
Flying cars, chatbots and looking forward to the next small thing
“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” – Peter Thiel People in tech commonly overestimate the impact of big things and...

Embracing complexity: designing our Custom Bot builder
For product teams, complexity is a dirty word – it’s the anti-goal. You can call it “flexibility” to make it sound better, but it raises...

Announcing Custom Bots, the chatbots that drive business growth
Today we are launching a brand new product called Custom Bots, which allows you to create completely customizable chatbots on your...

The one simple question our bot asks that saves our sales team hours
As the rise of bots and automation continues apace, a lot of people are wondering how the sales process and lead qualification will be...

What we learned building our bot
When a new technology emerges, there’s an initial trigger. The masses react and become disillusioned, and then the trend slowly builds...

Naming a new product? Start with the job.
Any word can be powerful, but names are transformative. A good product name gives that product a certain shape — for the team designing...

Announcing Operator: the bot for better customer experiences
At Intercom we have always been very opinionated about bots and what they can and can’t do. Today we’re launching our very own bot,...












