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Affectiva

Affectiva is an artificial intelligence software development company based in Boston, Massachusetts. An offshoot of MIT Media Lab, Affectiva created a new technological category of artificial emotional intelligence, namely, Emotion AI.

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Founded
Massachusetts, United States (2009 (2009))
Founders
Rana el Kaliouby (CEO & co-founder) Rosalind W. Picard (co-founder)
Industry
Software, artificial intelligence
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Fate
Acquired by SmartEye
Number of employees
100–150

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Affectiva

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples53
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
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Affectiva

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related to history · 11
Affectiva → Affectiva's, Both, Chief Scientist, In May, Kaliouby, May, MIT's Media Lab, Picard, Rana, Rosalind, Swedish SmartEye
related to Technology · 11
Affectiva → Affectiva's, Affectiva's AI, Electromyography, Emotion AI, Facial Expression Analysis Software, It, One, The, The AI, Then, These
has application · 3
Affectiva → Affectiva's AI, Media Analytics, Other
Fate · 1
Affectiva → Acquired by SmartEye
Founded · 1
Affectiva → Massachusetts, United States (2009 (2009))
Founders · 1
Affectiva → Rana el Kaliouby (CEO & co-founder) Rosalind W. Picard (co-founder)
Headquarters · 1
Affectiva → Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Industry · 1
Affectiva → Software, artificial intelligence
Number of employees · 1
Affectiva → 100–150
Number of locations · 1
Affectiva → Boston, Massachusetts and Cairo, Egypt

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AffectivaFateAcquired by SmartEye1.00infobox
AffectivaFoundedMassachusetts, United States (2009 (2009))1.00infobox
AffectivaFoundersRana el Kaliouby (CEO & co-founder) Rosalind W. Picard (co-founder)1.00infobox
AffectivaHeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts, United States1.00infobox
AffectivaIndustrySoftware, artificial intelligence1.00infobox
AffectivaNumber of employees100–1501.00infobox
AffectivaNumber of locationsBoston, Massachusetts and Cairo, Egypt1.00infobox
AffectivaProductsAffectiva Automotive AI, Affectiva Media Analytics1.00infobox
AffectivaServicesEmotion AI1.00infobox
AffectivaTotal equity(venture capital) $53 million1.00infobox
AffectivaTypePrivate1.00infobox
AffectivaWebsiteaffectiva.com1.00infobox
Affectivais aartificial intelligence software development company based in Boston0.90text

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