Name | Notability | References |
Alterego | Created software to customize web page contents to thin clients. Acquired by Macromedia in 2002. | [3] |
Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII) | Contract research organization that specializes in artificial intelligence in Australia. | [3] |
ANSA Software | Built Paradox commercial relational database software. The company was purchased by Borland in 1987 who licensed it to Corel in 1996. | [3] |
August Systems | Created fault-tolerant software. | [3] |
BusinessLand | One of the first companies to sell personal computers; founded in 1982, and by 1988 had over $1 billion sales per year. Sold to JWP, Inc. in 1991 for $54 million. | [3][12][13] |
China Mobilesoft | Created software for mobile device manufacturers, primarily for end users in China. Acquired by PalmSource in 2004, which was acquired by ACCESS in 2005. | [3][14] |
Cohesive Network Services | Provided network engineering services. Purchased for $100 million in 1999 by Exodus Communications. | [3] |
Communications Intelligence Corporation | Supplies electronic signature solutions[buzzword] and biometric signature verification to the financial industry. Founded in 1981 by Hew Crane, Earle Jones, John Ostrem and Peter Edberg. | [3][15] |
Comware International | Built gateways for IBM systems. Moved to sensing storage and display systems. | [3] |
Cybercash | Provided online financial transactions. Acquired by Verisign. | [3] |
DataQuest | Created market surveys and studies of technical fields. Acquired by ACNielsen in 1978 and Gartner Group in 1995. | [3] |
DenseNet | Created optical signal processing and switching devices. | [3] |
Desti | Travel guide based on the CALO artificial intelligence project | [16] |
Digideck | Created data compression software for sound recordings. Founded in 1986 and sold to Datacast in 1996. | [3][17][18] |
Discern Communications | Acquired by Spanlink Communications. Automated question-answering for customer service centers. | [19] |
E-Trade | Online discount equity trading | [3] |
enVia Partners | A venture capital firm that launches companies that focus on wireless technologies. | [3][20] |
Etak | Founded in 1983, this company created digital maps for navigation systems. Acquired by Tele Atlas in 2000. | [3] |
e-Vue | Dissolved company. Offered MPEG-4 compliant encoding and authoring tools. | [21] |
Firetide | Produced network devices for a cheap, rapidly deployable WiFi service. | [3] |
FX Development Group | Founded in 1989, this company created terminals used for foreign exchange, bond and energy trading. They were acquired by Dow Jones & Company in 1991. | [3] |
GWcom | Created two-way pagers and provided cell phone services in China. Split into two companies, GWtech and Byair. | [3] |
Global Internet Access Services | Internet service provider, founded in 1987. Sold to Verio, who subsequently sold it to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone around 1996. | [3] |
Global Internet Software | Wrote network security software for Windows NT machines. Purchased for $40 million in 1997 by Cisco Systems; their technology was integrated into Cisco's PIX firewall. | [3] |
Grabit | Produces industrial automation and materials handling solutions.[buzzword] | [22] |
Innovation Research of California | Created software that helped the creative process in an organization. Renamed to Innovation Engines in 2000. | [3] |
Interop | Specialized in internet communications and enterprise networking equipment. | [3] |
Kestrel Institute | Developed logic programming and AI software. | [3] |
Kuato Studios | Game company developing a platform designed to make learning more entertaining. | [23] |
Machine Intelligence Corp (MIC) | AI application that improved assembly line work. | [3] |
Metapath | Created local area networking equipment; founded in 1984. | [3] |
Microbot | Created miniature robots for teaching. Sold to UMI around 1991. | [3][24] |
MobileSoft Technology | Creator of linux-based embedded systems, based in China. | [3] |
Netiva Software | Created database systems for internet applications. Renamed to Portera Systems in 1998 and was acquired by Exigen Group in 2002. | [3][25] |
Neural Systems Corp | Created "trainable" logic to increase recording density. | [3] |
Nuance Communications | Provides speech, biometrics, automotive, mobile, and imaging solutions[buzzword] for enterprise, healthcare, government, and other industries. | [3][26] |
Ordinate | Created software to measure the quality of spoken language. | [3] |
Packethop | Creates packet routing systems for wireless networks. | [3][27] |
Reactive Network Solutions | Created network security products to protect against denial of service attacks. | [3] |
Redwood Robotics | Acquired by Google in 2013; it was working on a new generation of robot arms that are simple to program, inexpensive, and safe to operate alongside people. | [28][29][30] |
Rooftop Communications | Fixed site wireless internet access. Sold for $57 million in 1999 to Nokia. | [3] |
SecureSoft | Created secure database products. Renamed to Crosslogix in 1997, awarded $22 million in venture capital funds in 2000, and purchased by BEA Systems in February 2003. | [3] |
Secure Products | Develops anti-counterfeiting and anti-diversion systems based on material marking and recognition technology. | [31] |
Siri | Acquired by Apple in 2010. Its virtual personal assistant technology was first included in the iPhone 4S. | [32] |
Skypilot Networks | Created wireless internet access products. Acquired by Trilliant Incorporated in 2009. | [3][33] |
Social Kinetics | Acquired by RedBrick Health in 2010, provides methods and technology for driving the success of enterprise social media. | [citation needed] |
Sportvision | Offers virtual advertising and imaging solutions[buzzword] for television, including the yellow line in football and the yellow puck in hockey. Previously known as PVI Virtual Media Services. | [34] |
Symantec | Founded by Gary Hendrix in 1979, this company started as an AI-based database query language and system called QandA; evolved into large antivirus vendor. | [3] |
Syntelligence | Created AI software applications, founded in 1983. | [3] |
Systar | Software applications for computer networking. | [3] |
Teleos Research | Created robotic systems and devices. | [3] |
Tempo AI | Created a smart calendar for the iPhone. | [35] |
TGV | Founded in 1988, this company created communications software and simulation software for VAX computers. TGV stood for "Two Guys and a Vax". The company was sold to Cisco Systems in 1996. | [3] |
Tout | Offers a web application that captures life's "defining moments" via real-time video streaming and sharing. | [36] |
Trapit | Offers a virtual personal assistant that uses artificial intelligence to understand your interests and personalize the web. | [37][38] |
Verbatim Corporation | Established in 1969, created recording media including floppy diskettes. Acquired by Mitsubishi Chemical. | [3] |
Vocera Communications | Created wireless communications systems | [3] |
Wireless Security Corp | Created WiFi security systems. Acquired by McAfee in 2005. | [3][39] |