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.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/semantic_stealth_startup_siric.php
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22117/
See also other Major Talmadge posts:
http://majorbenjamintalmadge.blogspot.com/2009/04/siri-assistant-origins-in-calo.html
http://majorbenjamintalmadge.blogspot.com/2009/04/siri-assistant-founder-on-linkedin.html
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