It’s hard to believe that Alexa was only announced in November 2014. In few than six years, the smart assistant has gone from consumer electronics curiosity to a nearly ubiquitous tech phenomenon. Launched alongside the first Echo device, Alexa has helped definite a new paradigm of voice computing, alongside Apple’s Siri and Google’s Assistant.
According to
recent numbers
, 29% of U.S. internet users also use a smart speaker. With that demographic Amazon has been utterly dominant, with roughly 70% of all U.S. smart speaker owners using an Echo. Alexa’s reach spread far beyond that, of course, to all manner of smart home devices, laptops, cars, phones, wearables and TVs. We’re excited to announce today that the heads of Amazon’s Alexa team will be joining us at Disrupt this September
to discuss the smart assistant’s growth and the future of voice computing.
Toni Reid is the Vice President of Alexa Experience Echo Devices at Amazon, a company she’s been with for over a decade. She’s being a driving force in Alexa’s dominance of the category. Rohit Prasad is the Vice President and Head Scientist, Alexa Artificial Intelligence. He’s an expert in natural language understanding, machine learning, dialog science and machine reasoning.
Together the pair have been driving forces in Alexa’s growth and domination of the smart assistant category. Hear how it all got started from Reid and Prasad at
Disrupt 2020
on September 14-18. Get a front row seat with your Digital Pro Pass for just $245
or with a Digital Startup Alley Exhibitor Package.