StartupInfo

Pitch

Did you ever have a conversation with your friends where they mention this new shinny app or service you never heard of?

With StartupInfo skill you can now ask your Echo to search for this specific app or startup.

You will learn about what they do, who built it, who invested in it, and if they already IPO'd. That could be really interesting if you want to invest ;)

Why

I am passionate about startup ecosystem, and I always find myself hearing about new products. With this skill, I can directly ask Alexa to tell me more.

It's also super easy to use in groups when having a conversation.

How

The data are provided by Crunchbase API, the reference in term of startup info.

To build this skill I used Serverless Framework to deploy easily all the Lambda functions I am using.

I created an API on top of my Lambda Functions. Each endpoint is used for a specific Intent like findStartup, getFounders... Those Lambda consume directly Crunchbase API.

I used a main "router" lambda function to deal with Alexa communication and make request to my API.