Voice is coming to every device, every platform and every household globally.  Why?  Because it is intuitive, simple and powerful.

There are whole communities of developers out there that want access to voice technology so that they can innovate, but so far it's been the domain of a few large companies.  Solutions from Apple, Amazon and Facebook are walled off, propreitary and secretive.

Large corporations are also interested in deploying conversational interfaces for their products, but they've learned from past mistakes.  They are not going to send their proprietary data to Google or Amazon.

So how do developers get full access to the technology?  How do corporations deploy state of the art voice technology while maintaining data independence? 

Deploying a custom voice assistant is easy thanks to Mycroft: the world’s first open source artificial intelligence platform. Mycroft brings the power of natural language understanding to makers, developers and Fortune 500 companies.

Amazon has Alexa.  Google has Assistant. Now everyone else in the business world has an AI they can customize and deploy.  Mycroft uses natural language processing to understand human speech and respond to voices naturally.  And everyone else?  That's a huge market.

 We’ve seen the beginning of the voice revolution, but most of the growth in the market is yet to come.  Users and corporations around the world want to deploy voice because it’s the simplest, most efficient, most intuitive way to interact with your digtal devices at home, in the office – and throughout your world.

Mycroft can be deployed in automobiles, wearables, desktops, devices and mobile.

More than 1,500 developers are already using Mycroft’s platform to build smarter, simpler, more integrated AI experiences for tens of thousands of users. Now, we’re ready to take Mycroft to the next level, and help build the future of truly smart, truly intuitive connected things.

At Mycroft, our mission is simple: building the most useful, intuitive and natural language processing platform in the world – an open software suite that allows users to speak to their devices as naturally as you talk to another person.

The origin of our technology is the company’s reference design: the Mark I. The Mark I is a smart connected speaker that responds to voice commands, answers questions, and plays music.  It is powered by Raspberry Pi and Arduino, two very popular prototyping technologies.  This makes it accessible for makers, hackers and developers around the world.

But Mycroft is more than a single product: it’s a complete, comprehensive artificial intelligence platform that links your connected world into an open ecosystem. And because it is open, Mycroft allows enterprise to embed natural language processing in their products and services. Companies in industries as varied as automotive OEMs, consumer electronics and even drone manufacturers are looking at Mycroft as a way to better interact with users.

Connect Mycroft to your SmartThings hub, WeMo devices or Phillips Hue lights and command devices with the sound of your voice. Turn on lights, lock doors, make coffee, water plants and feed pets. Whatever it is, if it is connected to the internet – Mycroft can control it.

The Mycroft software platform is open source, but the company has kept key pieces proprietary.  To run the software at scale companies pay to license the company's back end.

Mycroft is open source, so makers everywhere can open Mycroft up, add components, change software, extend it, hack it, and make Mycroft better for the global Mycroft community.

Mycroft is always ready to answer when you call. Otherwise, it ignores you, so your conversations are always confidential. Mycroft respects privacy.

Mycroft uses machine learning softare to process natural language, determine your intent and take action. The more people adopt Mycroft, the more Mycroft will learn and become more capable, more useful and more fun.

As programmers and makers find new things for Mycroft to do, we share their hacks, tweaks, extensions and modules with the worldwide Mycroft community through our web-based repository.  There are now more than 125 community skills available.
 

Whether you’re at home or at the office, Mycroft is ready to add a whole new level of efficiency and intelligence to your world.

In Your Technology:
Mycroft can be embedded in anything from an automobile to a microwave. In fact the company recently signed and agreement with a Fortune 500 device maker to help voice enable their products. As an open platform our technology is attractive to businesses who see voice as the next big thing.

The story of Mycroft is the story of what happens when bunch of talented tech build a real-life version of Iron Man’s Jarvis computer.

A year later, over $175,000 in presales and a Techstars accelerator later, Mycroft has evolved from a wacky idea into the natural language platform of choice for the open source community.  Mycroft is the largest open source natural language initiative in the world and a global leader in this exciting technology category.

In August 2015, Mycroft wrapped up a successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, raising over $127,000 from 1,120 backers who believe in Mycroft and are excited to see us succeed. We shipped our first shipment of developer kits on April 2, and we’re on track to ship our first units of the Mycroft hardware device and other rewards to the rest of our backers in mid-October.

Meeting Technology Milestones
Our Mycroft hardware has gone through lab testing for FCC compliance. Mycroft software is already being used extensively throughout the open source community for everything from wireless speakers to robot to speech recognition to chatbots to speech synthesis.

Big League Partnerships
Mycroft has a partnership with Canonical Ltd. that has the potential to put its software on more than 40M devices in the next year.

Other leaders from the world of tech are taking notice of Mycroft as well. Companies that are discussing Mycroft’s technology include:

Accelerated Success
Mycroft is proud to be the first Kansas company ever accepted into the prestigious Techstars program.

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Up next for Mycroft: another shipment to our early adopter heroes coming up in October, and continuing to build the Mycroft community of makers, developers and device manufacturers.

For more information about Mycroft, where we’re going next and how you can be involved, request access to the Business Plan tab of this profile and let’s talk!

Mycroft AI is a team of talented developers, business professionals, builders, makers and tinkerers, united in our mission to harness the power of artificial intelligence to make life simpler, smarter, and more connected.

We also have a great team of young developers and interns who are passionate aobut our mission to build an AI that runs anywhere and interacts exactly like a person.

Our team includes the first technical hire from Siri and the second engineer on the Amazon Echo project and is lead by a senior developer with more than 20 years of experience creating innovative high quality software systems.

Joshua Montgomery – CEO
One of the few entrepreneurs in the United States to build a gigabit fiber network from scratch, Joshua brings more than 15 years of entrepreneurial experience to the Mycroft project. Joshua’s previous project, Wicked Broadband, has been featured in Wired, Ars Technica and Forbes. He is a firm supporter of the open source movement committed to an open future for AI.

Steve Penrod – CTO
Steve brings over 20 years of product development experience to the Mycroft team. At Autodesk he developed CAD and GIS systems and explored touch and voice interfaces in their early days. At GNS Healthcare he built research tools to fight cancer and heart disease. Most recently he led Rhythm Engineering’s development, convincing the traffic industry that real-time traffic optimization is possible, effective and safe. He wants to continue using his talents to build technology that makes a better world.

Nate Tomasi – COO
Nate is a COO with experience leading two successful startups.  He worked with Steve Penrod at Rythm Engineering for three years before joining Captify Health which was recently aquired by Continuum Health.  Nate brings strong organizational and leadership skills to the Mycroft team where he is responsible for operations.

Derick Schweppe – Chief of Design
Derick is an industrial design instructor at the University of Kansas where he shares his passion for design with talented students. Derick’s portfolio is filled with projects that help people develop emotional connections to the products they use every day. His design skills are responsible for giving Mycroft both form and functionality.

Kristie Adair – Social Media Director
Kris Adair is an experienced entrepreneur and elected official. Kris has a strong social media presence and is responsible for leading Mycroft’s marketing effort. She serves as the executive director of the Lawrence Center for Entrepreneurship where she helps entrepreneurs succeed by providing a makerspace, co-working environment and data center. She also serves on the USD497 school board.