Slang Labs will launch officially next month, and it will target tech start-ups in segments such as media, travel, logistics and fintech. Bengaluru: Kumar Rangarajan, a serial entrepreneur who sold his start-up Little Eye Labs to Facebook Inc. in 2014, has floated Slang Labs, which attempts to build software that can allow internet companies to accept voice commands from customers similar to Apple Inc.’s Siri. Bengaluru-based Slang Labs has already secured funding worth Rs8.12 crore from venture capital firm Endiya Partners, according to filings with the Registrar of Companies. Slang Labs has developed VoiceUI, an interaction feature, which Rangarajan believes is a far more natural and intuitive method for interacting with a smartphone. Slang Labs is currently in private mode and the company plans to open-source its platform.

Source: Mint March 22, 2018 21:22 UTC