Autonomy Corporation
Autonomy Corporation plc () is an
enterprise software company based in
Cambridge,
United Kingdom and
San Francisco, USA. It develops a variety of
knowledge management applications using adaptive
pattern recognition techniques centered on mathematical Bayesian analysis.
Autonomy's software is used by various large global corporations and public sector agencies.
Autonomy was founded in
Cambridge,
England in
1996 by Dr
Michael Lynch as a spinoff from Cambridge
Neurodynamics Ltd. Autonomy is currently listed on the
London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the
FTSE 250 Index.
In 2002, Autonomy acquired
Softsound, a company developing speech recognition software. In 2003, they acquired Virage, a software developer of Video search software, and in June 2005, acquired etalk, and German consulting company global linxs GmbH. In December 2005 Autonomy acquired
Verity, one of its main competitors, for around $500m.
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