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We are excited to announce an official partnership with Datawords.

Machine Yearning posts its fourth episode this week, and already we’re breaking our format. We approach the podcast like everything in…

We’re excited to announce an official partnership with TimeTrade. TimeTrade is the leading intelligent scheduling platform for the…

As a kid, I loved getting the Service Merchandise catalog. I grew up in the ‘80s, and getting a department store catalog in the mail was an…

Yesterday, Facebook added 3 recommendations to M, Messenger’s virtual assistant. M will now prompt users to share gifs, use pre-populated…

I can’t believe I get to write this post. My first post actually. At Assist, we’re building the dream team.

Today is one of those days where I’m reminded that building companies is simply about bringing together the right group of people. I’m…

When I met Laura, I instantly knew she was someone we needed on our team. I couldn’t be more excited to work alongside Laura and learn from…

Taken right from the Assist handbook for new team members

How can we make the bot experience feel more natural

Since integrated payments have made their way to the Messenger platform, Facebook Payments has enabled people to purchase an item without…

We are excited to announce that the Assist platform is powering one of the first brands on Google Home, Lonely Planet.

This story is about having no fucking clue what will happen, one lucky email, and the ignorant road to raising part of our $1.5m seed round…

We are excited to share the first ever charity accepting donations on Messenger. We believe it is one of the simplest ways people can…

This is an excerpt from a much more in depth post about business messaging. The post was designed and written in collaboration with…

This post is the combination of ideas that can happen today and those that we would love to see happen tomorrow. We have developed a…

We are on a mission to bring the best local services to every messaging platform.

We are on a mission to bring the best services to every messaging platform.

We believe that messaging is the new browser and the way results are displayed will drastically change in this new world.