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Halli Labs Acquired

Bengaluru Founded 2017 hallilabs.com ↗

Bengaluru-based AI/ML/NLP startup founded in April 2017 by data scientist Pankaj Gupta (former Twitter recommendations lead, former Stayzilla CTO) and Pradhuman Jhala; built deep-learning tools for speech recognition and natural language processing. Acquired by Google in July 2017, four months after launch — Google's first India acquisition — joining Google's Next Billion Users team. Acquisition amount undisclosed.

Pankaj Gupta Pradhuman Jhala
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Acquisitions

DateAcquirerAcquiredAmountSource
12 Jul 2017 Google Halli Labs Undisclosed source

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FAQs on Halli Labs

Who founded Halli Labs?

Halli Labs was founded by Pankaj Gupta, Pradhuman Jhala in 2017.

What does Halli Labs do?

Bengaluru-based AI/ML/NLP startup founded in April 2017 by data scientist Pankaj Gupta (former Twitter recommendations lead, former Stayzilla CTO) and Pradhuman Jhala; built deep-learning tools for speech recognition and natural language processing. Acquired by Google in July 2017, four months after launch — Google's first…

Where is Halli Labs headquartered?

Halli Labs is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

What is Halli Labs's business model?

Halli Labs's core value proposition centers on Modern ML applied to old, unsolved problems.

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