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    Rewriting the Smartphone Keyboard at Age 28

    With his startup SwiftKey, Jon Reynolds is breathing new life into the act of typing on a keyboard.
    by Jason Ankeny Sep 01, 2014 2 minutes
    Let's talk about text, baby: Jon Reynolds.

    Ever feel like you're all thumbs when typing on a smartphone? Jon Reynolds can lend a hand. The 28-year-old's London-based startup, SwiftKey, eliminates the clumsiness and frustration of inputting text into smart devices by replacing the stock on-screen keyboard with an artificial-intelligence-driven alternative that analyzes typing and language patterns to accurately forecast which words users will enter next.

    Introduced for Google's Android mobile operating system

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