There are signs that the long dry spell for artificial intelligence companies may be coming to an end, but it looks to have come too late for Teknowledge Inc: the Palo Alto, California company where General Motors Corp and Procter & Gamble are shareholders has retained Hambrecht & Quist Technology Partners to assist the company in its comprehensive merger and acquisition programme… to leverage the company’s operations and enhance shareholder value, – a round-about way of saying that the company is for sale. H&Q Technology Partners has been called in because of its experience in arranging marriages between emerging high tech companies and major US corporations.