Hello to the 2,039 Conversational AI News subscribers

Ewan MacLeod

Aug 7, 2024 — 2 min read

Only a few weeks back, I wrote a note welcoming all 1,140 subscribers to Conversational AI News on LinkedIn.

We'll, we've almost doubled.

Almost!

We're at 2,039 subscribers as of this morning on the LinkedIn Newsletter.

Woah! You are all very, very welcome.

Come on in. Pull up a chair.

Looking through those who have subscribed, I'm surprised to see how many senior level executives have a keen interest in Conversational AI, not just from the Financial Services sector.

I have about 14,000 followers on LinkedIn so it would be natural for many of the followers to have come from this - but I'd estimate about 70-80% are new to me. That is, they're 2nd or 3rd level connections.

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