<s>
Arria	B-General_Concept
NLG	I-General_Concept
plc	O
is	O
a	O
based	O
company	O
with	O
headquarters	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arria	O
offers	O
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
technology	O
in	O
data	B-General_Concept
analytics	I-General_Concept
and	O
information	O
delivery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
pioneering	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
space	O
of	O
automatic	O
text	B-General_Concept
generation	I-General_Concept
,	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
Natural	B-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
Generation	I-General_Concept
(	O
NLG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arria	O
's	O
technology	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
three	O
decades	O
of	O
scientific	O
research	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
Natural	B-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
Generation	I-General_Concept
(	O
NLG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
Data2Text	O
joined	O
forces	O
with	O
a	O
specialist	O
software	O
development	O
and	O
marketing	O
firm	O
,	O
Arria	B-General_Concept
NLG	I-General_Concept
(	O
then	O
a	O
limited	O
company	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
took	O
a	O
20%	O
stake	O
in	O
Data2Text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2013	O
,	O
Arria	B-General_Concept
NLG	I-General_Concept
acquired	O
the	O
remaining	O
80%	O
of	O
Data2Text	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
December	O
2013	O
Arria	B-General_Concept
NLG	I-General_Concept
converted	O
to	O
a	O
public	O
listed	O
company	O
and	O
was	O
floated	O
on	O
the	O
AIM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2018	O
,	O
Arria	O
shareholders	O
approved	O
a	O
scheme	O
of	O
arrangement	O
that	O
placed	O
a	O
New	O
Zealand	O
holding	O
company	O
(	O
Arria	B-General_Concept
NLG	I-General_Concept
Limited	O
)	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
Arria	O
UK	O
company	O
and	O
its	O
direct	O
subsidiary	O
,	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Arria	O
Data2Text	O
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arria	O
's	O
technology	O
analyzes	O
large	O
datasets	O
to	O
derive	O
patterns	O
,	O
facts	O
and	O
insights	O
,	O
before	O
structuring	O
this	O
information	O
in	O
the	O
best	O
possible	O
manner	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
narrative	O
expressed	O
in	O
written	O
text	O
or	O
voice	O
that	O
is	O
valuable	O
,	O
fluent	O
and	O
informative	O
says	O
Neil	O
Burnett	O
,	O
CTO	O
to	O
Arria	B-General_Concept
NLG	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
reach	O
this	O
goal	O
,	O
the	O
Arria	B-General_Concept
NLG	I-General_Concept
Engine	O
,	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
enterprise	O
software	O
platform	O
,	O
automatically	O
recognises	O
patterns	O
in	O
large	O
volumes	O
of	O
complex	O
data	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
then	O
distilled	O
into	O
a	O
narrative	O
description	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
significant	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arria	B-General_Concept
NLG	I-General_Concept
's	O
capabilities	O
are	O
rooted	O
in	O
the	O
scientific	O
research	O
conducted	O
since	O
the	O
1980s	O
by	O
its	O
founder	O
and	O
Chief	O
Scientist	O
,	O
Professor	O
Ehud	O
Reiter	O
,	O
and	O
former	O
Chief	O
Technology	O
Officer	O
Dr	O
Robert	O
Dale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reiter	O
,	O
Arria	O
's	O
Chief	O
Scientist	O
,	O
holds	O
a	O
PhD	O
from	O
Harvard	O
and	O
founded	O
the	O
in	O
Aberdeen	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
most	O
renowned	O
research	O
groups	O
on	O
Natural	B-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
generation	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
recently	O
,	O
Arria	B-General_Concept
NLG	I-General_Concept
has	O
signed	O
a	O
contract	O
with	O
to	O
produce	O
narrative	O
reports	O
to	O
optimise	O
agricultural	O
yield	O
potential	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
proof-of-concept	O
agreement	O
to	O
provide	O
data	O
intelligence	O
to	O
aircraft	O
engine	O
maintenance	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
