Hashtag creator and Uber developer experience lead Chris Messina took the stage at VentureBeat’s MobileBeat 2016 conference to talk about the evolution of “conversational commerce” — the trend where brands are attempting to chat with consumers like friends via messaging platforms like Facebook Messenger and technologies like artificial intelligence.

You can watch the full talk above.

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