Microsoft invested in the development of the Chinese online assistant Laiye, whose functionality is very similar to Cortana, own development of the Redmond corporation. Laiye is created by the Chinese company of the same name, which, in addition to the Americans, is supported by local companies. About how much money Microsoft spent, yet not reported, but it is known that even at the beginning of the development the startup managed to collect about four million US dollars.
Mobile Assistant Laiye is an artificial intelligence program that can help the user with daily tasks: order a certain service, remind about an event, place a taxi order or mark an important meeting on the calendar. Now, Chinese users can download Laiye as a stand-alone application for Android and iOS, or use it in the Chinese messenger WeChat.
While the reasons for the financing by Microsoft of a small company engaged in the development of the Cortana analogue are not completely clear, the developer's head noted that in cooperation with the American software giant, his child can achieve great success using Bing, the Microsoft search engine. In addition, - said Wang Guangchun, the founder of Laiye, - a startup will help the Redmond with the Chinese corporate segment of Microsoft customers.
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