Cheyer

Cheyer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include Adam Cheyer, an American computer scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded Siri, Inc.

Siri, Inc. was formed by Dag Kittlaus, Tom Gruber, and Adam Cheyer. It developed Siri, a natural-language voice assistant for mobile devices. Apple Inc. acquired Siri, Inc. in 2010, and Siri became a core feature of Apple's iOS.

After Siri, Cheyer helped launch Viv Labs in 2012 together with Dag Kittlaus and others. Viv Labs developed Viv, an AI assistant designed to understand natural language and perform tasks by integrating services across apps. Samsung Electronics acquired Viv Labs in 2016, and the Viv technology influenced Samsung's Bixby platform.

Cheyer's work has been influential in the field of conversational artificial intelligence and personal assistants, contributing to early developments in consumer AI assistants and their integration with mobile platforms.