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Notability
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References
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Alterego
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Created software to customize web page contents to thin clients. Acquired by Macromedia in 2002.
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[3]
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Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII)
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Contract research organization that specializes in artificial intelligence in Australia.
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[3]
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ANSA Software
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Built Paradox commercial relational database software. The company was purchased by Borland in 1987 who licensed it to Corel in 1996.
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[3]
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August Systems
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Created fault-tolerant software.
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[3]
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BusinessLand
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One of the first companies to sell personal computers; founded in 1982, and by 1988 had over $1 billion sales per year. Sold to JWP, Inc. in 1991 for $54 million.
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[3][12][13]
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China Mobilesoft
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Created software for mobile device manufacturers, primarily for end users in China. Acquired by PalmSource in 2004, which was acquired by ACCESS in 2005.
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[3][14]
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Cohesive Network Services
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Provided network engineering services. Purchased for $100 million in 1999 by Exodus Communications.
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[3]
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Communications Intelligence Corporation
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Supplies electronic signature solutions[buzzword] and biometric signature verification to the financial industry. Founded in 1981 by Hew Crane, Earle Jones, John Ostrem and Peter Edberg.
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[3][15]
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Comware International
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Built gateways for IBM systems. Moved to sensing storage and display systems.
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[3]
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Cybercash
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Provided online financial transactions. Acquired by Verisign.
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[3]
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DataQuest
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Created market surveys and studies of technical fields. Acquired by ACNielsen in 1978 and Gartner Group in 1995.
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[3]
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DenseNet
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Created optical signal processing and switching devices.
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[3]
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Desti
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Travel guide based on the CALO artificial intelligence project
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[16]
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Digideck
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Created data compression software for sound recordings. Founded in 1986 and sold to Datacast in 1996.
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[3][17][18]
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Discern Communications
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Acquired by Spanlink Communications. Automated question-answering for customer service centers.
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[19]
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E-Trade
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Online discount equity trading
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[3]
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enVia Partners
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A venture capital firm that launches companies that focus on wireless technologies.
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[3][20]
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Etak
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Founded in 1983, this company created digital maps for navigation systems. Acquired by Tele Atlas in 2000.
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[3]
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e-Vue
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Dissolved company. Offered MPEG-4 compliant encoding and authoring tools.
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[21]
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Firetide
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Produced network devices for a cheap, rapidly deployable WiFi service.
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[3]
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FX Development Group
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Founded in 1989, this company created terminals used for foreign exchange, bond and energy trading. They were acquired by Dow Jones & Company in 1991.
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[3]
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GWcom
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Created two-way pagers and provided cell phone services in China. Split into two companies, GWtech and Byair.
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[3]
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Global Internet Access Services
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Internet service provider, founded in 1987. Sold to Verio, who subsequently sold it to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone around 1996.
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[3]
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Global Internet Software
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Wrote network security software for Windows NT machines. Purchased for $40 million in 1997 by Cisco Systems; their technology was integrated into Cisco's PIX firewall.
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[3]
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Grabit
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Produces industrial automation and materials handling solutions.[buzzword]
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[22]
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Innovation Research of California
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Created software that helped the creative process in an organization. Renamed to Innovation Engines in 2000.
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[3]
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Interop
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Specialized in internet communications and enterprise networking equipment.
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[3]
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Kestrel Institute
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Developed logic programming and AI software.
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[3]
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Kuato Studios
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Game company developing a platform designed to make learning more entertaining.
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[23]
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Machine Intelligence Corp (MIC)
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AI application that improved assembly line work.
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[3]
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Metapath
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Created local area networking equipment; founded in 1984.
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[3]
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Microbot
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Created miniature robots for teaching. Sold to UMI around 1991.
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[3][24]
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MobileSoft Technology
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Creator of linux-based embedded systems, based in China.
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[3]
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Netiva Software
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Created database systems for internet applications. Renamed to Portera Systems in 1998 and was acquired by Exigen Group in 2002.
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[3][25]
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Neural Systems Corp
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Created "trainable" logic to increase recording density.
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[3]
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Nuance Communications
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Provides speech, biometrics, automotive, mobile, and imaging solutions[buzzword] for enterprise, healthcare, government, and other industries.
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[3][26]
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Ordinate
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Created software to measure the quality of spoken language.
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[3]
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Packethop
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Creates packet routing systems for wireless networks.
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[3][27]
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Reactive Network Solutions
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Created network security products to protect against denial of service attacks.
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[3]
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Redwood Robotics
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Acquired by Google in 2013; it was working on a new generation of robot arms that are simple to program, inexpensive, and safe to operate alongside people.
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[28][29][30]
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Rooftop Communications
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Fixed site wireless internet access. Sold for $57 million in 1999 to Nokia.
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[3]
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SecureSoft
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Created secure database products. Renamed to Crosslogix in 1997, awarded $22 million in venture capital funds in 2000, and purchased by BEA Systems in February 2003.
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[3]
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Secure Products
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Develops anti-counterfeiting and anti-diversion systems based on material marking and recognition technology.
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[31]
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Siri
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Acquired by Apple in 2010. Its virtual personal assistant technology was first included in the iPhone 4S.
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[32]
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Skypilot Networks
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Created wireless internet access products. Acquired by Trilliant Incorporated in 2009.
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[3][33]
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Social Kinetics
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Acquired by RedBrick Health in 2010, provides methods and technology for driving the success of enterprise social media.
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Sportvision
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Offers virtual advertising and imaging solutions[buzzword] for television, including the yellow line in football and the yellow puck in hockey. Previously known as PVI Virtual Media Services.
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[34]
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Symantec
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Founded by Gary Hendrix in 1979, this company started as an AI-based database query language and system called QandA; evolved into large antivirus vendor.
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[3]
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Syntelligence
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Created AI software applications, founded in 1983.
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[3]
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Systar
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Software applications for computer networking.
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[3]
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Teleos Research
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Created robotic systems and devices.
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[3]
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Tempo AI
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Created a smart calendar for the iPhone.
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[35]
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TGV
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Founded in 1988, this company created communications software and simulation software for VAX computers. TGV stood for "Two Guys and a Vax". The company was sold to Cisco Systems in 1996.
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[3]
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Tout
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Offers a web application that captures life's "defining moments" via real-time video streaming and sharing.
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[36]
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Trapit
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Offers a virtual personal assistant that uses artificial intelligence to understand your interests and personalize the web.
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[37][38]
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Verbatim Corporation
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Established in 1969, created recording media including floppy diskettes. Acquired by Mitsubishi Chemical.
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[3]
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Vocera Communications
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Created wireless communications systems
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[3]
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Wireless Security Corp
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Created WiFi security systems. Acquired by McAfee in 2005.
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[3][39]
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