Human powered search engine, ChaCha, raises more cash
ChaCha, the search engine company that hires people to answer your questions in real-time as you search for things, said it has raised $10 million in private financing.
The controversial company hasn’t said much about traction. A spokeswoman said merely that traffic “doubled” last quarter, but that’s vague. She didn’t elaborate, but said she is checking with the company about what more she can say.
It’s an odd company, because people powered search is somewhat inefficient. ChaCha… Continue Reading
Chacha, the search engine offering live human help, raises $6M
VentureBeat reported earlier that ChaCha, the search engine offering human help to guide you in your search, had raised $6 from investors including Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com.
Other investors include Rod Canion, founding CEO of Compaq Computer, and Jack Gill, veteran Silicon Valley investor, founder of Vanguard Ventures and current partner at Maven Ventures, according to a follow-up story in VentureWire (sub required).
Amazon’s vision? What vision?
Amazon.com chief executive Jeff Bezos is an impressive entrepreneur, given the success he achieved at Amazon. Skeptics had assumed Amazon would go belly up after the Internet bubble burst.
But Amazon’s stock price has drifted slowly downward since late 2003, while Amazon has invested in other technologies, which some say has neglected its core consumer business. Now Amazon is pushing to serve businesses with Mechanical Turk, and some are asking why. There’s an eye-opening interview with… Continue Reading