| University of Texas at Austin, Master of Science | 2002 |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Lorenzo Thione is the founder of Powerset, Inc., an innovative search startup founded in 2005, with the vision of bringing to consumers a more natural and effective type of Internet search than conventional keyword search. Funded by notable Silicon Valley VCs and angel investors, Powerset was acquired by Microsoft Corp. in 2008 to complement and innovate its own search technology and offering. Currently, he is a Principal Program Manager in charge of the Powerset division of Bing, Microsoft’s innovative “Decision Engine”. In addition he’s an investor, board observer and advisor to Dolores Labs, an exciting and energetic San Francisco startup building a scalable platform for human-based computing and crowdsourcing.
In addition to his Internet-tech endeavors, Lorenzo is currently the Managing Director of the San Francisco New Theater Workshop, a non-profit theater organization dedicated to discovering and producing new promising works in musical theater, as well as a producing partner at Sing Out, Louise! Productions, a theatrical production and investment company, currently busy in bringing several new works to the national stage.
Lorenzo holds a M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and has co-authored several publications in Computational Linguistics. He is a named inventor on 7 issued and over 24 pending patents, in the US and world-wide.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| CrowdFlower | 2009 | Unattributed | $1.2M | 8 |
