Yap, Inc.

Acquired

Charlotte, United States · Founded 2006 · $11.0M raised

Headquarters
Charlotte
Founded
2006
Business Model
B2B
Website
yapme.com
Total Funding
$11.0M
Last Round
$3.0M Series BMar 2010
Rounds
3
Acquired by
AmazonSep 2011

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About

Yap Speech Cloud was a multimodal speech recognition system developed by American technology company Yap Inc. It offered a fully cloud-based speech-to-text transcription platform used by customers such as Microsoft. The company was a contestant at the inaugural TechCrunch40 conference and was acquired by Amazon in September 2011 to help develop products such as Alexa Voice Service, Echo, and Fire TV.

Summary

Yap, Inc. is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Charlotte, United States, founded in 2006. It has raised $11.0M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $3.0M Series B round in Mar 2010. Investors include Amazon, SunBridge Partners and Harbert Management.

Funding & Exit History

AcquisitionSep 2011

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Funding: Angel through Series B. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

Investors

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