Artificial Life, Inc. engages in the development, support, and marketing of software and games for mobile phones and telecommunications devices. It develops ALife SmartBot products and product suites that enable users 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. The company also serves and handles various mobile devices and mobile phones with a focus on third generation network applications and devices. Its mobile game products include America’s Next Top Model, Big Brother, Poli-the Bear, V-Girl, V-boy; V-disco, V-penguins, and SmartEngine Mobile Platform. The company’s Internet products consist of ALife SmartBot Suite that addresses the needs of the e-customer relationship management market; and ALife-WebGuide, which functions as a human sales associate at a retail store, greeting customers coming through the door of the virtual store and assisting them with advice and background information about products and prices. It also provides consulting and custom specific project and product development services either directly or by utilizing the resources of partners, resellers, and consultants. In addition, the company provides support for the creation and maintenance of its mobile products and upon request customer specific back-office tools for analyzing client profiles. It has strategic alliances with CBS Digital Media to develop mobile games; and The Walt Disney Company to publish its third generation games V-girl and V-boy in the U. S., Canada, and the United Kingdom, as well as with Seven-One Intermedia GmbH to develop on stage mobile games in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The company was founded in 1994. It was formerly known as Neurotec International Corp. and changed its name to Artificial Life, Inc. in 1997. Artificial Life, Inc. is headquartered in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.