Facebook's new chat bot platform is off to a fantastic start

This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Facebook Messenger's new service is a hit with developers. Messenger Platform, the company's new chatbot service, is attracting developers in droves, head of product Stan Chudnovsky said at TechCrunch Disrupt on Tuesday. There are now "tens of thousands" of developers creating chatbots for Messenger, an impressive statistic because the platform has only been operation for one month. The first new initiative announced at Facebook's F8 developer conference in April was Messenger Platform, which includes a variety of tools designed to assist businesses with the creation of bots for the messaging app.