Siri (the company) was a spin-off from SRI – Stanford Research Institute. The in...

		osteele on Oct 18, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hey Siri: An On-Device DNN-Powered Voice Trigger f... Siri (the company) was a spin-off from SRI – Stanford Research Institute. The initial product, before the Apple acquisition, was an iPhone app with a chat interface. I don't recall that it supported voice input. It is still possible that the founders were thinking ahead to voice input and wake words when they named the company.

The technology was initially developed under the DARPA CALO research program (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CALO).