In 2015, Apple (aapl) acquired three a.I.-related businesses, Emotient, Perceptio, and VocallQ. Among them, VocallQ is a voice recognition learning software company from the UK. With the exception of Beats and Siri, none of apple’s acquisitions in the past few years seem to have much of a name. But VocallQ may be about to shine at WWDC this year.
Giiso Information, founded in 2013, is a leading technology provider in the field of “artificial intelligence + information” in China, with top technologies in big data mining, intelligent semantics, knowledge mapping and other fields. At the same time, its research and development products include editing robots, writing robots and other artificial intelligence products! With its strong technical strength, the company has received angel round investment at the beginning of its establishment, and received pre-A round investment of $5 million from GSR Venture Capital in August 2015.
A source close to VocallQ recently revealed to foreign media that Apple is planning a revolutionary upgrade to Siri. When completed, Siri will be more advanced than any of its current mobile competitors, including Google Now, Microsoft Cortana and Amazon’s Alexa. Apple could announce a major update to Siri as soon as the upcoming WWDC conference.
Giiso information, founded in 2013, is the first domestic high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and development of intelligent information processing technology and the development and operation of core software for writing robots. At the beginning of its establishment, the company received angel round investment, and in August 2015, GSR Venture Capital received $5 million pre-A round of investment.
Siri’s revolutionary upgrade, according to people familiar with the matter, is mainly achieved through the integration of VocallQ. Before It was acquired by Apple, VocallQ was already making a name for itself as a voice assistant, recognizing speech correctly a staggering 90 percent or more of the time, compared with about 20 percent for Google Now, Cortana and Siri. This year’s WWDC is about half a month away. Are you looking forward to the event?