Artificial Life, Inc. (ALIF.PK)

Artificial Life, Inc. engages in the development, marketing, and support of software and games for mobile phones and devices. The company offers ALife SmartBot products and product suites that enable in solving problems relating to information retrieval, Web navigation, customer self-help, self service applications, and direct marketing on the Internet, as well as wealth building and investment portfolio management. Its ALife SmartBot products are based on its proprietary ALife-SmartEngine technology. The company’s mobile products include V-Girl, an interactive game for third generation phones; and Alife - Smartengine Mobile Platform that enables the use of interactive intelligent agents and interactive video applications on mobile devices. Artificial Life’s internet products include ALife SmartBot Suite, which addresses the needs of the eCRM (customer relationship management) market and includes ALife-Webguide, ALife User Profiling System, ALife-KnowledgeEditor, and ALife-Logator. The company also provides consulting and custom specific project and product development services either directly or through partners, resellers, and consultants. It also offers support for the creation and maintenance of the knowledge bases of its bots and customer-specific back office tools for analyzing client profiles. The company sells its products through direct sales, distribution and channel agreements, strategic relationships, and third party providers. Artificial Life has strategic alliances with Triple Hop, Inc.; MBE Mercier; ThinkBusiness BVBA; Mobile Digital Media B.V.; Ericsson Hong Kong; Maxiwise, Ltd; Spinova, Ltd.; and Asian Investment Partners. The company was founded by Eberhard Schoeneburg in 1994 under the name Neurotec International Corp. It changed its name to Artificial Life Inc. in 1997. Artificial Life is headquartered in Hong Kong.

For the fiscal year ended 12/31/04 revenues totaled $262 thousand, up from $3 thousand. Net loss rose 64% to $946 thousand. Results reflect revenue generated from a service contract and software license revenues in the second quarter; offset by engineering expenses and higher marketing costs.