Mode.ai is making bots that use your photos to identify an item of clothing, then show you where to buy it (or a visually similar item of clothing) online. The bot can also recognize photos of home decor products and share trending topics from online retailers as varied as Amazon and Louis Vuitton.
The Mode.ai Facebook Messenger bot launched today. Send the bot a picture and it will give you three options: More Like This, Buy, and Who Wore It.
Well, if not who wore it, who wore something like it. "It's really who wore something similar to it. There's actually three words missing due to character limitations in that. The Facebook UI has a character limitation so we couldn't write that whole thing," Mode.ai SVP Karen Ouk told VentureBeat in a phone interview.
The bot also gives fans a chance to find a similar style when a celebrity is wearing something unique or limited edition.
"Two-thirds of the time -- especially for celebrities, what they wear a normal person can't actually get because the designer made it one-of-a-kind or it's not actually available, so we're trying to give the customer a way to get style inspiration [in] a feasible and affordable way," Ouk said.
