interface founded arlington virginia us 2010 headquarters palo alto california us key people ilya gelfenbeyn ceo artem goncharuk cto pavel sirotin vp knowledge and interaction design products assistant api.ai website www.speaktoit.com speaktoit is a developer of human computer interaction technologies based on natural language conversations . the company is best known for creating the assistant by speaktoit a virtual buddy for android ios and windows phone smartphones that performs tasks and answers users question in a natural language . 1 speaktoit has also created a natural language processing engine that incorporates conversation context like dialogue history location and user preferences . in may 2012 speaktoit received a venture round funding terms undisclosed from intel capital . 2 in july 2014 speaktoit closed their series b funding led by motorola solutions venture capital with participation from new investor plug and play ventures and existing backers intel capital and alpine technology fund . 3 api.ai edit in september 2014 speaktoit released api.ai the voice enabling engine that powers assistant to third party developers allowing the addition of voice interfaces to apps based on android ios html5 and cordova . 4 5 the sdk s contain voice recognition natural language understanding and text to speech . api.ai offers a web interface to build and test conversation scenarios . the platform is based on the natural language processing engine built by speaktoit for its assistant application . 4 api.ai allows internet of things developers to include natural language voice interfaces in their products . 6 references edit the digital personal assistant problem siri still hasn t solved . www.fastcompany.com . 8 august 2012 . retrieved 24 october 2012 . speaktoit secures funding from intel . www.bloomberg.com . 25 may 2012 . retrieved 20 october 2012 . speaktoit scores 2.6 m to put virtual assistant into cars robots and wearables . http blogs.wsj.com . 18 july 2014 . retrieved 6 october 2014 . external link in publisher help a b wierema sam 16 september 2014 . build your own siri api.ai offers voice integration for all . http thenextweb.com . external link in publisher help api.ai documentation . tolentino mellisa 19 september 2014 . new platforms upgrades simplify life for iot developers . http siliconangle.com . external link in publisher help retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title speaktoit & oldid 677452037 categories natural language processing softwareartificial intelligencecompanies based in sunnyvale californiahidden categories cs1 errors external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2015 at 10 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view