List of SRI International spin-offs

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This is a list of spin-offs from SRI International. SRI International (SRI), previously known as Stanford Research Institute, is a research and innovation center. To bring its breakthroughs to the marketplace, SRI licenses technology and works with investment and venture capital firms to launch a wide variety of ventures.[1] SRI has launched more than 60 spin-off ventures; this includes four public companies with combined market capitalizations exceeding $20 billion.[2]

Engineering and systems[]

Name Notability References
Applied Communications Founded around 1967 by Robert Weitbrecht. Created early modems for the deaf community. The company is now known as Weitbrecht Communications. [3][4]
American Microsystems Designed and manufactured integrated circuits and semiconductors. Purchased by Gould in 1982 and now known as AMI Semiconductor, which was purchased by ON Semiconductor. [3]
Anderson-Jacobson First major producer of acoustically coupled modems. Acquired by in 1988, which changed its name to . [3]
Formed by SRI and CSL LLC, offers products manufactured by an proprietary metal "print and plate" process used to make flexible circuit materials and components. [5]
Created general electronics systems. [3]
Initially established in 1955. Worked on electrooptical shutter, aerial cameras and ion propulsion. Became Xerox Electro-Optical in 1967 and subsequently sold to Loral. [3]
Product development, including medical instrumentation. Established in 1977 by Steve Johnson and George Eilers. [3]
Failure Analysis Associates Analysis of failure modes and causes. Now known as Exponent. [3]
Established in 1956, Granger focused on communications, antennas, and electrostatic dischargers. Acquired by , which in turn merged with Alcatel-Lucent. [3]
Katun Corporation World's largest supplier of after-market copier parts with $360 million revenue in 2001. Sold to and in 2002 [3]
Provided energy management and trading services. Founded in 1985. [3]
Develops military stealth technology and "Ground Penetrating Synthetic Aperture Radar" (GPSAR) for Black Hawk helicopters, unmanned and light aircraft. [3][6]
Raychem Established in 1957, Raychem created insulation products, including shrink-wrap wire insulation. It was purchased by Tyco International in 1999 for $2.9 billion. [3]
Created electronic products, one of which was a metronome. [3]
(SBI) Formerly SRI Consulting-Business Intelligence, combines ongoing research with consulting services to create insights that affect customers, business, and technology. [7]
Superflex Robotics project, aiming at human augmentation. [8]
(SCI) Created engineering systems. [3]
(TCI) Founded in 1961 to design and manufacture antennas. [3]
Remote sensing and signal processing applications, including leak detection and location. [3]

Legal, policy and finance[]

Name Notability References
Performs long-term studies of the economy of California for both public and private sector clients. [3]
Analysis-based planning and market analysis. Merged with in 1997 to make DFI/Aeronomics Inc., which changed its name to and was acquired by Manugistics in 2000. Manugistics was acquired by JDA Software in 2006. [3][9][10]
Performed tourism market analysis, particularly for Disney World and other theme parks. Sold to in 1969. [3]
Fair Isaac Corporation Helps companies win new customers and markets. Their software managed about 85% of credit cards worldwide as of 2006. [3]
Global Business Network Strategy consulting organization. [3]
Founded by Harrison Price in 1978. Economic consultants. [3]
Institute for the Future Think tank that assists corporations with long-term planning. [3]
Applied decision analysis to legal risk estimation. [3]
Performed risk management and analysis. [3]
Performed business development and research services. [3]
(SDG) Decision analysis-based planning; bought by and then returned to SDG via a management buyout. [3]
Decision analysis and business strategy. Founded in 1981 by Horace "Woody" Brock. [3]
Created decision analysis services and related tools. Founded in 1985. [3]

Information and computing sciences[]

