YCW14· AI· DevtoolsWit.ai
Natural Language for Developers --Wit is an API that makes it easy…
Founders
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Competitors
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About Wit.ai
Natural Language for the Internet of Things. Wit.ai is an API that makes it easy for developers to build applications and devices that you can talk to. Any app, any device can use Wit.ai to take natural language input (speech or text message) from users and turn it into a command. Wit.ai is a Y Combinator company based in Palo Alto, and funded by Andreessen Horowitz.
San Francisco, CA, USA; Palo Alto, CA, USA
Wit.ai: questions
Which YC batch was Wit.ai in?
Wit.ai was in Y Combinator's Winter 2014 batch (W14).
Is Wit.ai still active?
Y Combinator lists Wit.ai as acquired.
Where is Wit.ai based?
Wit.ai lists San Francisco, CA, USA; Palo Alto, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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