SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PullString, Inc. today announced its first end-to-end cloud solution for creative professionals, innovation teams, marketing teams and agencies to be able to rapidly design, prototype, and publish conversational voice applications. In addition, PullString has extended its product and leadership team to support the rapid growth it is experiencing in the voice application market segment.
Introducing PullString Converse
Voice-assisted devices and platforms are being used in millions of households. To enable brands to create effortless engagement with their consumers, PullString is unveiling PullString Converse, a software platform for designing, prototyping, and publishing skills for Amazon Alexa with support for other voice services coming soon.
“A vibrant developer community is an essential part of the long-term success of Alexa,” said Rob Pulciani, Director, Alexa. “We’re excited about PullString's contribution to that community with the launch of PullString Converse, which will help further create even more engaging voice experiences for their customers.”
With no coding required, team-based collaboration, and embedded best practices in conversational design, PullString Converse empowers organizations to rapidly bring voice apps to market and engage their customers through voice experiences.
“As a company committed to learning, development and play, Mattel is on a mission to create product experiences with voice that are both fun for kids and appreciated by parents,” said Sven Gerjets, Chief Technology Officer at Mattel. “PullString Converse enables us to deliver a scalable and secure voice service to power these experiences.”
PullString Adds a Chief Operating Officer and a Vice President of Product
The company also announced it has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Michael Fitzpatrick as president and Chief Operating Officer. Michael’s enterprise SaaS experience at ConnectSolutions, Adobe, and Macromedia will help accelerate the company’s rapid growth in the voice market.
“Mobile and touch-interfaces have completely transformed the way in which businesses interact with their customers over the past ten years,” said Fitzpatrick. “Voice and artificial intelligence will power the next ten years of innovation, and I am excited to join PullString in our mission to enable people to talk effortlessly with the technology around us.”
PullString also announced the recent addition of Guillaume Privat to the leadership team as vice president of product. Guillaume joins the company from Adobe Systems, where he was a product executive in the Digital Marketing and Digital Media business units. He has also held various product positions at Macromedia and Siebel Systems, and will be leading PullString’s product strategy to deliver experiences that blend art and science.
Availability
PullString Converse will be available on November 27, 2017, coinciding with AWS re:Invent. Organizations that want to get started now creating engaging voice applications can sign-up today at pullstring.com.
About PullString, Inc.
At PullString, we strive to help people talk effortlessly with the technology that surrounds us.
Working at the intersection of creative expression and artificial intelligence, PullString Converse empowers brands and agencies with the leading solution for designing, prototyping, and publishing highly engaging voice applications for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and IoT devices. Organizations such as Activision, Mattel, and Samsung have benefited from the millions of engaging conversations powered by PullString.
PullString is based in San Francisco, CA, and is backed by leading firms including Greylock Partners, Charles River Ventures, Khosla Ventures, True Ventures, and First Round Capital.
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