Dag Kittlaus
About Dag Kittlaus
Dag Kittlaus is a Norwegian-born entrepreneur based in Chicago, Illinois. Before Siri, he spent about ten years in consumer wireless internet in Scandinavia and the US. He was VP of Consumer Internet Services at Telenor Mobile. At Motorola he held several consumer product roles, including GM of xProducts and founder and GM of the Interactive Media Group. There he conceived and launched Screen3, a mobile application adopted by Cingular, China Mobile and Telefonica.
He co-founded Siri in 2007 as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at SRI, after the technology was spun out of Stanford Research Institute, and served as its CEO. Apple acquired Siri in 2010. Kittlaus then became Director of iPhone Apps at Apple, running the Siri and speech recognition teams.
In fall 2012 he co-founded Viv, an AI platform for complex voice commands that developers could build on. Pritzker Group Venture Capital led a $12.5 million investment in Viv in 2015, and Samsung later acquired the company. His X profile now lists him as co-founder and CEO of Riva Health, and a second Crunchbase profile gives that role a 2020 start. Another source lists him as a board member of Tutoring Chicago.
Crunchbase lists 2 personal investments, 2 portfolio companies, 1 lead investment and no exits. Its most recent listed investment is a pre-seed round in FetchyFox AI, dated July 20, 2020. He has not published a thesis, check size or investing cadence that we could find, and the other investment is not named in the public pages we reviewed.
The one named AI-related investment is FetchyFox AI, in its 2020 pre-seed round. His operating experience is in conversational AI and voice assistants. He built Siri and Viv, and Viv became the basis for Samsung's Bixby assistant.
No public statement from Kittlaus on what stage, sectors or geographies he prefers, or on check size, was found. The only stage evidence is the pre-seed FetchyFox AI round. His operating background points to consumer software, mobile and AI assistants, but this is an inference from his career, not a stated focus. He is based in the Greater Chicago Area.
- FetchyFox AI: AI company that raised a pre-seed round in July 2020 with Kittlaus listed as an investor on Crunchbase.
- crunchbase.com/person/dag-kittlaus
- crunchbase.com/person/dag-kittlaus/person_overview_investor/timeline
- crunchbase.com/person/dag-kittlaus-74a9
- chicagobusiness.com/article/20150310/BLOGS11/150319994/pritzker-group-
- bigspeak.com/speakers/dag-kittlaus
- aaespeakers.com/keynote-speakers/dag-kittlaus
- x.com/Dagk
- linkedin.com/in/dagkittlaus
Investing activity
Dag Kittlaus has made 2 investments according to Crunchbase across 2 portfolio companies, and has led 1 round and founded 3 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Dag Kittlaus
Is Dag Kittlaus an angel investor?
Crunchbase lists him with 2 personal investments, including a pre-seed round in FetchyFox AI in 2020. He is better known as an operator who built Siri and Viv.
What companies has Dag Kittlaus founded?
He co-founded Siri, which Apple acquired in 2010, and Viv, which Samsung later acquired. His X profile also lists him as co-founder and CEO of Riva Health.
What check size does Dag Kittlaus write?
No check size is public. Founders should not assume a range and should ask him directly.
What stage does Dag Kittlaus invest in?
The only stage visible in public data is pre-seed, from the 2020 FetchyFox AI round. He has not published a stage preference.
Where is Dag Kittlaus based?
He is based in Chicago, Illinois, in the Greater Chicago Area.
How can founders reach Dag Kittlaus?
He has public LinkedIn and X profiles at linkedin.com/in/dagkittlaus and x.com/Dagk. He has not published pitch guidelines.