Desti, a Siri-like trip planning startup from the US and self-proclaimed "smartest travel guide ever", has been bought by Nokia brand, Here.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed and the consumer-facing version of the service will apparently be closed down shortly.
The idea behind the acquisition will presumably be to bring the Desti technology into Here's arsenal of services for mobile devices.
Nokia has been relieved of the heavy task of reinvogorating its handset business after its sale to Microsoft for $7.2 billion in September 2013, giving it a chance to compete elsewhere on universal services and products.
Desti (TLabs here) used both natural language intelligence and semantic search, allowing users to ask questions to the app and receive real responses based on those questions.
The idea was that the app would be a full-service travel agent that understands context, tone and intent, and can help deliver more targeted results in the inspiration and planning stages of travel.
On top of the semantic search, Desti read 1,000s of reviews, photos, articles, and other online sources to come up with an overview of a desintation, including understanding if a place is "good value for the money", for example.
The technology was actually based on artificial intelligence created by SRI, no stranger to creating little bits of technology which are later sold to giants of the tech world.
Other SRI ventures included Siri, the virtual personal assistant which was acquired by Apple in 2010.
Desti was spun out of SRI in 2011 and had secured investment from Horizons Ventures and Carmel Ventures.