Semantic Stealth Startup Siri Raises $8.5 Million

We have met our share of secretive startups over the years, but few have been as secretive about their plans as Siri, which was founded in December 2007 and did not even have an official name until today. Siri was spun out of SRI International and its core technology is based on the highly ambitious CALO artificial intelligence project. Today, Siri announced that it has raised an $8.5 million Series A financing round, led by Menlo Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures. Sponsor We got a chance to talk to Siri's co-founders Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer today. Both Dag Kittlaus, who is the company's CEO, and Adam Cheyer, Siri's VP of Engineering, bring an impressive background of experience in the mobile industry and artificial intelligence research to the table. The third co-founder of Siri is Tom Gruber, a well-known expert on... [read full story]