Arte Merritt

Arte Merritt is a marketing, partnership, business development, and product leader in the conversational AI industry.

He was the co-founder and CEO of Dashbot - the leading analytics platform for conversational interfaces which he led to 20,000 customers, 90 billion messages process, $1M ARR, and multiple acquisition offers.

His annual Superbot conference was one of the most well recognized events in the chatbot and voice assistant space.

In the midst of a global pandemic, Arte led business development efforts to increase revenues setting company on pace for 100% ARR growth.

Previously, Arte founded the mobile analytics platform, Motally, which he led to a successful exit via sale to Nokia. Arte built the first version of Motally, got the initial customers, and raised a Series A round as a sole entrepreneur.

As an active member of the startup community, Arte helped launch two startup accelerator programs, Turner Broadcasting's Media Camp and Mobile Monday’s Momentum, which he co-founded, and is a mentor in Orange's accelerator Orange Fab.

Arte is a frequent author and speaker on conversational interfaces and data insights.