Company description
Powerset was sold to Microsoft in 2008.
Powerset is a Silicon Valley company building a transformative consumer search engine based on natural language processing.
Powersets unique innovations in search are rooted in breakthrough technologies that take advantage of the structure and nuances of natural language. Using these advanced techniques, Powerset is building a large-scale search engine that breaks the confines of keyword search.
By making search more natural and intuitive, Powerset is fundamentally changing how we search the web, and delivering higher quality results.
Powerset’s search engine is currently under development. Please check back in the near future for more information about our technology and for signing up for our alpha.
Team
Barney Pell (Founder):
For over 15 years Barney Pell (Ph.D. Computer science, Cambridge University 1993) has pursued groundbreaking technical and commercial innovation in A.I. and Natural Language understanding at research institutions including NASA, SRI, Stanford University and Cambridge University. In startup companies, Dr. Pell was Chief Strategist and VP of Business Development at StockMaster.com (acquired by Red Herring in March, 2000) and later had the same role at Whizbang! Labs. Just prior to Powerset, Pell was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Mayfield, one of the top VC firms in Silicon Valley.
