Cortana and Alexa will be able to talk to each other by end of 2017 as Microsoft partners with Amazon

Briefing

September 8, 2017

Briefing	Microsoft-Amazon Partnership – Microsoft and Amazon announced voice assistants Cortana and Alexa will be able to communicate with each other by end of 2017 Alexa to Cortana – Alexa will have access to Cortana for scheduling meetings, accessing work calendars, and setting reminders Cortana to Alexa – Cortana users will be able to turn to Alexa in controlling smart devices at home or making purchases on Amazon Beginnings of Collaboration – Microsoft and Amazon collaboration was borne from conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at Microsoft’s CEO Summit on May 2016
Accelerator	Artificial Intelligence
Market Disruption	Innovation Partnerships
Business Model and Practices Business Model and Practices	Innovative Partnerships
Sector	Information Technology
Organization	Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp.
Source	Yurieff, K., "Alexa has a new friend: Cortana", CNN, http://www.cnn.com/; Wingfield, N., "‘Cortana, Open Alexa,’ Amazon says. And Microsoft agrees.", The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/; English, C., "Amazon’s Alexa will soon be talking to Microsoft’s Cortana", New York Post, http://nypost.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	August 30, 2017

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