Speech to text and vice-versa is a technology that is driving a lot of AI innovation. One of which is virtual interactive assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant. Aimilios Chalamandaris, CEO and Co-founder of Innoetics shares with us their 10-years journey, starting an NLP (Natural Language Processing) spin-off out of Athena Research and Innovation Centre up to the point of getting acquired by Samsung Electronics. He shares with us the main factors that made the acquisition possible and what are the next steps for Innoetics. If you are a researcher and trying to productise and commercialize your project or idea then this is an interview you should listen to, as Aimilios shares his insights on what skills you need to develop to become a businessman and an entrepreneur. Interviewed by Sakis Triantafyllakis for Tech Talks Central.