PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Amazon Alexa’s Skills Growth

By  |  June 29, 2016
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In June 2015, Amazon took a big step forward in getting Alexa’s skills into other applications. It opened Alexa’s API to developers, making it free to build Alexa skills and integrate Alexa into their own products.

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    Now, one year later, Alexa is celebrating with some big milestones. We break them down today in the PYMNTS Daily Data Dive 5-in-1:

    3 Million | Number of requests customers have made using the top 10 Alexa skills

    1,400+ | Number of Amazon Alexa skills

    10,000 | Number of registered developers using the Alexa Voice Service to integrate Alexa into their products

    16 | Number of startups (focus on smart home and wearable products) the Alexa Fund has invested in

    5X | Alexa smart home API skills’ selection growth since January 2016

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