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Niki is an artificial intelligence company headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was founded in May 2015^[3] by IIT Kharagpur graduates Sachin Jaiswal, Keshav Prawasi, Shishir Modi and Nitin Babel.

The Niki android app was launched for a limited beta in June, 2015, then released for public during YourStory's TechSparks 2015, and is a Tech30 company. The company raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding^[4] from Unilazer Ventures,^[5] a Mumbai-based VC firm founded by Ronnie Screwvala, in October 2015. This was followed by another seed funding round by Ratan Tata in May 2016.^[6] The company then raised US$2 million in Series A round of funding from SAP.iO, existing investors and some US and Germany-based investors, among others.^[7]

Product

The product is an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot which works as an intelligent personal assistant, named Niki. Leveraging natural language processing and machine learning, Niki presents a chat-based^[8] natural language user interface to the users where they can interact with Niki in their natural language. Niki understands how users chat in India,^[9] deciphers the words, in the context of product/services that they would like to purchase, and comes up with apt recommendations.

Initially it was only available on the Android platform as a mobile app. The company has expanded its operations to the Facebook messenger and Apple iOS platforms^[10] and has introduced a better user experience and natural language processing technology.^[11] The company aims to soon be present on more messaging platforms like Slack and WhatsApp.

The company currently provides 20+ services to over 2 million consumers, covering a wide spectrum ranging from utility services like mobile recharge, bill payments, travel services like cabs,^[12] buses, hotels^[13] and entertainment services like movies and events. Services such as flights and healthcare are also planned

Partnerships

In September 2017, Infosys Finacle joined with Niki.ai to provide chat-based service to banking customers.^[14]

In August 2017, Niki.ai partnered with LazyPay to enable a 'buy now, pay later' feature for its users.^[15]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://niki.ai/team |title=Meet the team |accessdate=5 November 2016}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://niki.ai/about |title=About the company |accessdate=5 November 2016}}
3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.indianweb2.com/2015/07/14/udaipur-based-niki-is-smarter-version-of-siri-for-e-commerce/|title=Udaipur-Based Niki Is Smarter Version Of Siri For E-Commerce|last=|first=|date=14 July 2015|website=|publisher=|access-date=27 December 2016|via=indianweb2.com}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://inc42.com/flash-feed/niki-ai-funding/|title=Artificial Intelligence Startup Niki.ai Raises Funding From ... - Inc42|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=26 December 2016|via=Inc42}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/bot-startups-timeline/|title=The Rise Of Bots: A Timeline Of Major VC-Backed Bot Startups - CB Insights|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=2 August 2016|via=CB Insights}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/276167|title=Chat Bots Charm Ratan Tata, Another AI Startup - Entrepreneur|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=26 December 2016|via=entrepreneur.com}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.vccircle.com/ratan-tata-backed-ai-startup-niki-ai-raises-2-mn-in-series-a-round/|title=Ratan Tata-backed AI startup Niki.ai raises $2 mn in Series A round|date=2017-06-28|work=VCCircle|access-date=2018-07-10|language=en-US}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://alty.co/blog/chat-as-an-app-interface-when-to-consider-it/|title=Chat as an App Interface: When to Consider It|last=Leonid|first=Gorev|date=|publisher=|access-date=11 January 2017}}
9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/suparnadutt/2016/10/04/the-ai-startup-wave-is-hitting-india-and-investors-are-taking-notice/|title=The AI Startup Wave Is Hitting India And Investors Are Taking Notice|last=D'Cunha|first=Suparna Dutt|date=4 October 2016|work=|access-date=11 January 2017|via=Forbes}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/08/25/niki-ais-new-messenger-bot-lets-you-hail-cabs-and-order-snacks-in-india/|title=Niki.ai's new Messenger bot lets you hail cabs and order snacks in India|last=|first=|date=25 August 2016|work=|access-date=11 January 2017|via=Venturebeat}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=http://thetechportal.com/2016/07/20/ratan-tata-backed-niki-ai-chatbot-features-update/|title=Niki, the AI chatbot that lets you order anything and everything, gets major upgrade with improved design and NLP tech|last=Srivastava|first=Vishal|date=20 July 2016|work=|access-date=11 January 2017|via=The Tech Portal}}
12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.techinasia.com/internet-sucks-in-india-but-ai-chatbot-get-things-done|title=So what if the Internet sucks in India? This AI chatbot gets things done|last=Velayanikal|first=Malavika|date=3 December 2015|work=|access-date=11 January 2017|via=Tech in Asia}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/sme/now-you-can-bookoyo-room-via-niki-bot_7579601.html|title=Now you can book an OYO room via Niki bot|last=|first=|date=5 October 2016|work=|access-date=11 January 2017|via=Moneycontrol.com}}
14. ^{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/infosys-arm-to-offer-chat-based-service-to-banking-customers/articleshow/60753200.cms|title=Infosys arm to offer chat-based service to banking customers|date=2017-09-19|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-09-27}}
15. ^{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/niki-ai-partners-with-lazypay-to-offer-buy-now-pay-later-feature/articleshow/60310670.cms|title=Niki.ai partners with LazyPay to offer 'buy now, pay later' feature|last=Vignesh|first=J.|date=2017-08-31|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-09-27}}

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