Microsoft To Partner With Thred, page-34

"Thred is a web based messaging platform and mobile app specialising in cross platform communication systems.

Thred has developed several proprietary engines and systems that unify and centralise user contacts and social groups whilst simultaneously providing a centralised communication hub.

Thred is also developing machine learning engines that learn users’ preferences, with the intention of providing a more targeted and satisfying messaging and sharing experience.

Any content (for example, documents, links, video, spreadsheets, Powerpoints, etcetera) can be easily shared, commented on (both across a Thred group or privately within the group), archived, searched and outputted for later review or furthering of the conversation."

Communicate ANY content across contacts from EVERY platform is the vision. That's pretty impressive stuff on its own not to mention the machine learning NLP engine which can transform this into a powerful virtual PA.