37: Bret Kinsella | Voicebot.ai and An Analysis of Voice Tech

Bret Kinsella is the CEO and Founder of Voicebot.ai, the leading source of research, data, analysis, and news related to the voice and AI industries. Bret was named Commentator of The Year by the Alexa Conference in 2019 and both Voice AI Journalist of The Year and Commentator of The Year by Project Voice in 2020. He frequently keynotes at technology conferences in the U.S and Europe and has appeared as a guest columnist for Harvard Business Review, USA Today, and VentureBeat. Bret is also a practitioner in voice strategy and voice app design for Fortune 500 companies and has in-depth experience with Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri. In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with the one and only Bret Kinsella of Voicebot.ai about how Voicebot.ai came to be and about Bret’s journey as one of the leading analyst’s in voice tech. Bret shares what it has been like building and growing Voicebot.ai, and how his background working with Voice on mobile in 2013 helped him to build a solid foundation for understanding voice tech and the market trends associated with it. Nick and Bret also talk about the state of the voice tech industry in 2020, and how the industry itself is currently in a pivotal moment of growth and hurdles, that if overcome, will help set the stage for the future of the technology over the next decade and beyond. The Artificial Podcast is now on Alexa! All you have to do is ask Alexa to enable “The Artificial Podcast” to listen to all of our episodes on any Alexa-enabled device. Follow The Artificial Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theartificialpodcast/ How to contact Bret: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bretkinsella LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretkinsella/ Learn more about Voicebot.ai: https://voicebot.ai/ Learn more about The Voicebot Podcast: https://voicebot.ai/voicebot-podcasts/ Follow Nick On: LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-myers-0794/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/therednickm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therednickm/ Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com. If you or anyone you know is interested in being a guest on The Artificial Podcast send an email to [email protected].