Bot Weekly - Bot Weekly is a weekly round up of the most interesting chatbot and AI news
Chat Bots Weekly - 4100+ people from companies like Slack, Facebook, PH, Kik and Sequoia are here. Covering the industry around Slack, SMS, Kik and Facebook Messenger chatbots. Also called conversational commerce or #ConvComm
The Messenger - A personally curated selection- featuring mobile messengers, chatbots and industry experts
Bot! zine - An online newsletter for #botmakers and bot enthusiasts. Bots, chat bots, art bots, NLP, chat interfaces, machine learning, AI, latest tutorials and resources, interviews and upcoming events
Topbots - Make sure you're in-the-know about important news, breakthroughs, and applications of artificial intelligence and bots. TOPBOTS is your ultimate guide to exponential technologies
BotBeat - VentureBeat Newsletters. Connecting the dots: AI, messaging and bots
Hearing Voices - This week's news about voice computing apps, delivered directly to your inbox
Alexa News - Provide your email address to stay up to date with the latest Amazon Alexa news and IoT and voice industry trends
Messaging Weekly - The week's best messaging and #convcomm news, opinions and apps delivered every Friday
Technically Sentient - Bringing you the latest in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Neurotechnology
Podcasts and episodes
O'Reilly Bots Podcast - The O'Reilly Bots Podcast covers advances in conversational user interfaces, artificial intelligence, and messaging that are revolutionizing the way we interact with software
VZV Podcast - Chatbots and AI podcast, hosted by Christie Pitts of the Verizon Ventures Development Team
a16z Podcast: Bots and Beyond - Connie Chan, Benedict Evans, and Chris Messina discuss the topic of bots, mobile, and beyond: the (evolution?) from web to apps to messaging to bots; chat as an interface; “conversational commerce”; and so on
Software Engineering Daily - Weekly podcasts about chatbots and messaging, including Slack Bots Podcast with Amir Shevat
What's Tech - Casey Newton from The Verge on the interesting applications of bots
Popular examples of bots
Poncho - Poncho delivers customizable weather forecasts daily via email and text message, helping you plan everything from your commute to your outfit. It's free!
Swelly - Bot to provide the fastest way of asking questions and getting opinions by friends!
Instalocate - Instalocate is a real-time flight tracking bot. You can get flight status, delay alerts, arrival, departure, and gate information
Kayak - The bot lets users find flights and hotels using conversational language rather than the old-school method of plugging in dates and sifting through hundreds of results
TheScore - theScore brings you real-time sports scores and news from the teams you care about, with deep coverage of MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL and major soccer leagues!
Foxsy - Foxsy is your personal matchmaking assistant to find a beautiful and meaningful connection with the right person. And, Foxsy is the first and the best matchmaking Chatbot in the world
PayPal - With PayPal bot you can pay your friends and teammates on Slack and on your preferred device
Skyscanner - Skyscanner bot for Skype is a passenger flight search engine that allows users to browse for flights via price and location
Visabot - Visabot for Facebook Messenger is an immigration attorney 2.0 Inspired by U.S. top immigration lawyers to deliver the results no lawyer can match
Hipmunk - Hipmunk chatbot for Facebook Messenger is a super-powered Hipmunk who digs through tons of travel options to help you find the best flights and hotels
Mica, the Hipster Cat Bot - Mica, the Hipster Cat Bot is a venue recommendation bot that helps you discover the best places worldwide - on FB Messenger, Skype, Kik, Telegram
Nikabot - A Slack bot that keeps track of what your team is doing so you don't have to
Dashbot - Actionable Bot Analytics. Increase user engagement, acquisition, and monetization through actionable bot analytics. Now supporting Alexa and Google Home
BotAnalytics - Make decisions with historical & real time conversation data. We combine real time conversations with historical ones to help answer the toughest questions about engaged, churnable and retained conversations
Locutius - Locutius starts your week with with everything you need to know about the design and business of conversational systems, from voice to chatbots, plus the machine intelligence that powers it all
UX for Bots - A monthly recap of the best content shared on the UX for Bots Facebook group in your inbox