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Amazon's echo show might have some trouble on its hands or its face screen whatever you guys get the idea nucleus a touchscreen enabled intercom system released in August of 2016 claims Amazon quote probably copied us unquote I know I know this seems a little bit like Amazon announced a product and now I want to get in on that action by saying Amazon copied us but there's a bit more to it than that not only does nucleus tap into Amazon's Alexa but after selling out its initial run it received 5.6 million dollars in funding from Amazon's venture capital arm Alexa fund making Amazon the prime investor in nucleus and opening design information and roadmaps to the online retail giant that's definitely raising some eyebrows it's also possible the outcome of this particular brouhaha could scare off third-party developers if Amazon happily crushes smaller companies with their own versions of Alexa enabled products it might discourage startups from prototyping new devices yikes so what's Amazon have to say about all this company's spokesperson Don Brun said in a statement quote we didn't get the idea for Ecco show from nucleus Alexa is already on screens Fire TV and Fire tablets we're always thinking of what will benefit our customers we know our customers love to have choice in form factors and that's a goal of ours on the Alexa team unquote nucleus CEO Jonathan Frankel says he's considering all options for his company going forward but in the meantime hopes to band together with other companies experiencing similar disruptions due to products like the echo show so for now we'll have to keep an eye on it for more check out cnet.com I'm Ashley sceva vegan humans