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 this).
Here’s another blog post about the company, from employee Chalo Bolo, though it doesn’t say much. Job listings reveal it is recruiting heavily in machine/artificial intelligence and data mining.
We’ll try to find out more.
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