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Siri Co-Founder Dag Kittlaus Leaves Apple

Siri Co-Founder Dag Kittlaus Leaves Apple

Posted October 24, 2011 at 12:55pm by
Siri co-founder and CEO, Dag Kittlaus, has left Apple, according to AllThingsD.

There were several reasons for the departure, which was amicable and has been planned for a while, sources said. They included Kittlaus' family being in Chicago, a desire to take time off and an interest in brainstorming new entrepreneurial ideas.


Kittlaus headed up Apple's speech recognition efforts since his company was purchased by Apple in April 2010. He had been CEO of Siri since 2007.

Apparently, Kittlaus left Apple after the launch of the iPhone 4S.

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Mustang
Mustang - October 25, 2011 at 2:20pm
I just say, this is not good for apple. He might have gone working for Google...
Lm
Lm - October 24, 2011 at 6:03pm
Did he walk or was he pushed?
wezz69
wezz69 - October 24, 2011 at 3:30pm
Apple ripped me off with siri, i bought from the app store ages ago, was still working fine til the eve of the release of ios 5. they didnt refund me or give any warning, it just stopped working. i love apple products but the way the go about stuff sometimes winds me up
Jay
Jay - October 24, 2011 at 2:00pm
His real name is Marty... Marty Mcfly....
koko
koko - October 24, 2011 at 1:46pm
guy it should have been 1077 not 2077 :P
JusticeGate
JusticeGate - October 24, 2011 at 1:41pm
it's 2007
Enigma
Enigma - October 24, 2011 at 1:05pm
Haha 2077, always thought apple was futuristic! :P
Haha
Haha - October 24, 2011 at 12:59pm
'CEO of Siri since 2077' - really?
Appled
Appled - October 24, 2011 at 1:29pm
He also cofounded the time mschine.
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