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At INTX, MindMeld Launches AI Platform for TV and Entertainment Discovery that Trumps Apple TV and Amazon EchoBOSTON, May 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- MindMeld (www.mindmeld.com), a leading conversational AI company, today unveiled MindMeld for TV, the first solution designed for pay-television and over-the-top content providers to empower effortless entertainment discovery and smart-home experiences through voice and conversational interfaces. "TVs and set-top boxes have had speech recognition for the last four years, but many users dislike the experience that's been notoriously brittle and not very smart," said Tim Tuttle, CEO and founder of MindMeld. "With the launch of MindMeld for TV, it is now possible for cable companies and smart-home service providers to create transformative conversational experiences that will delight millions of subscribers." MindMeld for TV's solution delivers human-like accuracy, featuring:
MindMeld for TV leverages state-of-the-art NLP technology known as "broad-vocabulary" language understanding and question answering. It's the first conversational entertainment discovery solution to use this innovative technology, which combines large-scale machine learning with a proprietary semantic knowledge base to accurately understand millions of possible queries. "We have seen a massive shift towards intuitive voice commands," said Jack Leeney, US Head of Investing at Telefonica Ventures, a strategic investor in MindMeld. "Users now expect that all connected home devices will have conversational interfaces. MindMeld is well positioned to fundamentally change forever the way that companies engage with their end-users." Ankur Prakash, VP of Liberty Global Ventures, another strategic investor of MindMeld, said, "Voice interface is becoming a critical part of content discovery and user interface. Through our investment relationship with MindMeld, we are exploring how the cable industry can leverage conversational AI to create an intuitive and robust experience that takes content discovery to the next level." Pricing and Availability More information about MindMeld for TV is available at http://info.mindmeld.com/mindmeldfortv.html. Information about MindMeld can be found at the company's website at www.mindmeld.com by contacting the company at [email protected]. About MindMeld Contact Video - https://youtu.be/JRMkYuAOVOM
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