Basis Technology
Foreign language document and media exploitation
Basis Technology is the leading provider of desktop applications and developer tools for exploiting foreign language documents and digital media. At the core of this technology is Rosette, a powerful platform for natural language processing which has been under development for over 10 years and which presently supports 18 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, and Korean.
The Rosette developer tools enable foreign language capabilities to be quickly added to large, complex systems, such as search engines, document repositories, and name matchers. Among the many such systems currently built on Rosette are Google’s search engine, Microsoft’s Windows Live Search, and the U.S. Government’s National Harmony document repository.
Basis Technology’s desktop application suite enables intelligence analysts to quickly and accurately translate and link Arabic documents, bringing together information from multiple sources, including web pages, maps, name lists, and databases. This suite has been designed to provide features needed by expert linguists while still being accessible to individuals with no foreign language skills.
Basis Technology was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with branch offices in San Francisco, Virginia, and Tokyo. The company’s software products are used today by over 200 multinational corporations and over 40 U.S., UK, and Japanese Government programs.
In-Q-Tel initially invested in Basis in March 2004. For more information about Basis, please visit www.basistech.com.
Technology Focus Areas
- Application and Analysis Software
- Biological, Chemical, and Nanotechnology
- Communications and Infrastructure
- Digital Identity and Security
- Embedded Systems and Power
