Voxi AB was founded in 1999 by a group of four, two of whom being researchers at SICS and one former SICS researcher. The business idea is to license this software to application developers, who then take the products to consumers within different domains. Voxi enters an area where many large players are already present. However, the ISI platform has some important features that set Voxi apart from the competition and, as such, an exploitable niche has been created. The unique approach allows verbal manipulation and query of arbitrary information.
Logic reasoning allows users to express high level, abstract goals.
The natural language can be substituted without modifying the rest of the system. Good speech interfaces are difficult and time consuming to implement. BotBox Founded in 1999 by Sverker Janson, Joakim Eriksson and Niclas Finne. In December 1999 the new SICS spin-off company BotBox AB was formed by three SICS researchers from the SICS Intelligent Systems Laboratory, with venture funding from Telia Business Innovation. SICS holds a minority position in return for licensed technology, as made possible by the new SICS spin-off policy.