INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Semantic Machines, a Berkeley-based startup that wants to solve one of the biggest
challenges in conversational AI: making chatbots sound more human and less like, well, bots.In a blog post, Microsoft AI Research chief
was founded in 2014 and raised about $20.9 million in funding from investors including General Catalyst and Bain Capital Ventures.In a 2016
of building its own consumer products, Semantic Machines focused on enterprise customers
Service, which are used by one million and 300,000 developers, respectively, and virtual assistants Cortana and Xiaolce.
