November 14th, 2012

Maluuba Launches Natural Language Processing API, Brings Siri-Like Powers To Any App

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Maluuba, the TC Disrupt finalist and Android-based Siri competitor today has unveiled a major new platform play, via its natural language processing (NLP) API for app developers. The Maluuba team believes that NLP is the next logical interface for use across any category of app, just like keyboards, buttons and touch points have been before it, and this API is designed to help them take an early… → Read More

September 11th, 2012

Maluuba Wants To Challenge Apple’s Siri With Its “Do Engine”

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Ever since Apple launched its voice-driven personal assistant Siri, a slew of clones have appeared on the scene. Most of these, however, clearly show that Siri was the result of a massive research project that isn’t easy to replicate. Maluuba, which is launching at TechCrunch Disrupt today, is the closest thing I’ve seen to a viable Siri competitor on Android. In many ways, Maluuba is actually… → Read More

February 20th, 2012

Lucky Sort Grabs Half A Million For Big Data Visualization On Web & iPad

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How would you like to crunch your way through big data on your iPad? That’s one of the many promises of Lucky Sort, the stealthy new Portland, Oregon-based startup building a visualization and navigation engine called TopicWatch meant for discovering patterns in live data streams.

The company just raised a half-million seed round from Neu Venture Capital, Invite Investments (founders of Invite… → Read More