# PerSay
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{{Infobox company
| name = PerSay
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| foundation = {{Start date|2000|02}}
| founder = Renana Peres[{{cite web |url=https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=468157 |title=Voice Recognition Rechnology |date=5 February 2001 |accessdate=15 January 2022| work=[Globes](/source/Globes_(newspaper))}}]
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| location_city = [Ra'anana](/source/Ra'anana)
| location_country = [Israel](/source/Israel)
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| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Renana Peres, Founder and first CEO
Almog Aley-Raz, CEO
Ariel Freidenberg, Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development
| industry = [Speaker recognition](/source/Speaker_recognition) technology
| products = VocalPassword, FreeSpeech[{{cite web |url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000426767 |title=PerSay signs deals worth $4 million: The voice recognition company has signed contracts with customers in China, the Philippines and US |last=Feldman|first=Batya|date=17 February 2009 |accessdate=9 August 2011 |work=Globes}}]
==History==
PerSay was founded in February 2000 as a spin-off of [Verint Systems](/source/Verint_Systems) (NASDAQ: VRNT), part of the [Comverse Technology](/source/Comverse_Technology) (Pinksheets: CMVT) group. Its headquarters is in [Ra'anana](/source/Ra'anana), with an office in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). Its main investor was SKFT, which handled the [venture capital](/source/venture_capital) activity of the Shrem Fudim Kelner group.[{{cite web |url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=807778 |title=SFKT injects $2m into Persay just months after write down |date=22 June 2004 |accessdate=9 August 2011 |work=Globes}}] In April 2004 the company was valued at $2.9 to $3.7 million.[{{cite web |url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=786824 |title=PerSay valued at $2.9-3.7m |date=7 April 2004 |accessdate=9 August 2011 |work=Globes}}] In 2010 the company was sold for an undisclosed amount (estimated at 10M-20M USD) to [Nuance Communications](/source/Nuance_Communications).{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}
==Products==
PerSay markets the following products:[{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=724892|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015035332/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=724892|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2012|title=PerSay, Inc. |work=[Bloomberg Businessweek](/source/Bloomberg_Businessweek) |year=2011 |accessdate=9 August 2011}}]
*VocalPassword, a biometric speaker identification system which verifies the speaker during an interaction using a voice application
*FreeSpeech, a text-independent biometric speaker identification system which verifies a person's identity in the course of natural conversation
*S.P.I.D., an audio-processing system which searches for a target's voice in a volume of intercepted calls
PerSay's VocalPassword speaker identification technology has been acquired by [Bank Leumi](/source/Bank_Leumi),[{{cite web |url=http://www.telecompaper.com/news/persay-secures-contract-with-bank-leumi |title=Persay secures contract with Bank Leumi |date=19 February 2003 |accessdate=9 August 2011 |publisher=Telecom.paper BV}}] [China Merchants Bank](/source/China_Merchants_Bank),[{{cite web |url= http://www.israeltrade.org.au/persay/ |title=PerSay |accessdate=9 August 2011 |publisher=Israel Trade Commission}}] [British Telecom](/source/British_Telecom),[{{cite web |url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/persay-wins-bt-anti-phishing-tender-1.150384 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105105828/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/persay-wins-bt-anti-phishing-tender-1.150384 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |title=Persay wins BT anti-phishing tender |last=Dar |first=Zuri |work=[Haaretz](/source/Haaretz) |date=15 February 2005 |accessdate=9 August 2011}}] [Bell Canada](/source/Bell_Canada), [Vodafone](/source/Vodafone), and Global Bilgi/Turkcell;[{{cite web |url=http://www.thestreet.com/story/10637709/1/sandata-enhances-fraud-prevention-capabilities-with-improved-voice-biometrics-from-persay-ltd.html |title=Sandata Enhances Fraud Prevention Capabilities With Improved Voice Biometrics From PerSay Ltd. |author=PR Newswire |date=3 December 2009 |accessdate=9 August 2011|publisher=The Street}}] [Planet Payment](/source/Planet_Payment) of New York,[{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2007/11/29/idUS06868+29-Nov-2007+PRN20071129 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911031930/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/11/29/idUS06868+29-Nov-2007+PRN20071129 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2012 |title=Planet Payment Selects PerSay for Voice Authentication (press release) |date=29 November 2007 |accessdate=9 August 2011 |publisher=[Reuters](/source/Reuters)}}] [Huawei](/source/Huawei),[{{cite web |url=http://www.telecompaper.com/news/huawei-partners-with-persay-for-voice-biometrics |title=Huawei partners with PerSay for voice biometrics |date=8 April 2010 |accessdate=9 August 2011 |publisher=Telecom.paper BV}}] and [Barclays Capital](/source/Barclays_Capital) and [Morgan Stanley](/source/Morgan_Stanley).