TL;DR
Amazon Web Services acquired Do.com to expand its communications suite Amazon Chime. The acquisition aims to increase productivity for Amazon Chime.
Amazon Web Services is hoping to expand its communications suite Amazon Chime. The company acquired Do.com, a startup that specializes in making meetings more productive.
On Feb. 15 Do.com announced it had been acquired and would be closing at the end of the month. The acquisition came just two days after the company launched Amazon Chime.
Amazon plans to roll Do.com into Amazon Chime, but it’s not clear what parts will be integrated.
This is Amazon’s second acquisition to help build Chime. According to TechCrunch, the first was Biba, an online service that made chat, video and audio conferencing tools for businesses. Biba’s website redirects to Chime.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on March 8, 2017. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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