Desti
Desti is a travel guide app and a spin-off of SRI International that uses SRI's CALO artificial intelligence technology (the basis for Apple's Siri) to help users plan trips.[3] The app went to public beta in November 2012.[4]
| Founded | November 2011[1] |
|---|---|
| Founder | Nadav Gur (Founder & CEO) Imri Goldberg (Founder & CTO) |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | Personalized guide book |
Number of employees | 7[1] |
| Parent | SRI International[2] |
| Website | www |
The company's app allows users to search a destination and filter by a variety of categories, and save the result as a collection.[5] Desti was a finalist in the 2013 SXSW Accelerator.[6] As of early 2013, Desti had raised around $2 million in seed funding, primarily from Horizons Ventures.[5]
References
- "Desti". CrunchBase. TechCrunch. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
- "Ventures: Desti". SRI International. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
- Ha, Anthony (2012-11-08). "Plan Your Next Trip With Desti, A Conversational iPad App Spun Out From Siri-Creator SRI". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
- Grant, Rebecca (2012-11-08). "Siri's sister Desti is a virtual tour guide to answer all your travel queries". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
- Markowitz, Eric (2013-02-28). "Coolest Mobile Tech Companies to Check Out at SXSW". Inc. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
- "SXSW Accelerator 2013 Finalists". South by Southwest. Archived from the original on 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
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