Kosmix
Kosmix Search
- Conference
- DEMO 06
- Market Segment
- Consumer service
- Funding Details
- Seed round: $700,000 of private funding. A-round: $7.4 million Cambrian Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Competitors
- Eurekster, Clusty
- Product Description
- Kosmix Search has developed algorithms and technology that solve a complex engineering problem: categorizing the entire Web into understandable categories, such as women’s health and adventure travel. We change the search experience in two ways: Kosmix frees searchers from the tyranny of the top 10 results, enabling them to explore the Web around their search topic guided by Kosmix categories. Kosmix enables “flavored” search. A soccer mom can have a tailored, full-scale search engine that delivers family-friendly results.
- Market Opportunity
- Nielsen NetRatings shows the overall $5 billion search market growing 5% from the first quarter to second quarter of 2005. Double-digit growth was achieved by smaller players Ask and AOL. Vertical search grew in the double digits for Google and Yahoo, faster than general search overall.
- DEMO Says
- Algorithmically categorizing the content of the Web is the Holy Grail of search engineers. Cosmix takes a big step toward that end with a new approach to crawling, indexing and categorizing the Web. The result is a better search experience for consumers and more relevant placements for paid listing advertisers.
- Contact
- Michele Turner
- michele@kosmix.com
- Company Address
-
444 Castro St., Suite 700
Mountain View, CA 94041 - Primary Phone
- 650-938-2300
- Primary Fax
- 650-938-5959
- URL
- www.kosmix.com
- Corporate Officers
- Venky Harinarayan, Co-Founder; Anand Rajaraman, Co-Founder
Twitter eyes new horizons with Kosmix discovery app Total Telecom
Satellite Internet ~ 07/07/2010
Twitter eyes new horizons with Kosmix discovery app Total Telecom On Wednesday, Silicon Valley...Read More
Twitter puts up a World Cup filter Tweetbeat
Financial Chronicle ~ 06/30/2010
With the number of tweeple on the rise, now there is a new Twitter filter on World Cup 2010 as...Read More
MySpace Offers Interactive World Cup Content Site
Actualidad Noticias ~ 06/12/2010
MySpace has an interactive, media and feature rich World Cup profile it's showing off, as the...Read More
FIFA WorldCup 2010 twitter. Is Kosmix's TweetBeat the best tool ?
Mahalo.com ~ 06/11/2010
Saw this Techcrunch article: Kosmix unleashes its real time TweetBeat on the WorldCup TweetBeat...Read More
Kosmix Unleashes Its Realtime Tweetbeat On The World Cup
Tech Crunch ~ 06/11/2010
The problem with Twitter is that it is too noisy. Filtering the signal from the noise is still...Read More
Kosmix is looking for a Senior User Experience Designer in Mountain View, CA, USA
TechNews.AM ~ 04/10/2010
About Kosmix Kosmix is your guide to the Web. We are a 65-person company made up of some of the...Read More
SEO Lead
TechNews.AM ~ 03/04/2010
The Opportunity - Develop the long-term SEO strategy for Kosmix with the goal of increasing...Read More
Seven Search Start-Ups Soak In Twitter Firehose By David Cohen on Mar 02, 2010 12:59 PM
Mediabistro.com ~ 03/02/2010
Seven start-up search-technology companies can now be fully soaked by the Twitter Firehose, as...Read More
Seven Search Start-Ups Soak In Twitter Firehose
Clusterstock Blog ~ 03/02/2010
0 Seven start-up search-technology companies can now be fully soaked by the Twitter Firehose,...Read More
Twitter Turns Firehose on Little Guys
Yahoo! Finance US ~ 03/02/2010
Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo (YHOO) are no longer the only ones drinking from...Read More
Twitter shares its 'firehose' of tweets with more partners
Network World ~ 03/01/2010
Ellerdale, Collecta and Kosmix are a few of the companies getting access to the...Read More
Semantic Web Already Having an Impact
Silobreaker ~ 01/29/2010
InternetNews.com: The dream of semantic search--natural-language queries that result in accurate...Read More
Some Search Predictions for 2010
TechNews.AM ~ 01/07/2010
Kosmix calls itself a categorization engine because it takes your search query and returns...Read More
'Deep Web' dive and 'social media' search
Business Line ~ 12/27/2009
Kosmix, a guide to the Web, says it offers a 360-degree view for a topic.. The list of top...Read More
Recruiting with Kosmix CruiterTalk.com
TechNews.AM ~ 12/16/2009
Try Cruiter Talk.com and then check out this Kosmix...Read More
Head-to-Head: Comparing Kosmix to Bing
TechNews.AM ~ 12/10/2009
By Abhishek Gattani Microsoft announced the Bing fall release on November 11 along with new...Read More
Google, Kosmix, and The Deep Web A Love Triangle
TechNews.AM ~ 11/17/2009
Alon Halevy of Google Labs and Anand Rajaraman of Kosmix went after the Deep Web in their own...Read More
Kosmix issues $238K more in stock after CruxLux buy
Finance.Sharpnews.info ~ 11/09/2009
Kosmix, a search engine that provides comprehensive pages of information in response to queries,...Read More
Cliptas Video Search API comes to Kosmix
TechNews.AM ~ 11/04/2009
By Alan Masarsky, here. One of the hottest destinations for categorized topics and a guide to...Read More
Extra! Extra! Kosmix Acquires Cruxlux!
