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OK folks, it is with a heavy heart that we report this, but as of today, all Tao Group employees have had their employment contracts terminated (and Tao Group was where we were employed up until today). We have just got back from a staff meeting with the administrator. This means, too, that Tao Group is no more as a company. We cannot really say what happened, but you will likely be reading about it from other sources.

Why this has happened is mainly around issues to do with the continued funding of Tao. It is a sad day that employees who have worked hard for up to 17 years at Tao now find themselves in this unenviable position, especially seeing as everything was starting to go so well for Tao.

So, what is going to happen to the various Tao intent technologies, and in particular to miniMIXA (of special interest to me and Pete, as we are the developers of this)? We don’t know yet. If and when we can say something, we will.

These developments, sad as they are, mean that Intermorphic can now start in earnest – so please a check on the site and this blog. Intermorphic is developing multimedia tools to aid creative activity. In the first instance these will include generative music engines and lyric generation tools. This may be a niche area, but we are going to have fun doing it!

We wish success to all former Tao employees in finding new employment quickly, and we are sure they will, as they are a hugely bright and talented bunch. It has been an enormous pleasure and honour working with them and Tao these last few years (well, since we sold SSEYO to Tao in 2002), and they built some amazing technology.

Intermorphic, here we come!