PerSay explained

PerSay
Founder:Renana Peres[1]
Location City:Ra'anana
Location Country:Israel
Area Served:Worldwide
Key People:Renana Peres, Founder and first CEO
Almog Aley-Raz, CEO
Ariel Freidenberg, Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development
Industry:Speaker recognition technology
Products:VocalPassword, FreeSpeech
Owner:Nuance Communications
Num Employees:18

PerSay was an Israeli start-up company specializing in Voice Biometrics technology. Founded in 2000, its voice biometrics systems are used in the banking, insurance, governments, and telecommunications industries worldwide.[2]

History

PerSay was founded in February 2000 as a spin-off of Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT), part of the Comverse Technology (Pinksheets: CMVT) group. Its headquarters is in Ra'anana, with an office in New York City. Its main investor was SKFT, which handled the venture capital activity of the Shrem Fudim Kelner group.[3] In April 2004 the company was valued at $2.9 to $3.7 million.[4] In 2010 the company was sold for an undisclosed amount (estimated at 10M-20M USD) to Nuance Communications.[5]

Products

PerSay markets the following products:[6]

PerSay's VocalPassword speaker identification technology has been acquired by Bank Leumi,[7] China Merchants Bank,[2] Bank Hapoalim, Israel Discount Bank, and Caja Madrid;[8] British Telecom,[9] Bell Canada, Vodafone, and Global Bilgi/Turkcell;[8] Sandata,[10] Planet Payment of New York,[11] Huawei,[12] and Barclays Capital and Morgan Stanley.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Voice Recognition Rechnology . 5 February 2001 . 15 January 2022. Globes.
  2. Web site: PerSay signs deals worth $4 million: The voice recognition company has signed contracts with customers in China, the Philippines and US . Feldman. Batya. 17 February 2009 . 9 August 2011 . Globes.
  3. Web site: SFKT injects $2m into Persay just months after write down . 22 June 2004 . 9 August 2011 . Globes.
  4. Web site: PerSay valued at $2.9-3.7m . 7 April 2004 . 9 August 2011 . Globes.
  5. Web site: IVR: Nuance Acquires PerSay to Bring Voice Biometrics to Market . Read . Brendan B. . 6 January 2011 . 9 August 2011 . TMC.net.
  6. Web site: PerSay, Inc. . https://web.archive.org/web/20121015035332/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=724892. dead. October 15, 2012. . 2011 . 9 August 2011.
  7. Web site: Persay secures contract with Bank Leumi . 19 February 2003 . 9 August 2011 . Telecom.paper BV.
  8. Web site: PerSay . 9 August 2011 . Israel Trade Commission.
  9. Web site: Persay wins BT anti-phishing tender . Dar . Zuri . . 15 February 2005 . 9 August 2011.
  10. Web site: Sandata Enhances Fraud Prevention Capabilities With Improved Voice Biometrics From PerSay Ltd. . PR Newswire . 3 December 2009 . 9 August 2011. The Street.
  11. Web site: Planet Payment Selects PerSay for Voice Authentication (press release) . https://archive.today/20120911031930/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/11/29/idUS06868+29-Nov-2007+PRN20071129 . dead . 11 September 2012 . 29 November 2007 . 9 August 2011 . Reuters.
  12. Web site: Huawei partners with PerSay for voice biometrics . 8 April 2010 . 9 August 2011 . Telecom.paper BV.

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