I guess we finally know where the name Alexa came from?
It always seemed too random, and “these guys demoed a voice assistant they made for Lexus and we noticed that it’s a decent name for avoiding false positives” makes some sense.
Alexa just cost Amazon another $46.7 million
"Alexus" voice assistant demoed 6 months before Alexa reveal, patent lawsuit said.
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