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Siri is a personal assistant application for the iPhone OS. The application uses natural language processing to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to an expanding set of web services. The iPhone app is the first public product by its makers, who are focused on artificial intelligence applications.

Siri's marketing claims include that Siri adapts to the user's individual preferences over time and personalizes results, as well as accomplishing tasks such as making dinner reservations and reserving a cab. ^[1]

Funding

Siri was founded in December 2007 by Dag Kittlaus (CEO), Adam Cheyer (VP Engineering), and Tom Gruber (CTO/VP Design), aided by Norman Winarsky from SRI's commercialization group. On October 13, 2008, Siri announced it had raised an $8.5 million Series A financing round, led by Menlo Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures. ^[2] In November 2009, Siri raised a $15.5 million Series B financing round from the same investors as in their previous round, but led by Hong-Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing ^[3]

Research and development

Siri is a spin-out from SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center, and is an offshoot of the Darpa-funded CALO project, described as perhaps the largest artificial-intelligence project ever launched. ^[4]

Siri's primary technical areas focus on a Conversational Interface, Personal Context Awareness, and Service Delegation. ^[5]

Siri's actions and answers rely upon a growing ecosystem of partners ^[6], including:

OpenTable, Gayot, CitySearch, BooRah, Yelp, YahooLocal, ReserveTravel, Localeze for restaurant and business questions and actions;
Eventful, StubHub, and LiveKick for events and concert information;
MovieTickets, RottenTomatoes, New York Times for movie information and reviews;
True Knowledge, Bing Answers, and Wolfram Alpha for factual question answering.^{[citation needed]};
Bing and Google for web search.

References

^ Siri homepage
^ Semantic Stealth Startup Siri Raises $8.5 Million
^ A Personal Assistant on Your iPhone
^ Hay, Timothy (2010-02-05). "Siri Inc. Launches 'Do Engine' Application For iPhone". Wall Street Journal (online). p. 1. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
^ Siri Technology page
^ Siri Partners page

External links

[1] Siri homepage

[2] Semantic Stealth Startup Siri Raises $8.5 Million

[3] A Personal Assistant on Your iPhone

[RD-Siri-4] Hay, Timothy (2010-02-05). "Siri Inc. Launches 'Do Engine' Application For iPhone". Wall Street Journal (online). p. 1. Retrieved 2010-02-05.

[5] Siri Technology page

[6] Siri Partners page

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-'''Siri''' is a [[personal assistant]] application for the [[iPhone OS]]. The application uses [[natural language processing]] to answer questions and make recommendations. The iPhone app is the first public product by its makers, who are focused on [[artificial intelligence]] applications.
+'''Siri''' is a [[personal assistant]] application for the [[iPhone OS]]. The application uses [[natural language processing]] to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to an expanding set of [[web services]]. The iPhone app is the first public product by its makers, who are focused on [[artificial intelligence]] applications.
-Siri's marketing claims include that Siri adapts to the user's individual preferences over time and personalizes results, as well as accomplishing tasks such as making dinner reservations while trying to catch a cab. <ref>[http://www.siri.com/about/ Siri homepage]</ref>
+Siri's marketing claims include that Siri adapts to the user's individual preferences over time and personalizes results, as well as accomplishing tasks such as making dinner reservations and reserving a cab. <ref>[http://www.siri.com/about/ Siri homepage]</ref>
+==Funding==
+Siri was founded in December 2007 by Dag Kittlaus (CEO), Adam Cheyer (VP Engineering), and Tom Gruber (CTO/VP Design), aided by Norman Winarsky from SRI's commercialization group.  On October 13, 2008, Siri announced it had raised an $8.5 million Series A financing round, led by Menlo Ventures and [[Morgenthaler Ventures]]. <ref>[http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/semantic_stealth_startup_siric.php Semantic Stealth Startup Siri Raises $8.5 Million]</ref> In November 2009, Siri raised a $15.5 million Series B financing round from the same investors as in their previous round, but led by Hong-Kong billionaire [[Li Ka-shing]] <ref>[http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/a-personal-assistant-on-your-iphone/ A Personal Assistant on Your iPhone]</ref>
 ==Research and development==
-Siri was originally, and secretly, developed in a [[Stanford University]] research lab. While the new application was being developed the company (Siri) raised venture capital and staffed its board of directors, anticipating the manufacture and release. This has been labeled the largest artificial-intelligence project ever launched. <ref name=RD-Siri>{{Cite news
+Siri is a spin-out from SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center, and is an offshoot of the Darpa-funded [[CALO]] project, described as perhaps the largest artificial-intelligence project ever launched. <ref name=RD-Siri>{{Cite news
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-The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), under its Personalized Assistant that Learns (PAL - download brochure) program, has awarded SRI three phases of a five-year contract to develop an enduring personalized cognitive assistant.<ref>[http://caloproject.sri.com/ CALO: Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes]</ref>
+Siri's primary technical areas focus on a Conversational Interface, Personal Context Awareness, and Service Delegation. <ref>[http://siri.com/about/technology Siri Technology page]</ref>
-Siri uses [[True Knowledge]] for factual [[question answering]].{{Fact|date=March 2010}}
-==Funding==
-On October 13, 2008, Siri announced it had raised an $8.5 million Series A financing round, led by Menlo Ventures and [[Morgenthaler Ventures]]. <ref>[http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/semantic_stealth_startup_siric.php Semantic Stealth Startup Siri Raises $8.5 Million]</ref> In November 2009, Siri raised a $15.5 million Series B financing round from the same investors as in their previous round, but led by Hong-Kong billionaire [[Li Ka-shing]] <ref>[http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/a-personal-assistant-on-your-iphone/ A Personal Assistant on Your iPhone]</ref>
+Siri's actions and answers rely upon a growing ecosystem of partners <ref>[http://siri.com/about/partners Siri Partners page]</ref>, including:
+* OpenTable, Gayot, CitySearch, BooRah, Yelp, YahooLocal, ReserveTravel, Localeze for restaurant and business questions and actions;
+* Eventful, StubHub, and LiveKick for events and concert information;
+* MovieTickets, RottenTomatoes, New York Times for movie information and reviews;
+* [[True Knowledge]], Bing Answers, and Wolfram Alpha for factual [[question answering]].{{Fact|date=March 2010}};
+* Bing and Google for web search.
 ==See also==
 *[[Natural language user interface]]
 ==References==
 <references/>
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 [[Category:Natural language processing]]
 [[Category:Artificial intelligence]]
+[[Category:Personal assistant]]