular sharing apps like Snapchat, where people can share videos with friends, but also keep their messages private.

60

1 year ago

A visual way of sending money to family and friends, with built-in chat capabilities so you can directly message your recipients about the funds.

60

1 year ago

A chatbot that allows you to hire a nanny or teach a language online, based on your schedule and preferences.

60

1 year ago

A Slack-like platform for online chat rooms and one-on-one messaging using customizable avatars to represent each user.

59

1 year ago

A sales and marketing automation tool that gives salespeople a way to communicate with customers through email, chat, phone and social media. The company is also building a better CRM and lead management system.

59

1 year ago

This company is building a “chatbot-based sales force” that helps customers with their orders, and to track their orders once they’ve placed one.

59

2 years ago

This startup is building a chatbot that can help you map out your home renovation or design project. It's available in English and Spanish.

58

2 years ago

ChatOMatic is building a chatbot for Slack channels that can automatically write status updates, notes, and reminders for users.

58

1 year ago

"A video chat app for people with disabilities", which is making use of the latest machine learning.

58

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps users understand the ins and outs of their retirement accounts.

58

1 year ago

A messaging app that puts the power of group chat into the hands of individual users.

58

1 year ago

A software company building a video chat app for service providers. The app is for service providers to communicate with each other about services in a chat-based environment.

58

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps people figure out what they should be eating based on factors like their genes, their age, and their health needs.

58

1 year ago

A platform that helps people connect with others, whether it’s for a business deal, a job, or just to hang out and chat.

58

1 year ago

This application is an AI-based chatbot that uses the context of a conversation to figure out what data you need and can provide. It has been active for over a year and is available on Amazon’s Alexa platform.

58

1 year ago

Catchy U is a chatbot platform that sits in the top of your browser, and allows you to interact with the things you care about most.

58

11 months ago

A system to create chatbot-like conversations. The company also offers a system for creating chatbots based on your own text, as well as an API for developers to build bots for their own clients.

58

7 months ago

Workplace-wide chat bots for Slack, with a focus on B2B chatbots.

58

1 year ago

The startup behind the YourTango.com app and website is planning to launch a new online messaging app that will let people chat with their friends and family face to face, and the first users will be celebrities.

57

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a product to help companies build and manage their “automated agents” or chatbots.

57

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps businesses get started selling right away, without having to build their own website or go through the customer onboarding process.

57

10 months ago

A predictive analytics and chatbot platform, focused on retail.

57

10 months ago

A group chat app for real estate agents that allows them to quickly chat in groups about listings, compare notes on listings, and even set up meetings in the same app.

57

7 months ago

A video-chat app for native advertising. The startup has built a system that allows businesses to embed video ads in their own content.

57

6 months ago

We all have our favorite messaging apps — whether it’s Whatsapp or Telegram or Signal. But what if you could have them all Chatbuddy turns all your messaging apps into a single chat app, so you can use them all at once.

57

4 months ago

A startup that builds chatbot programs on top of the Alexa Skills Kit.

57

2 years ago

A hybrid of Slack and Telegram, where users can chat with each other and their channels on the platform, and the company’s bots can do more dynamic tasks on the side. It’s currently available for beta on iOS.

56

1 year ago

A SaaS provider that allows users to stream live video and chat with people over video, using standard messaging services like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Skype.

56

7 months ago

A chatbot that helps people find places to live, which are then instantly priced.

56

7 months ago

An AI-based chatbot that helps people find therapists, talks to people about their therapy needs, and helps them schedule appointments.

56

6 months ago

A peer-to-peer car buying app, which gives potential buyers the opportunity to chat with and vet a potential car buyer.

56

3 months ago

A way to translate text via chat, which is currently in beta

56

3 years ago

A software company that provides a tool for creating a knowledge base for customer service, with an AI chatbot that helps you solve customer problems.

55

1 year ago

A chatbot for lawyers that helps them schedule meetings

55

1 year ago

A startup that allows users to chat with a local concierge to get a ride, shuttle, or service request.

55

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps developers with technical support, giving them access

55

1 year ago

This is a company that aims to build a free, open-source, community-driven framework that makes it easy to build chatbots. The team is looking to build out a bot-building platform that allows you to create your own chatbot with just a couple of clicks and then download the bot as an app.

55

1 year ago

A B2B company that uses email, chat and video to help brands make more natural, real-time campaigns. They want to target consumers with the right message at the right time.

