Today Yahoo announced that it has acquired SkyPhrase, a developer of natural language processing technology. The company will become part of Yahoo Lab
In SkyPhrase announcement. “At SkyPhrase, we believe online information and services would be much more powerful and user friendly if people could tell computers what they want to accomplish using natural language. The technology we developed enables computers to understand more complex and precise human language than ever before. “
“In Yahoo, we have found a company that not only shares our vision, but delivers a rich collection of information and services to a massive user base. We are excited to join Yahoo Labs to continue to work on our shared vision of making computers deeply understand people’s natural language and intentions. We can’t wait to take things to the next level together. “