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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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• Acquired by Microsoft for $100M. (7/1/08)
  Posted 7/1/08 at 10:47am
• Received $12.5M in Series A funding. (6/1/07)
  Posted 6/11/07 at 11:36am
• Scott Prevost, General Manager and Director of Product added.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 5:29pm
• Jonathan Siddharth, Scientist, Ranking & Search Relevance added.
  Posted 11/16/08 at 5:02am
• Luke Nosek, Board of Directors added.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 5:34pm
• Ron Kaplan, Chief Science Officer added.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 5:34pm
• Scott Prevost, General Manager & Director of Product added.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 5:32pm
• Scott Prevost, General Manager and Director of Product added.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 5:30pm
• Bennett Thuener, Director of Finance added.
  Posted 11/28/08 at 2:30pm
• Scott Banister, Board of Directors added.
  Posted 5/12/08 at 11:19pm
• Peter Thiel, Board of Directors added.
  Posted 11/2/07 at 5:04am
• Pejman Nozad, Investor added.
  Posted 11/2/07 at 4:54am
• Lorenzo Thione, Founder / Product Architect added.
  Posted 6/11/07 at 11:51am
• Eric Tilenius, Investor added.
  Posted 11/2/07 at 4:53am
• Barney Pell, Board / Founder / CTO added.
  Posted 6/11/07 at 11:50am
• Received $8M in Debt funding.
  Posted 7/1/08 at 11:32am
• Bill Trenchard, Investor added.
  Posted 12/14/08 at 3:37pm
• Steve Newcomb, COO, Founder, Board added.
  Posted 2/1/09 at 10:58pm

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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]