Research News & Events

Did you ever search for an overview of chatbot/virtual agent developers? Most likely, it was very hard to find. Well, we are happy to announce that from now on, life will be easier!

Chatbots.org has identified 49 professional chatbot developers all over the world. Most of them develop automated chat systems for virtual agents in call centers, however many developers are also developing chatbots for entertainment, learning, or companionship. Below, you will find a summary of our initial results in alphabetical order.

This page is a snapshot of our database listing Nov 18th 2009, our dynamic directory of professional chatbot/ virtual developers is maintained continuously and contains hyperlinks to developers’ websites.

After almost seven months of hard work, we are proud to present version 2.6 of Chatbots.org. This version features multiple forums, a sophisticated account mechanism, and a sleek design of sub navigation, body, and footer.

On Wednesday 31th, we’ll organize our very very very first Chatbot meetup. This time in AMSTERDAM. I’m very please to meet new people and see old faces. Remember the good old days AND look forward to a VERY exciting future!

Sponsored by virtual agent vendor eGain, we are proud to present the result of the survey of 3000 consumers we carried out. It reveals that lack of integration with human-assisted service is the biggest pain point in using virtual assistants according to our panel of 3000 consumers. Download the infographics in the png report or as pdf report.

These are exciting times. Once I decided to get back in business, life became a rollercoaster. A meetup group with more than 320 members, speaking on Frank Watching next week, now I’m invited to moderate a panel on the UTTR AI & Chatbot Conference in London on Oct 3th. How cool is all that?

Below you’ll find the press release. In the mean time, I keep on working on getting this website back on track and up to speed. Apologies for the hickups you may encounter but trust they will be fixed!

We are soooo excited to reveal our new companies section showing all leading providers in conversational AI, (3D) animation, speech synthesis and speech recognition and visual biometrics, and an additional Vendor Selector tool to select providers, designed for organizations their buying process!

This companies section will also reveal our advanced business members: Industry leaders who have joined our business program, contributed financially and therefore empowered us to move this industry forward. With their support, we have been able to further develop our role as an Industrial Catalyst, advancing the industry of Intelligent Virtual Characters.