Name Notability References
Created software to customize web page contents to thin clients. Acquired by Macromedia in 2002. [3]
Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII) Contract research organization that specializes in artificial intelligence in Australia. [3]
Built Paradox commercial relational database software. The company was purchased by Borland in 1987 who licensed it to Corel in 1996. [3]
Created fault-tolerant software. [3]
One of the first companies to sell personal computers; founded in 1982, and by 1988 had over $1 billion sales per year. Sold to in 1991 for $54 million. [3][11][12]
Created software for mobile device manufacturers, primarily for end users in China. Acquired by PalmSource in 2004, which was acquired by ACCESS in 2005. [3][13]
Provided network engineering services. Purchased for $100 million in 1999 by Exodus Communications. [3]
Supplies electronic signature solutions[buzzword] and biometric signature verification to the financial industry. Founded in 1981 by Hew Crane, Earle Jones, John Ostrem and Peter Edberg. [3][14]
Built gateways for IBM systems. Moved to sensing storage and display systems. [3]
Cybercash Provided online financial transactions. Acquired by Verisign. [3]
Created market surveys and studies of technical fields. Acquired by ACNielsen in 1978 and Gartner Group in 1995. [3]
Created optical signal processing and switching devices. [3]
Desti Travel guide based on the CALO artificial intelligence project [15]
Created data compression software for sound recordings. Founded in 1986 and sold to in 1996. [3][16][17]
Acquired by . Automated question-answering for customer service centers. [18]
E-Trade Online discount equity trading [3]
A venture capital firm that launches companies that focus on wireless technologies. [3][19]
Etak Founded in 1983, this company created digital maps for navigation systems. Acquired by Tele Atlas in 2000. [3]
Dissolved company. Offered MPEG-4 compliant encoding and authoring tools. [20]
Firetide Produced network devices for a cheap, rapidly deployable WiFi service. [3]
Founded in 1989, this company created terminals used for foreign exchange, bond and energy trading. They were acquired by Dow Jones & Company in 1991. [3]
Created two-way pagers and provided cell phone services in China. Split into two companies, and . [3]
Internet service provider, founded in 1987. Sold to Verio, who subsequently sold it to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone around 1996. [3]
Wrote network security software for Windows NT machines. Purchased for $40 million in 1997 by Cisco Systems; their technology was integrated into Cisco's PIX firewall. [3]
Produces industrial automation and materials handling solutions.[buzzword] [21]
Created software that helped the creative process in an organization. Renamed to in 2000. [3]
Specialized in internet communications and enterprise networking equipment. [3]
Kestrel Institute Developed logic programming and AI software. [3]
Kuato Studios Game company developing a platform designed to make learning more entertaining. [22]
(MIC) AI application that improved assembly line work. [3]
Created local area networking equipment; founded in 1984. [3]
Created miniature robots for teaching. Sold to UMI around 1991. [3][23]
Creator of linux-based embedded systems, based in China. [3]
Created database systems for internet applications. Renamed to in 1998 and was acquired by in 2002. [3][24]
Created "trainable" logic to increase recording density. [3]
Nuance Communications Provides speech, biometrics, automotive, mobile, and imaging solutions[buzzword] for enterprise, healthcare, government, and other industries. [3][25]
Ordinate Created software to measure the quality of spoken language. [3]
Creates packet routing systems for wireless networks. [3][26]
Created network security products to protect against denial of service attacks. [3]
Redwood Robotics Acquired by Google in 2013; it was working on a new generation of robot arms that are simple to program, inexpensive, and safe to operate alongside people. [27][28][29]
Fixed site wireless internet access. Sold for $57 million in 1999 to Nokia. [3]
Created secure database products. Renamed to in 1997, awarded $22 million in venture capital funds in 2000, and purchased by BEA Systems in February 2003. [3]
Develops anti-counterfeiting and anti-diversion systems based on material marking and recognition technology. [30]
Siri Acquired by Apple in 2010. Its virtual personal assistant technology was first included in the iPhone 4S. [31]
Created wireless internet access products. Acquired by in 2009. [3][32]
Acquired by RedBrick Health in 2010, provides methods and technology for driving the success of enterprise social media. [citation needed]
Sportvision Offers virtual advertising and imaging solutions[buzzword] for television, including the yellow line in football and the yellow puck in hockey. Previously known as PVI Virtual Media Services. [33]
Symantec Founded by Gary Hendrix in 1979, this company started as an AI-based database query language and system called QandA; evolved into large antivirus vendor. [3]
Created AI software applications, founded in 1983. [3]
Software applications for computer networking. [3]
Created robotic systems and devices. [3]
Created a smart calendar for the iPhone. [34]
Founded in 1988, this company created communications software and simulation software for VAX computers. TGV stood for "Two Guys and a Vax". The company was sold to Cisco Systems in 1996. [3]
Tout Offers a web application that captures life's "defining moments" via real-time video streaming and sharing. [35]
Trapit Offers a virtual personal assistant that uses artificial intelligence to understand your interests and personalize the web. [36][37]
Verbatim Corporation Established in 1969, created recording media including floppy diskettes. Acquired by Mitsubishi Chemical. [3]
Created wireless communications systems [3]
Created WiFi security systems. Acquired by McAfee in 2005. [3][38]

