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AlphaSense, an analysis and business intel search engine, finds $225M at a $1.7B valuation

Google showed the way when it came to the world understanding and valuing the importance of a good search engine to unlock all the information you could find on the internet. The next iteration of tha

AlphaSense, a search engine for analysis and business intel, raises $50M led by Innovation Endeavors

Google and its flagship search portal opened the door to the possibilities of how to build a business empire on the back of organising and navigating the world’s information, as found on the int

Alexa gets access to Wolfram Alpha’s knowledge engine

Knowledge base is one of the departments where Alexa has lagged Assistant. After all, it’s pretty tough to compete with Google when it comes to a sheer breadth of knowledge. Wolfram Alpha is a prett

Wolfram Alpha Launches Problem Generator To Help Students Learn Math

If you're studying math or science, you are probably pretty familiar with <a target="_blank" href="http://wolframalpha.com">Wolfram Alpha</a> as a tool for figuring out complicated equations. That mak

Wolfram Alpha Makes CrunchBase Data Computable Just In Time For Disrupt SF

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/">Wolfram Alpha</a> just announced a useful new feature if you plan to follow <a href="https://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-sf-2012/">Disrupt San

Wolfram Alpha Launches Personal Analytics Reports For Facebook

<a target="_blank" href="http://wolframalpha.com">Wolfram Alpha</a>, the "computational knowledge engine" that quietly handles a large number of queries from Apple's Siri, <a target="_blank" href="htt

Wolfram Alpha Launches Its First Desktop App

Wolfram Alpha, the "computational knowledge engine," just <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/media/pressreleases/wolframalpha-pc.html">launched</a> a desktop app for Windows 7 PCs through <a href="h

If Music Be Thy Dream Of Filthy Lucre, Press Stop

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/wolframtones.gif" />I always enjoy seeing science fiction prophecies come true. Last month, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/19/listen-

If Search Engines Played Jeopardy, Which One Would Win?

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/search-engine-comparisons.gif"> The recent <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/13/mechanical-men-live-from-ibms-watson-robot-vs-human-

WolframAlpha's Android App Now Available

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/wolfram.png" class="shot2">Computational search engine <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/">Wolfram Alpha</a> is <a href="http://www.marketw

Wolfram Alpha Still Trying To Justify That $50 iPhone App With New Virtual Keyboards

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/keyboards-136x200.png" width="136" height="200" />In October, computational engine Wolfram Alpha launched a slick iPhone app. The only problem

Factual Raises $1 Million Seed Round From Andreessen Horowitz, Idealab, And Angels

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/factual-logo.png" width="166" height="45" /> If you co-founded the company that became Google AdSense, as <a href="http://www.crunchbase.co

Wolfram Alpha Does The Math, Slashes iPhone App Price (Sort Of)

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/iphoneIcon-holiday-200x200.png" width="200" height="200" />There's a lot to love about <a href="http://wolframalpha.com">Wolfram Alpha's</a> i

Nice Try, Wolfram Alpha. Still Not Paying $50 For Your App.

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/IMG_0794-133x200.PNG" width="133" height="200" />A couple months ago, <a href="http://wolframalpha.com">Wolfram Alpha</a> launched an impressi

Wolfram Alpha Results Finally Show Up In Bing

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/bingfries-214x120.jpg" width="214" height="120" /> Ever since Microsoft <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/05/28/bing-microsoft-prepares-fo

Wolfram Alpha Miscalculates What Its iPhone App Should Cost

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/IMG_0001-133x200.PNG" width="133" height="200" />Apple wasted little time approving Wolfram Alpha's new iPhone app, which <a href="https://tec

Post-Hype, Wolfram Alpha Turns On Its API And Preps An iPhone App

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/Screen-shot-2009-10-15-at-11.21.18-AM-215x49.png" width="215" height="49" />While <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/">Wolfram Alpha</a>, th

Google Squared Gets Better, But It Still Can't Find Mars

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/Google-Squared-planets-177x200.jpg" width="177" height="200" /> A few months ago, Google <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/06/03/google-sq

What Wolfram Alpha Really Did This Summer: Struck A Deal With Bing.

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/wolfram-bing-query-215x79.png" width="215" height="79" /> Computer scientist Stephen Wolfram gave a <a href="http://blog.wolframalpha.com/200

Bing Versus Wolfram Alpha: A Tale Of Two Search Engine Launches

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/bing-wolfram-215x119.png" width="215" height="119" /> In the past month, we've seen some new search engine launches. Two in particular were
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