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Siri's Early Days
- Siri was initially a consumer app downloadable from the app store.
- It had poor usability, but this was during the early days of iOS 3 and iPhones like the 3G and 3GS.
Siri's Funding and Acquisition
- Siri's initial website, stealth-company.com, promised to "fundamentally redesign consumer internet".
- Siri raised $24 million from Morganthaler and Menlo Ventures and was acquired by Apple for approximately $200 million after only about a year on the app store.
Scott Forstall's Influence
- Siri's acquisition was driven by Scott Forstall, who viewed it as a pet project.
- Forstall, known for skeuomorphic design in iOS, championed Apple Maps after Siri.