Biosciences[]

Health science[]

Name Notability References
Acquired by Bayer MaterialScience. Develops, designs, and manufactures actuator and sensing components based on electroactive polymers. In 2011, AMI announced ViviTouch, bringing sensory vibration to the mobile gaming experience. [39][40]
Founded in 1985 on analysis and risk assessment of chemicals in the environment; moved to drug development and toxicology. [3]
Provides consulting services, primarily in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical fields; also serves as a venture capital firm. [3]
Performed healthcare research and development, focusing on cancer care and related areas. [3]
Created drug leads through genetic profiling. [3]
Intuitive Surgical Creates systems for robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery, most notably the da Vinci Surgical System. [3][41]
Performed market research for healthcare companies, with offices in several states. [3]
Provided research and consulting services for healthcare products companies. [3]
Offers diabetes management solutions. They are developing a blood glucose monitoring system designed to make testing easy, convenient and discreet. [42]
Accelerates discovery and development of novel, small molecule drug therapies. [citation needed]
Global pharmaceutical and healthcare research organization. Purchased by in 2000 and in 2003. [3]
Orchid CellMark Offers proprietary pharmacogenetics and microfluidics platform technologies [43]
Created anticancer and antiviral enzyme inhibitors. [3]
Created a product to detect the presence of bed bugs in a room. [44][45]
Created the world's first disposable hearing aid. [46]
Created biologically active peptides based on patents granted while at SRI. [3]
Telesensory Systems Created devices to aid handicapped people. [3]
Intuitive Surgical's robotic surgery system, the da Vinci Surgical System

Food science[]

Name Notability References
Created strategic analyses for crop protection and other agricultural industries. [3]
Ridge Vineyards California winery specializing in premium Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Chardonnay wines. [3]
Started as company in 1974, but expanded into a broad consulting organization for the food industry. [3]

Physical sciences[]

Name Notability References
Created silicon-based preceramic polymers. Failed in 1999. [3]
Financed by Sun Chemical in 1971, this company created an electronically controlled stencil screening system to place images on cloth. [3]
Explosive products including the cutters that separated the ascent and descent vehicles in the first lunar departure. The company was sold to Ducommun in 1971. [3]
Created smaller and cheaper gas chromatograph mass spectrometers. Now known as and . [3]
Computer-aided chemical design [3]
Now a subsidiary of . Makes advanced lighting products. [citation needed]
Develops and supplies phosphor solutions for the LED industry [47]
Provides mobile contact voltage detection services to utilities and municipalities worldwide. [48]
Makes high-performance optical components for advanced network applications. [49]
(SRIC) A division of IHS Inc., SRIC is a leading business research service for the chemical industry. [50]

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

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