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Viv (software)

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Viv Labs, Inc.
Company typePrivate (before acquisition)
IndustrySoftware, Artificial intelligence
PredecessorSix Five Labs, Inc.
Founded2012; 14 years ago (2012)
FounderMark Gabel, Christopher Brigham, Adam Cheyer, Dag Kittlaus
FateAcquired by Samsung Electronics
SuccessorSamsung Bixby (technology integrated)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mark Gabel, Christopher Brigham, Adam Cheyer, Dag Kittlaus
ProductsViv intelligent personal assistant software
OwnerSamsung Electronics (since October 2016)
ParentSamsung Electronics

Viv was an intelligent personal assistant that is no longer in use, originally developed by the creators behind Siri.

History

The assistant was first introduced on May 9, 2016, during TechCrunch Disrupt New York. Unlike Siri, Viv featured an open platform that allowed third-party developers to create external plug-ins compatible with the assistant. It was designed to interpret more sophisticated queries.[1] The development of this software began in 2012,[2][3] and by early 2015, the team had secured funding exceeding $22 million,[4] which increased to $30 million by early 2016.[5]

On October 5, 2016, Viv Labs, Inc.—formerly known as Six Five Labs, Inc.—along with the Viv software, was acquired by Samsung Electronics.[6][7]

In the subsequent month, it was announced that a personal assistant would be incorporated into the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+.[8] However, this assistant turned out to be Bixby, which was essentially a revamped versionTemplate:Fix/category[citation needed] of S Voice, rather than a product based on Viv technology. Later, in October 2017, Samsung declared that Viv Labs’ technology would be integrated into Bixby 2.0.[9]

Patents

  • US 20140380263 A1: System for dynamically evolving cognitive architecture utilizing third-party developer contributions, authored by Mark Gabel, Christopher Brigham, Adam Cheyer, and Dag Kittlaus, registered by Six Five Labs, Inc. and accessible via Google Patents.
  • US 20140380268 A1: Planning method within a dynamically evolving cognitive architecture system, developed by Mark Gabel, Christopher Brigham, and Adam Cheyer, under Six Five Labs, Inc., documented on Google Patents.
  • US 20140380285 A1: Cognitive architecture system that evolves dynamically based on a natural language intent interpreter, created by Mark Gabel, Christopher Brigham, and Adam Cheyer for Six Five Labs, Inc., available through Google Patents.
  • US 20140379615 A1: Method for dynamically evolving cognitive architecture system employing prompts to obtain additional user input, attributed to Mark Gabel, Christopher Brigham, and Adam Cheyer with Six Five Labs, Inc., listed on Google Patents.

See also

References

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External links

  • Official website
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