Storyline
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Storyline was a no-code startup founded in 2017 that let anyone build Amazon Alexa skills with a drag-and-drop interface - 'WordPress for voice apps' - no coding required. Backed by Y Combinator and Boost VC, it raised $770,000 to develop its skill-builder app. The company later rebranded as Voiceflow, the conversational-AI design platform, which continues to operate. No failure event was found - this was a rebrand, not a shutdown.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Storyline was founded to make Alexa skill-building accessible to non-coders via a drag-and-drop system, with seed funding from Boost VC and Y Combinator.
- $770K raised, rebrand
In July 2019 Storyline raised $770,000 led by Boost VC; the company subsequently rebranded as Voiceflow.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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