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nubot

A bot that couldn't find its purpose before the bot era arrived

timingSilent Shutdown

Quiet closure with no public announcement · Fatal mistake: Entered the chatbot automation market in 2013 before enterprise demand existed, burning through limited seed funding with no revenue traction.

Founded	2013
Closed	2015
Country	Unknown
Sector	Ai

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2013-01-01

FOUNDING

nubot founded to build chatbot and conversational automation SaaS tools for enterprise clients.

2013-06-01

FUNDING

Secured initial seed funding to develop and launch the chatbot automation platform.

2014-03-01

PRODUCT LAUNCH

Launched product to market but found enterprise demand for chatbot automation far below expectations in 2014.

2015-06-01

SHUTDOWN

nubot shut down after exhausting seed funding and failing to gain sufficient customer traction in a market not yet ready for chatbot SaaS.

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Nubot was an early chatbot and automation SaaS startup launched in 2013, operating in the nascent conversational AI market before widespread adoption of chatbot technology. The startup faced a critical timing d...

isadvantage—it entered the market years before enterprise demand for chatbot solutions matured and before large language models made conversational AI accessible. With limited seed funding, nubot stru

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