What Happened?
Newton, MA-based Semantic-Machines Appointed Dan Roth as Chief Executive Officer
About the Company
Semantic Machines is made up of a team of proven researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs with extensive track records in AI development. Our team has unique experience, building core AI technology for Siri and Google Now as well as leading award winning academic research. Collectively, we have made pioneering contributions to natural language processing, speech recognition, speech synthesis, deep learning, semantic understanding, machine learning and linguistics. Semantic Machines has offices in Berkeley, California and Boston, Massachusetts.
About the Person
Dan is a serial technology entrepreneur with a focus on building organizations that excel at research-intensive product innovation. His first startup, Voice Signal Technologies, was the industry leader in the development of proprietary speech recognition and synthesis interfaces for mobile devices including the revolutionary iPhone. After Voice Signal was acquired by Nuance Communications [NASDAQ:NUAN] in 2007 for $300M, Dan founded Shaser BioScience, a developer of miniaturized laser technology for dermatological applications. Shaser BioScience was acquired by Spectrum Brands [NYSE:SPB] in 2012 in a deal valued at $100M. Dan received his B.S. in Biology from Trinity College, and is an inventor on more than 90 U.S. and foreign patents.
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