Google launches its competitor to Amazon’s Alexa Fund to beef up its smart assistant

Google launches its competitor to Amazon’s Alexa Fund to beef up its smart assistant

Google is launching a new program to pour money and other resources into early-stage start-ups that work with its digital assistant. The program resembles Amazon's Alexa Fund and reflects the extent to which Google sees the success of its smart assistant as a driver of future growth, as both companies … social experiment by Livio Acerbo …