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Constructor Raises $25 Million for AI-Powered Product Discovery, Search Engine
Investments // June 17, 2024

Constructor has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round to support the further product development and international expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered product discovery and search platform for enterprise eCommerce companies. With the new funding, Constructor will continue innovating its product and...

AI Startup Perplexity Adds Ex-Uber and Bing Execs as Advisers
Personnel // May 16, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity has added three new advisers. They include Emil Michael, former chief business officer at Uber; Rich Miner, co-founder of Android and adviser to Google; and Mikhail Parakhin, former CEO of Bing, according to a Thursday (May 16) post on LinkedIn by Perplexity Co-founder and CEO...

Google’s AI Search Feature Fuels Content Traffic Concerns
artificial intelligence // May 15, 2024

Google’s new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search summaries could significantly impact online publishers by driving users away from their websites and toward the tech giant’s own results, potentially reshaping the online landscape and raising concerns among content creators who rely on website traffic for advertising revenue....

Google Introduces Enterprise-Focused AI Updates
Google // April 09, 2024

Google has debuted several updates for its artificial intelligence (AI) suite for cloud computing clients. “Today, we are announcing that organizations can ground models in Google Search, giving customers access to the combined power of Google’s latest foundation models and access to fresh, high-quality information,” the company wrote...

Interviews & Exclusives
Happy 15th IPO Anniversary Google!

August 19, 2019
I wouldn’t be buying Google stock, and I don’t know anyone who would — Silicon ValleyEntrepreneur, Inventor and Futurist Jeffery Kaplan on Google’s 2004 IPO   One of the more amazing powers of overwhelming and undeniable success is its power to change the collective recollection of the past, even the relatively recent past. Alphabet, with an $800 […]

DuckDuckGo Takes On Google Search

September 14, 2018
Think of online privacy as a race. With consumers increasingly focused on how their data and web personas are used by eCommerce and other digital organizations, regulators and lawmakers are...

Taboola CEO: Why Android News Will Unlock New Content/Commerce Models

April 09, 2018
It’s called the Paradox of Choice, or “analysis paralysis” – and anyone who has ever frozen in the face of searching Netflix for a Friday night movie has felt its icy grasp....

BLOBfish And The Cure For The Summertime Blues

June 06, 2017
It’s a scenario the startup BLOBfish Activity Hub, a.k.a. the ‘Trip Advisor for kids’ activities,’ knows all too well. For parents nationwide, the countdown has already begun. It is similar...

Quick Reads
Constructor Raises $25 Million for AI-Powered Product Discovery, Search Engine

June 17, 2024
Constructor has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round to support the further product development and international expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered product discovery and search platform for enterprise eCommerce companies. With the new funding, Constructor will continue innovating its product and helping customers apply multiple types of AI to improve product […]

AI Startup Perplexity Adds Ex-Uber and Bing Execs as Advisers

May 16, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity has added three new advisers. They include Emil Michael, former chief business officer at Uber; Rich Miner, co-founder of Android and adviser to Google; and Mikhail Parakhin, former...

Google Introduces Enterprise-Focused AI Updates

April 09, 2024
Google has debuted several updates for its artificial intelligence (AI) suite for cloud computing clients. “Today, we are announcing that organizations can ground models in Google Search, giving customers access to the combined...

Report: Google to Challenge EU’s Attempt to Break Up Ad Business

October 12, 2023
Google reportedly intends to challenge the European Union’s (EU) threat to break up its ad business. The tech giant has made it clear in a letter addressed to EU watchdogs...