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French Startup Brings a Virtual Assistant to the Inbox
- TechCrunch, Monday, February 16, 2015 5:32 PM
French startup Le Camping has created an application that gives a human face to a virtual assistant via email. The tool is called Julie Desk. Applying artificial intelligence to the inbox, Julie responds to emails to set up meetings and send out calendar invites based on the user's calendar. A user just has to cc Julie on the email exchange and she'll check the Google Calendar, Microsoft Exchange, or iCloud account to confirm availability and send out calendar invites. And it is all done with real human language.