54

1 year ago

The startup is looking to create a marketplace that allows bars and restaurants to connect with their customers via an in-app chat feature rather than by phone.

54

1 year ago

A startup that connects teachers to their students, so teachers don’t have to find their students themselves. It also provides a teacher chat function for teachers to discuss students and review scores.

54

1 year ago

A chatbot that allows you to book meetings directly on the Slack platform.

54

1 year ago

An AI-powered chatbot that empowers people with information about their health and condition.

54

9 months ago

A chatbot that coaches people on how to invest their money in a way that helps them meet their financial goals.

54

8 months ago

A messaging app that lets you use any text-based chat service (Facebook, WhatsApp, SMS) to communicate with family and friends. It’s targeting the immigrant community, hoping to help them communicate across borders.

54

7 months ago

A digital assistant to help people get the most out of Slack, through artificial intelligence-powered chatbots.

54

7 months ago

A company that helps small businesses connect to customers in the Philippines and offer customer service via chat on the web and mobile.

54

1 month ago

A video-chatting platform for businesses. The company says it has $55 million in funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, and others.

54

1 year ago

A Slack-like chat for newsrooms, for the purpose of “helping journalists get the word out about their work”.

53

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps people learn languages, with a focus on European languages.

53

1 year ago

This startup wants to build a network of AI-driven chat bots that tap into Slack to help customers make more informed decisions.

53

1 year ago

A telemedicine startup aiming to link doctors and patients through video chat.

53

1 year ago

A chat platform that connects you to your friends’ friends who can help you find a job, buy a house, or get an apartment. The platform is meant to help with big life decisions like these.

53

6 months ago

A customer service chat bot for businesses. It’s meant to help companies communicate with their customers, as well as keep track of customer inquiries. It’s currently focused on helping companies pay their monthly bills.

53

5 months ago

A video chat for two (or more) users, with a built-in sharing feature and a chat app that's free and available for download.

53

3 months ago

A startup that allows people to create a private network with a custom URL, for private group chat. A chat room or “discord” could be created, with access tied to a specific email address, or linked to a username.

53

1 year ago

"Tiny Bot" is a service that allows chatbots on any messaging service to speak to one another, with the goal of allowing businesses to create global chatbots. The company says it can scale up to chat with 1 billion users.

52

1 year ago

Chatbots that help organize and manage healthcare records and make it easier to get care.

52

1 year ago

A platform that aims to bring “authentic, personalized experiences to the masses.” The company’s first product, a chatbot called Rosa, is meant to help take on the Facebook Messenger bot monopoly and is already used by a number of companies.

52

1 year ago

A collaboration tool for groups of people in a team, where each member gets their own channel and a shared channel where they can chat, share files, etc.

52

1 year ago

A chatbot designed to help with the problem of translation between English and Japanese.

52

9 months ago

A startup that’s building a platform that lets malls and grocery stores in Mexico create cellphone-based chatbots that people can interact with on their phones.

52

6 months ago

A platform for sharing photos and videos of products, pitches it as a Snapchat for retail.

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1 year ago

A machine learning-based chatbot that offers live chat session support and will eventually be able to chat with customers via social media platforms like Facebook.

51

1 year ago

A text-based chat app for the blind and visually impaired that leverages voice search and voice-to-text.

51

1 year ago

A chatbot for managing and responding to customer reviews.

51

1 year ago

A video chat tool to help people communicate with dementia patients and their caregivers.

51

1 year ago

A tech-enabled financial advisor, allowing customers to communicate with their advisor via email, text, chat, and phone. The startup is a spin-out from the University of Texas and is currently focused on the US market.

51

1 year ago

A computer that receives and translates text from the internet into speech. The startup is building a chatbot, and related tools and services.

51

1 year ago

A chat app to help people find a ride, similar to how Uber works. The app works on iOS and Android.

51

1 year ago

A tool for creating and sharing “thumbnails” of your screen and chats.

51

1 year ago

A company that provides text and video messaging for small businesses like hair salons. In addition to text and video messaging, customers can also get a snapshot of their appointment and directions, with a chatbot alongside it.

51

1 year ago

A startup that merges the video chat and voice chat on Skype, allowing users to have voice audio on any video.

51

8 months ago

A platform that helps companies with in-office meetings, allowing people to chat/record meetings and later watch them back. The startup would also help companies streamline their conference call programs. Founded in July.

