<s>
Niki	O
was	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Bangalore	O
,	O
Karnataka	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Niki	O
android	B-Application
app	O
was	O
launched	O
for	O
a	O
limited	O
beta	O
in	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
then	O
released	O
for	O
public	O
during	O
YourStory	O
's	O
TechSparks	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
Tech30	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Niki.ai	B-Application
shut	O
down	O
in	O
October	O
2021	O
as	O
per	O
media	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
is	O
an	O
artificial	O
intelligence-powered	O
chatbot	B-Application
which	O
works	O
as	O
an	O
intelligent	B-Protocol
personal	I-Protocol
assistant	I-Protocol
,	O
named	O
Niki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leveraging	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
and	O
machine	O
learning	O
,	O
Niki	O
presents	O
a	O
chat-based	O
natural	B-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
user	I-General_Concept
interface	I-General_Concept
to	O
the	O
users	O
where	O
they	O
can	O
interact	O
with	O
Niki	O
in	O
their	O
natural	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
platform	I-Application
as	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
has	O
expanded	O
its	O
operations	O
to	O
the	O
Facebook	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
and	O
Apple	O
iOS	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
aims	O
to	O
soon	O
be	O
present	O
on	O
more	O
messaging	O
platforms	O
like	O
Slack	B-Protocol
and	O
WhatsApp	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
Infosys	O
Finacle	O
joined	O
with	O
Niki.ai	B-Application
to	O
provide	O
chat-based	O
service	O
to	O
banking	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
