Dean Weber | |
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Born |
Buffalo, New York |
August 12, 1962
Nationality | United States |
Occupation | computer scientist, entrepreneur, inventor |
Known for | Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent personal assistant |
Dean Weber (born August 12, 1962) is an American entrepreneur, computer scientist and inventor. Described by many as "the father of the intelligent personal assistant", Weber was credited for the commercial launch of the first personal assistant called IVAN, in 1999. During that time, Weber was founder of One Voice Technologies, an Artificial Intelligence company founded in 1998 in San Diego, CA. At One Voice, Weber was instrumental in launching voice solutions worldwide to millions of users and ultimately sold his patent portfolio to Apple in 2010 prior to Apple's launch of Siri.
Today, Weber is founder of SHEnetics, a cloud-based AI platform for creating conversational voice interfaces in the IoT sector.