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7 months ago

A platform that helps users stay safe on social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.) by making sure they don’t share content that violates their privacy settings.

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5 months ago

A system for building decentralized chat bots that are more advanced than existing platforms.

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5 months ago

A platform that converts work emails into email that looks more like chat

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1 year ago

A live chat desk for customer service and sales, with the goal of being a tool for success rather than a way to avoid it.

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1 year ago

A chatbot that helps users find the cheapest flight on their chosen airline and search for the best flights on selected dates.

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1 year ago

A chat program for businesses, similar to Slack.

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1 year ago

A startup that helps teachers organize their classroom via a virtual classroom that allows them to share resources, record ideas and chat with other teachers.

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11 months ago

A group chat app for places like Slack. The app is built for groups of people who have different tasks that need to be completed, and helps you manage all of that in one place.

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5 months ago

A chatbot that helps users create a playlist of songs on Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, and iTunes.

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2 months ago

An AI-based chat bot that’s meant to help you book travel, including flights, hotels, and car rentals.

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1 year ago

A tool for building and scaling events for schools, sporting events and similar. It’s built on top of the same chat and to-do list features of Slack, but is designed to be more scalable.

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1 year ago

As of 2017, China’s biggest internet companies are Tencent, WeChat, Weibo, and Baidu. These companies have all been spending heavily on Facebook and Instagram ads, which have grown rapidly in the region. For example, WeChat spent $6.5 billion on ads in 2018 and Baidu spent $3.6 billion. Top global brands are also spending heavily on Chinese social media. For example, Coca-Cola has spent $2.2 billion on WeChat ads since February 2018.

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1 year ago

A startup that allows companies to easily create and manage their own chatbot platform. The company wants to use chatbots as a way to increase productivity at work, and to help make it easier for recruiters to vet candidates.

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A chatbot that helps you manage your money by asking you questions, then offering suggestions for what to do with your money.

A social network for people who love to eat. Users can browse menus, find restaurants that fit their budget, and chat to other food lovers.

An AI-based chatbot that helps you with your fitness goals. The bot offers customized workouts based on your goals, goals, and history.

A chatbot that takes a text message and pulls up the relevant information

A chat bot that helps you find the cheapest flights to your destination, set alerts for when prices drop, and handle tons of other travel-related tasks. The startup is focused on helping travelers manage their itineraries and get the most out of their travel.

A startup that lets users create their own “digital assistant”, a chatbot that works with text, voice, and image commands.

A 3-way chat system, allowing users to video chat, text, and call each other all at once.

A chat therapy app for depression and anxiety.

A startup that is building a chatbot that helps customers get quotes on insurance and financial products.

An AI chatbot that helps you diagnose your own symptoms and signs, and get you connected to a doctor or pharmacist.

A startup that’s building an AI-enabled chatbot for legal services. The company has $1 million in seed funding.

A Facebook-like chat app for gamers

A chatbot that tracks the status of a shipment by tracking the shipping carrier and making deliveries.

Chatty is a free service to help people make more friends via group chat.

A live-chat service for health insurance.

This company sells a chatbot that answers work-related questions. The startup says there is a $22.5 billion market for this type of service.

A chatbot that can let people know when their friends are sexually active.

is an AI chatbot that helps with the discovery of new startups.

A natural language processing startup that is building software that helps companies better understand user conversations, especially in chat. The company is launching in the US in 22 countries and is working on a US expansion for early next year.

A company that tries to make the world's best artificial intelligence-powered chatbot.

This startup wants to bring an email-like experience to video chat.

A chatbot for hiring remote employees.

A startup that is a chatbot that provides short-term mental health support

A chatbot that helps users figure out what to do next when they’re faced with a decision.

Tech company that builds bots and machine learning tools to help companies build chatbots and build intelligence into their digital interactions.

A chatbot that helps users find out their credit score and get to know their credit history.

A startup for local service providers to offer their services to customers in online or offline formats through a combination of chat and text messaging

A company that’s building a platform for group communication. It’s building a way to easily voice chat and share information with groups. It’s a product for big companies that want to communicate with internal teams, but it could also be used by small startups to communicate with teams.

A startup that wants to build an AI-powered chatbot that allows your Facebook friends to talk to your bot for all the things.

A platform that allows educators to connect with students via videos and video chat.

