Sofman: Vector gets 10-12 queries daily versus 1-2 for smart speakers
Boris Soffman · a16z Podcast | The IQ and EQ of Robots · Jan 2, 2019 · at 30:44
Boris Sofman is the CEO of Anki, sharing usage metrics comparing their companion robot Vector against standard smart speaker usage.
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“And so Suddenly, like, when you look at voice assistants that have an average of maybe, like, one to two queries a day, and we're at, like, 10 to 12 even before we have a voice assistants built in, it causes us to ask a lot of questions of how do you leverage the role of personality and character as a way to amplify not just the fun side, but also the utility side.”
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