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ToyTalk, Inc. (now PullString, Inc.)
https://toytalk.com/Last activity: 15.02.2019
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ToyTalk is an award-winning entertainment and technology company that combines art and science to create conversation with characters. PullString, ToyTalk’s industry-leading technology platform for creating conversation with characters, is putting the power of speech recognition and artificial intelligence into the hands of creative teams at many of the world’s leading entertainment companies. The Winston Show is an iPad app in which kids and characters have real conversations in a new dimension of make-believe. SpeakaZoo is the only zoo where you talk with the animals, and is available for iOS and Android devices. SpeakaLegend is the first-ever talk & touch speech recognition app. Befriend legendary creatures on a quest to find the Unicorn! And SpeakOrTreat lets you visit the scariest neighborhood in town to fill up your candy bag. All apps are available in the App Store.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $26.5M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Ascolta Ve... | ascoltavc.... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.12.2014 | Series C | $15M | Khosla Ven... |
| 09.11.2012 | - | $11.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 16
| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.02.2019 | Apple acquires talking Barbie voicetech startup PullString | Apple has just bought up the talent it needs to make talking toys a part of Siri, HomePod, and its voice strategy. Apple has acquired PullString, also known as ToyTalk, according to Axios’ Dan Primack and Ina Fried. TechCrunch has received ... |
| 27.09.2016 | Pullstring launches bot-authoring tools for fun & profit | Pullstring — née ToyTalk — today launched its eponymous product out of private beta and into the hands of creators of conversational interfaces everywhere. Out of the box, creators can make bots for Facebook Messenger, Slack, Skype, Kik, Te... |
| 26.04.2016 | ToyTalk renames to PullString, repositions as authoring tool for bots | ToyTalk, the startup that mashed together Barbie and the Internet of Things and let your kids chat away with Thomas the Tank Engine for hours on end, is cashing out on the bot craze with a slight realignment of philosophy — and a new name. ... |
| 16.12.2015 | Hello Barbie, hello hackers: accessing personal data will be child’s play | At the top of some children’s Christmas present wish list this year will be the new Hello Barbie doll. Mattel’s latest doll connects to the internet via Wi-Fi and uses interactive voice response (IVR) to effectively converse with children. ... |
| 30.07.2015 | Pixar Alum-Led ToyTalk Teams Up With Mattel To Let Kids Chat With “Thomas The Tank Engine” And Friends | Though some adults still feel awkward about having conversations with their smartphone’s mobile assistant, like Siri, kids today seem to have no qualms about chattering with our virtual helpers. My daughter, for example, thinks of Siri as j... |
| 10.12.2014 | ToyTalk Raises $15M in Funding | ToyTalk , a San Francisco, CA-based family entertainment company that creates conversational characters, raised $15m in funding. The round was led by Khlosla Ventures with participation from returning investors Greylock, Charles River Ventu... |
| 10.12.2014 | ToyTalk Raises $15M in Series B | SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Startup formed by veterans of the animation company Pixar has raised $15M. >> Click here for more funding data on ToyTalk >> To export ToyTalk funding data to PDF and Excel, click here According to publ... |
| 09.12.2014 | ToyTalk Raises $15 Million In Series C Round Led By Khosla Ventures | ToyTalk, the kids entertainment applications startup founded by former Pixar execs has raised $15 million in a Series C round of financing led by Khosla Ventures. Former investors Greylock, First Round Capital, Charles River Ventures and Tr... |
| 26.09.2014 | Led By Pixar Alums, ToyTalk Launches Its First Paid Kids App, Begins To License Tech | ToyTalk, the makers of kids entertainment applications for iPad, has just released its first paid application with the launch of a character-driven touch and play app called SpeakaLegend. But the team may have even bigger news on the way in... |
| 09.11.2012 | ToyTalk, The Company With The Futuristic Talking Bear, Raises $11.5M from Charles Rivers Ventures | We told you about a cool, futuristic, talking bear a bit ago, and apparently we weren’t the only ones blown away by it. Today, Venturebeat and The Next Web reported that ToyTalk has raised $11.5M from Charles Rivers Ventures to bring this p... |
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