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AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI lands $26M, launches iOS app
A search startup raised $26 million recently to offer an AI-powered rival to Google. Perplexity AI, which bills itself as a “conversational search engine,” closed a Series A funding round
Hands-on with Bing’s new ChatGPT-like features
Yesterday, Microsoft launched the new Bing on the web and in its Edge browser, powered by a combination of a next-gen OpenAI GPT model and Microsoft’s own Prometheus model. With this, Microsoft
Google’s AI-powered ‘multisearch,’ which combines text and images in a single query, goes global
Amid other AI-focused announcements, Google today shared that its newer “multisearch” feature would now be available to global users on mobile devices, anywhere that Google Lens is already
Google winds down feature that put playable podcasts directly in search results
Google confirmed it’s putting an end to a feature that allowed users to access playable podcasts directly from the Google Search results in favor of offering podcast recommendations. Officially
Google will soon blur explicit imagery in Search results by default
Google announced today that it will enable a new SafeSearch blurring setting by default for all users in the coming months. The filter is designed to help people protect themselves and their families
Airbnb is rolling out a toggle to show you price inclusive of all fees
Airbnb is rolling out a new toggle to show you the price, inclusive of all fees (before taxes), for your stay instead of showing you a per-night price. This means you won’t have to go to the boo
Chrome is adding shortcuts to easily search for tabs, bookmarks and history from the address bar
Google is adding new shortcuts to make it easier for users to search for tabs, bookmarks and history from the address bar. You can now type @tabs, @bookmarks or @history to begin searching for website
Harmonic helps investors query the startup searches of their wildest dreams
Siri, show me fintech companies, founded in the last two years, that haven’t raised over the past year but have grown headcount by 100% in the same time frame; and can it be founded by Stanford
Needl wants to become the search engine for your accounts
Google, DuckDuckGo and other search engines help you find information from the web. But it’s hard to find documents, messages, meetings and emails from your own accounts. You need to go to diffe
Meilisearch lands $15M investment to grow its ‘search-as-a-service’ business
Meilisearch, the creator behind the open source search engine project of the same name, today closed a $15 million Series A round led by Felicis, with participation from CRV, LocalGlobe, ESOP, Mango C
Google rolls out tool to request removal of personal info from search results, will later add proactive alerts
This spring, Google announced it would expand the types of personal information users could request to have removed from Google Search results to include contact information, like a phone number, addr
Google to launch its image and text-based ‘Multisearch Near Me’ local search feature in the US
A new Google feature that will allow users to search using both images and text combined to find local retailers who offer the apparel, home goods or food you’re looking for will soon roll out t
Google rolls out a new set of search tools for eco-conscious travelers
In recent months, Google has been steadily adding new tools to help consumers choose more sustainable options when using its services like Google Maps, Google Flights and hotel search. On Tuesday, th
Hebbia raises $30M to launch an AI-powered document search tool
Hebbia, a startup developing AI-infused search tools, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures with participation from Radical Ventures. Of note, among the
Google now lets merchants add an ‘LGBTQ+ owned’ label to their profiles on Maps and Search
Google announced today that it’s adding a new label on Maps and Search that will allow people to identify their business as being LGBTQ+ owned. The new label is now available to merchants in the
Zoovu lands $169M to drive online product discovery experiences
The competition in e-commerce has become fiercer as the pandemic drives shoppers online. At the same time, customers have grown to expect better experiences. According to help desk software vendor Hiv
Former AWS engineer sets out to build a better log search engine
When ZincSearch founder Prabhat Sharma worked as a solutions architect at AWS, he helped customers implement a lot of tools on top of AWS infrastructure services. He noticed that most of the solutions
Glean aims to help employees surface info across sprawling enterprise systems
At enterprises of a certain size, keeping track of data including apps, employees, and projects becomes increasingly challenging. According to McKinsey, employees spend 1.8 hours every day — 9.3
Agolo’s summary-powered search brings in government work and fresh funding
Search is hard, but even the decent tools developed by Google, Microsoft and others can’t seem to get it right when it comes to navigating the thousands of documents and ideas trapped in enterpr
CatalyzeX grabs $1.64M seed to help developers find right machine learning model
Machine learning is exploding, and so are the number of models out there for developers to choose from. While Google can help, it’s not really designed as a model search engine. That’s whe