Hypertext, secretive company wants to make web more “intelligent”

Hypertext, secretive company wants to make web more “intelligent”

Hypertext is a secretive Seattle-based startup that says it’s focused on making information on the web more “intelligent.”

It comes to light after a publicly traded company, Insightful Corporation, announced it has sold its InFact search technology and other related intellectual property rights to Hypertext for $3.65 million in cash. This suggests Hypertext has some sort of financial backing; Paul Allen is reportedly behind it, says John Battelle (Update: Allen’s Vulcan Capital is indeed behind… Continue Reading