A chatbot that organizes your orders and delivery for you. It currently has a team of 3, has raised about $1 million, and is focused on San Francisco for now.

A startup that is building an AI-powered chatbot to help you find and buy your favorite sneakers. Users can create an account with the startup and then have the chatbot ask them questions about their favorite sneakers.

A video chat platform that allows users to have group chats with 1,000 people.

A chatbot that helps customers troubleshoot their phone bill with live chat support.

A real-time chat app for B2B that connects companies with each other and people who can help them.

A chatbot that helps with customer support for small businesses in India. In the US, the company works with small businesses that need live support, but in India, it works with small-to-midsized businesses that need a better CRM tool.

A chatbot that helps people learn how to kickstart conversations and build rapport quickly. The startup is working on a demo with YC.

This is a video chat app that can connect users to a live video conference where they can call one another.

An AI chatbot which answers questions on Quora, a question and answer site. It’s still early days for Quora’s bot, which answers around 1,000 questions a day on topics like “How to study” and “How to organize your life”.

A chatbot that gives real-time insight into what users are doing on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and helps them avoid the most toxic content.

A digital communications company based in New York City. Their software is designed to help companies interact with their employees via phone, email, or chat.

A Slack-style team chat app for small teams working together in the same office.

A customized AI-powered chatbot that helps you optimize your online dating experience.

A real-time customer service chat platform.

A platform for drivers to find customers via chat. Currently operating in New York City.

This startup is building a chatbot that connects users with the best doctor for their ailment based on their symptoms.

This startup aims to help chatbots learn from user inputs and be used in a number of enterprise use cases.

This startup is building an AI-powered customer service chatbot that can help companies do customer service work without a human. Right now it works for customer support, but the company is planning to expand into other areas.

A chat bot that helps people find the best financial services for their needs. The startup has been around for a while, and is still selling its services via a web-based chat-based platform.

A platform that allows users to chat with each other in a currency-agnostic way, where they can “send” and “receive” money.

A chatbot that connects you with friends, family, and colleagues when you’re in the hospital.

This startup is building a chatbot that helps you figure out what to put on your resume.

A chatbot that helps you find the best pizza delivery area closest to you.

A startup that aims to solve the problem of long-distance relationships between people who are both working in the tech industry. The app takes advantage of voice and video chat to help people remain connected to one another.

A new kind of pairing app that allows you to chat with potential partners and find out if they have mutual friends.

A community of teachers with a chat room for discussion

A startup that’s looking to build a chatbot that can serve as a digital concierge for your home. The startup is already working with a few dozen home service providers to offer its AI-powered service.

A chatbot that can help pharmaceutical sales reps sell products more effectively.

Remote workers can use the app to connect to the company’s chat room to get work done.

A tool for building and deploying chat bots.

A startup that uses a combination of machine learning, chatbot technology, and artificial intelligence to provide real-time intelligence for corporate clients.

This startup is building a chatbot app for dental patients. It will teach patients about their oral health and the best way to maintain it.

A helpdesk platform for developers and startups that can be accessed from any web browser. Users can call, chat, and file tickets.

A startup that’s building a video chat app for people on the go. The startup is building a chat app that works on both Android and iOS.

A startup that helps people get around their cities by providing to-do lists, and letting them chat with others to help them get around.

A company that helps you get answers to your problems faster by scheduling a one-on-one chat with an expert.

A Skype-like video calling app for group chats, designed for small teams.

A startup that’s building a chat-based platform for small businesses. Its platform is similar to Facebook Messenger, with the ability to chat with employees and customers.

A chat bot that lets people through meditation than can be used to help people battle depression

A decentralized protocol for messaging apps, enabling users to chat with each other without needing to install a new app.

This is a company that wants to build an artificial intelligence chatbot that can check in with your company or your clients regularly to make sure they’re doing OK.

This startup helps companies get customer support from their existing customers. The company uses their own chatbot to answer customer support questions.

A cloud-hosted chat platform with built-in support for text, voice and video, and an API to build custom integrations.

A "text-based social network" where people can chat with each other, send text messages, and send emoticons and stickers.

A chatbot that aims to help people better understand their credit score and make more informed decisions about credit.

A tool for helping people collaborate and communicate via text, email, and phone. The startup’s product is a Slack chatbot that helps users talk about topics, track conversations, set reminders, and so forth.

A platform for developers to build chatbots on. The startup enables developers to build software that can mimic human conversations.