Google Home paves the way for more B2C and B2B adoption

GUEST: The recent Google Home launch has focused people’s attention once again on the consumer segment (B2C) of AI-driven voice assistants. Home, with its Alexa voice assistant, represents the first able competitor to Amazon’s Echo.
Because of all of the hype around Google, many people have overlooked a series of announcements from IBM, Microsoft, and DeepMind that were equally important from a business segment (B2B) perspective. IBM’s deals with Celgene, Pearson, and