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Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: [AU.]) is an enterprise software company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom and San Francisco, USA. It develops a variety of knowledge management applications using adaptive pattern recognition techniques centered on mathematical Bayesian analysis.

Autonomy's software is used by various large global corporations and public sector agencies.

Autonomy was founded in Cambridge, England in 1996 by Dr Michael Lynch as a spinoff from Cambridge Neurodynamics Ltd. Autonomy is currently listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

In 2002, Autonomy acquired Softsound, a company developing speech recognition software. In 2003, they acquired Virage, a software developer of Video search software, and in June 2005, acquired etalk, and German company Global Linxs. In December 2005 Autonomy acquired Verity, one of its main competitors, for around $500m.

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