Promptu Overview

Promptu, formerly AgileTV, is a leading innovator of voice recognition-based search and navigation services for cable, mobile, and emerging media. The company's award-winning search technology delivers an exciting user experience, instantly responding to spoken search requests with on-target results drawn from enormous content libraries. Founded in April 2000, Promptu is privately held. The...More»

Promptu, formerly AgileTV, is a leading innovator of voice recognition-based search and navigation services for cable, mobile, and emerging media. The company's award-winning search technology delivers an exciting user experience, instantly responding to spoken search requests with on-target results drawn from enormous content libraries. Founded in April 2000, Promptu is privately held. The company is based in Menlo Park, California, and is led by a senior executive team with extensive backgrounds in voice recognition, cable television, mobile, consumer products, and system integration. The company's major equity holders include Steelpoint Capital Partners LP, Insight Communications, Lauder Partners, and private investors.
TV used to be simple. A few years ago, when there were just a handful of channels to watch, it was easy to remember when your favorite program was on, and which channel it aired on. Today, cable television is exploding with hundreds of channels and thousands of pr«Less