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semafora is the technology leader in Semantic AI.
With its products OntoBroker and OntoStudio X, semafora offers a versatile range of Semantic technologies for ontology management and reasoning, as well as applications for data migration, NLP knowledge extraction, contract management, process control, IoT monitoring and many more customer-specific applications related to BigData, compliance and control.
The technology of OntoBroker was invented based on a publication of Michael Kifer and Georg Lausen in 1995 at the KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and developed there until the spin-off of Ontoprise GmbH in 1999.
In 2012, semafora took over the industrial business from Ontoprise.
OntoBroker has been deployed since the early 2000s in high-profile projects with clients such as Alstom, Atos, Audi, GE and optimized especially for industrial operation.
In terms of deployment flexibility, performance, ease of use and reliability, OntoBroker is the premier technology in Semantic AI.