The story behind the company that built TechCrunch’s bot – with Dmitry Dumik

Dmitry Dumik, ChatFuel, Customer Acquisition, European Founder, International Founders, Messaging, Social Media

I am obsessed with chatbots so the last time I had today’s guest on I asked him about chatbots instead of about his company.

We even disagreed about the future of chatbots.

But today I want to get into how he built his platform, Chatfuel. It’s the most popular platform for creating fully-featured chatbots.

Dmitry Dumik

ChatFuel

Dmitry Dumik is the founder of Chatfuel, the most popular platform for creating fully-featured chatbots.

Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy. And you can tell sometimes when I get so carried away with an interview because I forget about the topic of the interview. That’s basically what happened last time. I am freaking obsessed with chat bots. So last time I had today’s guest on, instead of talking to him about how he started his company, I had to ask him what he thought about chat bots. Frankly, I think we debated a little bit. Is that right, Dmitry?

Dmitry: Yeah, just a little bit.

Andrew: Right? I think we had different points of view about it. I wonder if over the last few weeks since that last interview that you’ve changed your mind a little bit about what I’ve said.

Dmitry: I think we should check back in like a year.

Andrew: To see who’s . . .

Dmitry: Exactly.

Andrew: To see who’s right. All right, I would like that.

Dmitry:...

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