With all the great news about Siri and how Apple will supercharge it, I decided to share our team’s original founding vision for the Siri venture—prior to Apple’s acquisition.
Amazing story, Norman! I remember when I got my first iPhone which was a 4S (until then I have been Blackberry guy) which came with Siri, and found it to be surprisingly useful. In hindsight, being bought by Apple was probably the best that could have happened to Siri, because, unlike say Amazon, Apple doesn't need to directly monetize it but can maintain it as part of its overall platforms.
When I teach my class at Stanford, one of the questions I always ask is whether we should have sold to Apple. In truth, three of the founders wanted to sell, and the board (which I was on) unanimously wanted to stay private and eventually go public.
Amazing story, Norman! I remember when I got my first iPhone which was a 4S (until then I have been Blackberry guy) which came with Siri, and found it to be surprisingly useful. In hindsight, being bought by Apple was probably the best that could have happened to Siri, because, unlike say Amazon, Apple doesn't need to directly monetize it but can maintain it as part of its overall platforms.
Looking forward to the part 2 of the story!
When I teach my class at Stanford, one of the questions I always ask is whether we should have sold to Apple. In truth, three of the founders wanted to sell, and the board (which I was on) unanimously wanted to stay private and eventually go public.