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Powerset

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Powerset is a search engine focused on natural language processing. In other words, Powerset will not search based simply on keywords alone, but will try to understand the semantic meaning behind the search phrase as a whole. The company launched in May 2008 with intentions of making search more easy and intuitive.

Powerset was acquired by Microsoft on 1st July 2008.

Milestones

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  Powerset was acquired by Microsoft for $100M. (7/1/08)
  Posted 7/1/08 at 10:47am
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  Powerset received $12.5M in Series A funding. (6/1/07)
  Posted 6/11/07 at 11:36am
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  Powerset added Scott Prevost as General Manager and Director of Product.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 5:29pm
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  Powerset added Jonathan Siddharth as Scientist, Ranking & Search Relevance.
  Posted 11/16/08 at 5:02am
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  Powerset added Luke Nosek as Board of Directors.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 5:34pm
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  Powerset added Ron Kaplan as Chief Science Officer.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 5:34pm
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  Powerset added Scott Prevost as General Manager & Director of Product.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 5:32pm
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  Powerset added Scott Prevost as General Manager and Director of Product.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 5:30pm
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  Powerset added Bennett Thuener as Director of Finance.
  Posted 11/28/08 at 2:30pm
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  Powerset added Scott Banister as Board of Directors.
  Posted 5/12/08 at 11:19pm
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  Powerset added Peter Thiel as Board of Directors.
  Posted 11/2/07 at 5:04am
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  Powerset added Pejman Nozad as Investor.
  Posted 11/2/07 at 4:54am
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  Powerset added Lorenzo Thione as Founder / Product Architect.
  Posted 6/11/07 at 11:51am
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  Powerset added Eric Tilenius as Investor.
  Posted 11/2/07 at 4:53am
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  Powerset added Barney Pell as Board / Founder / CTO.
  Posted 6/11/07 at 11:50am
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  Powerset received $8M in Debt funding.
  Posted 7/1/08 at 11:32am

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Powerset

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Website	powerset.com
Blog	blog.powerset.com
Launch Date	June 11, 2007
Tags	wiki

Above: Powerset Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

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Sources

1. Microsoft to Acquire Powerset (powerset.com) [edit]
2. powerset.com [edit]
3. Ok, Now It’s Done. Microsoft To Acquire Powerset (techcrunch.com) [edit]