The Hindu: Snowflake buys ex-Google executives built search engine Neeva . “Snowflake, a cloud data management firm, has purchased ex-Google executives built ad-free search engine Neeva for an undisclosed sum. The details of the transaction have not been spelled out, but the acquisition could give the cloud data management firm a lift as it aims to becomes an AI company.”
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CNBC: Neeva, co-founded by a former Google exec, to shut down its consumer search product and focus on A.I.
CNBC: Neeva, co-founded by a former Google exec, to shut down its consumer search product and focus on A.I. . “Neeva, the privacy-focused search company co-founded by former Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy, announced Saturday that it is shutting down its consumer search engine and will focus on exploring use cases for artificial intelligence.”
Fast Company: Now Neeva’s ad-free Google search alternative has a free version
Fast Company: Now Neeva’s ad-free Google search alternative has a free version. “Neeva, an ad-free Google search alternative that launched last June, will finally make good on plans to charge a subscription fee for its service. But instead of immediately throwing a paywall in front of prospective users, the startup is launching a free tier.”
Fast Company: Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers
Fast Company: Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers. “Neeva is indeed a new search engine, officially launching today, that carries a subscription fee. Though it’s extremely similar to Google in many respects—with a few twists of its own—it dumps the web giant’s venerable ad-based business model in the interest of avoiding distractions, privacy quandaries, and other compromises. It’s free for three months—long enough for users to grow accustomed to it without obligation—and $4.95 a month thereafter.”
FT: Search engine start-ups try to take on Google
FT: Search engine start-ups try to take on Google. “A new batch of search engine start-ups positioning themselves as potential rivals to Google is hoping that growing regulatory pressure will finally reverse two decades of the search giant’s dominance. The latest challengers include Neeva, launched by two former Google executives, and You.com, founded by Salesforce.com’s former chief scientist, as well as Mojeek, a UK-based start-up with growing ambitions to build its own index of billions of web pages.” Not paywalled, at least for me. The comments were all over the map.
New York Times: A Former Google Executive Takes Aim at His Old Company With a Start-Up
New York Times: A Former Google Executive Takes Aim at His Old Company With a Start-Up. “Nearly two years after he left Google, [Sridhar Ramaswamy] is testing his newfound conviction by mounting a challenge against his former employer. His new company, Neeva, is a search engine that looks for information on the web as well as personal files like emails and other documents. It will not show any advertisements and it will not collect or profit from user data, he said. It plans to make money on subscriptions from users paying for the service.”