Developers can use API.AI services for speech recognition, natural language processing (intent recognition and context awareness), and conversation management to quickly and easily differentiate their business, increase customer satisfaction and improve business processes. Developers can also leverage pre-built knowledge packages across a diverse collection of popular topics built from over two and a half billion user queries processed by the system. When enabled, agents can understand thousands of diverse requests out of the box. Api.ai powers Assistant, an app which answers questions in natural language, performs tasks, and connects to popular web services. The app has over 25 million registered users and has the highest user rating among other voice assistants in the market. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, the API.AI team brings decades of experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning. API.AI is backed by Intel Capital, Motorola Solutions, SAIC Motor, and Alpine Electronics.
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Api.ai was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, US
Api.ai Office Locations
Api.ai has an office in Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale, US (HQ)
308 111 W Evelyn Ave
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Founding Date | 2010 |
Total Funding | $8.6 m |
Latest funding size | $3 m |
Time since last funding | almost 2 years |
Investors | Alpine Technology Ventures, SAIC Capital, Alpine, Plug and Play, Intel Capital, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital |
Api.ai's latest funding round in August 2015 was reported to be $3 m. In total, Api.ai has raised $8.6 m
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Api.ai News and Updates
November 03, 2016
API.ai launches payments and unlimited queries to its bot platform following Google acquisition
Bots made with API.ai can now complete transactions, use photos and videos, and send an unlimited amount of messages, the company announced today. These are some of the first publicly announced changes to API.ai since Google acquired the company in September a day before the launch of the Allo chat …
September 19, 2016
Google acquires API.AI, a company helping developers build bots that aren’t awful to talk to
Google has just disclosed that it has snatched up the team behind API.AI. API.AI provides tools to developers to help them build conversational, Siri-esque bots. As humans, we’re pretty good at communication. If someone says “the girl saw a man with the binoculars,” we can generally use contextual …
September 19, 2016
Google acquires natural language understanding startup Api.ai
Google today said that it’s acquired API.ai, a startup with tools for speech recognition and natural language understanding. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. In addition to its developers tools, Api.ai offers a conversational assistant app with more than 20 million users. Google did not disclose…
July 11, 2016
Cisco partners with bot makers Gupshup and API.ai
Cisco announced a partnership Monday with bot-building platforms Gupshup and API.ai that allows thousands of bots to quickly join Cisco Spark and Cisco Tropo platforms. It also turns up the intensity in competition between enterprise team communication chat apps like Skype and Slack. The announcemen…