Alexa, the voice assistant the amazon, may contain number of days. According to a new report, the project disappointed the company, due to heavy losses, and Already the company is considered a complete failure by the CEO.
According to a report Ars Technica, Alexa will cost Amazon $10 billion in 2022 alone. As if that wasn’t enough, it was noted that Worldwide Digital, a group that includes Alexa, Prime Video and other related services, posted a loss of more than $3 billion in the first quarter of 2022. In this regard, it is mentioned. Voice Assistant as the main culprit for this failure.
Like other companies, Amazon announced a series of layoffs a few weeks ago, and reports say it’s partly a result of Alexa’s failure. During 2019, the year Jeff Bezos served as Amazon’s CEO, the voice assistant was one of the company’s flagship projects, but The company’s current director, Andy Jassy, has completely forgotten about the project.
Originally, customers were expected to use Alexa to shop directly with Amazon. nevertheless, It never panned out the way the company had hoped. Coupled with this, poor advertising and a weak revenue stream, Alexa is simply forgettable.
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Through: Business Insider
