Sorry for stepping in here, but for people involved in this discussion, the (first) Linked Startup Workshop at the upcoming ISWC 2016 would be a great opportunity to talk about this and everything related to Linked Data businesses/startups.
There is still some time left to submit (informal) 2-4page proposals: http://linkedstartup.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/2016/call-for-papers/ Best, Peter ________________________________________ Von: Kingsley Idehen <kide...@openlinksw.com> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. Juli 2016 17:16 An: business-of-linked-data-b...@googlegroups.com Cc: public-lod@w3.org Betreff: Re: Business Of Linked Data: Opportunities re., Smart Agents (Bots) On 7/8/16 10:40 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > All, > > Smart Agents and Bots are now hot topics across the industry at large. > > Bearing in mind years of knowledge and experience this community has in > regards to Bots and Smart Agents [1], are there any Linked Data driven > Smart Agents out there? Basically, conversational bots that have the ability > to leverage semantically-rich Linked Open Data clouds. > > Personally, I believe this new wave of interest in Bots provides a great > opportunity to showcase the value proposition of a Semantic Web build > using Linked Open Data. > > Historically, there has been a disconnect between the technology and business > opportunities related to Linked Data and a Semantic Web. Thus, I am opening a > discussion thread to explore the business related aspects of this matter > (i.e., this has nothing to do with research, papers, and conferences). > Links: > > [1] > http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/describe/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhashtag%2FSmartAgent%23this&distinct=1 > -- Smart Agent Notes collated over time. > > [2] > http://techemergence.com/valuing-the-artificial-intelligence-market-2016-and-beyond/ > -- Market Size & Projections Example All, Here's an example of a Bot [1] that falls in line with what I was trying to instigate discussion about. I've also joined a thread on Product Hunt where some work is taking shape re., Facebook Messenger [2]. [1] http://growthbot.org/ [2] https://www.producthunt.com/tech/growthbot#comment-326494 -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder & CEO OpenLink Software Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Personal Weblog 1: http://kidehen.blogspot.com Personal Weblog 2: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/kidehen Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/+KingsleyIdehen/about LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen Personal WebID: http://kingsley.idehen.net/dataspace/person/kidehen#this