Bot Builders' MeetUp: July

SF Bot Builders, see you tonight! RSVP (http://meet.meetup.com/wf/click?upn=pEEcc35imY7Cq0tG1vyTt8EVS-2FHA-2BbdIlVTQApw19VVFPeYpQDpWqjZACx2cOzKvZquSxPUlxOW8gbNNY7AaqA-3D-3D_-2BbvcjC2XRcoKJeq-2FrBEQbZRj4QiaiQz7bDWs-2FULSf6uuPHuMZn9WLFZce1zv2tPodoET2mY87dY-2BQdwq2vBroxYV9hYcZBUab0h186A60klpOrKZkw7T3QXIjfhZ7sbvGCiXdMSmnvYfBJluErQrL17anmpAATr1Pl4Mvoe9vsne0JN6Qg2q8YqljMtnBauYkPmwN2k5GaR-2Bx83fgj1Gcw-3D-3D) so we know how many people to accommodate.

Come with your questions and learn from the best!

Just added two more panelists -

Sam Udotong (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudotong/) is Founder-CTO at an early stage startup called Fireflies.ai and a graduate from MIT's School of Aerospace Engineering. Sam’s expertise is in deploying deep learning in large scale projects, including the training of autonomous drones and optimizing satellite maintenance systems. He loves innovative technical challenges around web & mobile app development, chat bots, and machine learning.

Fireflies.ai (https://fireflies.ai) - an AI that sits in the background of conversations and automatically captures critical notes, tasks and insights. Fireflies is a cross-platform app that that joins your Slack conversations and your phone calls to identify the most important parts of your work day.

Angik Sarkar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/angiksarkar/) is the Founder and CEO of Waylo. Prior to Waylo, Angik was a senior software engineer at Intel. He earned his PhD from Purdue and a US patent with his thesis on a new neural network architecture. An avid traveler, he has been to 6 continents including Antarctica.

Waylo (https://m.me/thewaylo) is the first and only Hotel Price Prediction app available today. It not only alerts you to the best time to book a hotel; but also allows you to book hotels today at the predicted low rates of the future, often leading to even 75% savings over other apps and bots. Waylo's conversational app on Messenger uses custom NLP developed by the Waylo team to comprehend user behavior and increase conversion. Email, Slack apps and Alexa skill will be released soon.

Ani Padmarao (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirudh-padmarao-a5635758/) is an engineer working on developing Astrobot and building the Slack integration at Astro Technology, Inc. Prior to Astro, Ani was a Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn leading API server development on the application infrastructure team. He earned a BA in math and computer science from Cornell University.

Astro.ai (https://www.helloastro.com/) Astro’s mission is to enable people and teams to focus on what’s most important, by bringing intelligence to workplace communication. Astro’s intelligent, modern email apps are available on Mac, iOS, and Android, and feature Astrobot—the first native email chatbot. Astrobot is also available on Slack and Alexa.

Astro Slack Bot (https://www.helloastro.com/product/): Astrobot for Slack helps you stay on top of your most important emails and manage your inbox directly from Slack. When you use Astro’s email apps side by side with Slack, you can also search across Slack and email directly from Astro, and share emails and attachments to Slack Channels and DMs .

Sandi MacPherson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandimacpherson/) Sandi is currently the co-founder of ddouble.ai (https://www.messenger.com/t/sandisdouble), a messaging-first social platform. Prior to moving to the United States, Sandi worked in cleantech and in the non-profit sector in climate science and environmental policy roles. She holds an Honours B.Sc. degree in Environmental Science from Acadia University, and an MBA from Toronto's Schulich School of Business. In 2013, she started Quibb - a social platform for industry news, analysis, and commentary. She also started the 50/50 Pledge initiative, which aims to get 50% women speakers on the stages of the tech industry's most important conferences

ddouble.ai (https://www.messenger.com/t/sandisdouble) is a messaging-first social platform building 'digital doubles'. Launching in the Fall, a prototype of Sandi's Double is live on Facebook Messenger - https://www.messenger.com/t/sandisdouble

Alexander Weidauer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aweidauer/) is co-founder and CEO of Rasa (https://rasa.ai). Alexander studied Computer Science and Management at TU Berlin and the London School of Economics. Before founding Rasa, he worked for Project A Ventures and McKinsey.

Rasa.ai (https://rasa.ai) is the leading open source conversational AI company for the enterprise. Rasa NLU is our first product and offers open-source, natural language understanding for bots and assistants. Thousands of developers world-wide use it as a drop-in replacement for popular NLP tools like http://wit.ai , http://api.ai , LUIS or IBM Watson. Leading companies like ERGO, Helvetia and Raiffeisen Bank trust our enterprise offering, which includes advanced production tools and support.

Moderator

Beerud Sheth, Founder and CEO of http://www.Gupshup.io and http://www.Interbot.cc will be moderating.

6:00pm Networking

6:30pm Panel discussion

7:45pm More networking

Please RSVP (https://www.meetup.com/botbuilder/events/241177496/)here so we know how many people to accommodate!

Also, if you can't join this time, join the group here (https://www.meetup.com/botbuilder/) for future updates and group announcements.

Also, feel free to reach out on social media to or email to let me know how to make these meet ups better for the community.

Thanks and happy bot building!

Cecily Robyn Lough

Bot Evangelist
cecily@gupshup.io
+1 (206) 257-9053

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Bot Builders Meet Up: This meetup brings together thought leaders, connectors, coders, and marketers from around the industry to examine and celebrate the rise of the next paradigm: Messaging Bots.