TechNews.AM ~ 10/21/2009
The big news around Kosmix HQ today: Weve just acquired Cruxlux.com! Cruxlux is an awesome...Read More
Kosmix Acquires Cruxlux, The Online Version Of Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon
TechCrunch ~ 10/20/2009
Kosmix, the reference engine that dynamically generates comprehensive topic pages as soon as you...Read More
Time Inc.'s Health.com partners with RightHealth.com
MM&M ~ 10/13/2009
More In News RELATED TOPICS Digital Media Online Time Inc.'s Health.com and RightHealth.com, a...Read More
Google Is Sharpening Its Squares
Content Management Connection ~ 10/10/2009
As some of you may remember, Im excited about Google Squared, a project I see as a great first...Read More
Planning to support a cause or event on Twitter? Try Lucky Twit!
TechNews.AM ~ 10/07/2009
The folks at web guide Kosmix freshly released a new tool for Twitter users to support events or...Read More
Members of Technical Staff at Kosmix (Mountain View, CA 94041)
TechNews.AM ~ 09/13/2009
Kosmix is Hiring! At Kosmix, our goal is to help you learn more about ANYTHING. We have three...Read More
Article: Cool Search Engines That Are Not Google
Free Republic ~ 08/18/2009
Article: Cool Search Engines That Are Not Google The article discusses the following engines...Read More
LUNCH 2.0 @ KOSMIX - 8/6/09
Adotas ~ 08/05/2009
Lunch 2.0 @ Kosmix Date: 8/6/09 - 12 pm Location: Kosmix, 444 Castro St. Suite 109, Mountain...Read More
MicroHoo The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
TechNews.AM ~ 08/04/2009
By Ravi Raj, Vice President and GM, Kosmix Sites Late last week Yahoo! and Microsoft announced...Read More
La Cathedrale dImages
Technorati ~ 07/17/2009
By RICK WOOD | Published: July 17, 2009 Read more from the original source:La Cathedrale...Read More
Kosmix and Its Positioning
ArnoldIT Blog ~ 06/26/2009
I have been tracking Kosmix for two reasons. Its approach is in tune with certain demographics...Read More
Kosmix Tries New Twist on Search to Avoid Google's Dominance
Congoo ~ 06/26/2009
If a friend suggested that you check out an Internet search service called Kosmix, you might...Read More
Kosmix Tries New Twist on Search to Avoid Google's Dominance
IStock Analyst ~ 06/25/2009
(Source: San Jose Mercury News)By Scott Duke Harris, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jun....Read More
The post-search era beckons
Express Buzz ~ 05/30/2009
Kosmix, a Silicon Valley startup, explores new frontiers in search technologies and offers a...Read More
Paid Search: Are Search Refinement Tools Friend or Foe to PPC Advertisers?
SearchViews ~ 05/27/2009
As evidenced by innovations like Googles Wonder Wheel, and Kosmix the search engines have...Read More
Wolfram Alpha Alpha? Really?
Sociolingo's Africa - Blog ~ 05/20/2009
May 20, 2009 Filed under Technology, search engines Tags: Google, Kosmix, search engines,...Read More
MeeHive for iPhone
Network World ~ 04/20/2009
Personalized newspapers have been the dream of media mavens for a couple of decades now....Read More
Kosmix Posts 419% Growth In March
IT Voir (Blog) ~ 04/16/2009
Kosmix the universal search engine that dynamically generates guides to search queries using...Read More
Universal Search Takes Off: Kosmix Posts 419% Growth In March
TechNews.AM ~ 04/15/2009
Kosmix, the universal search engine that dynamically generates guides to search queries using...Read More
Information Week: Kosmix Aggregation Tool Is Beautiful Branding
allvoices.com ~ 04/12/2009
Three cheers to the PR firm or freelancer behind the publicity for Kosmix, which is a startup...Read More
Web is Now Playing in Color!
Silicon India ~ 04/09/2009
Co-Founder, Kosmix Search is like water; everyone on the Web needs it. 1.2 billion Internet...Read More
It's now time for explore engines
The Economic Times ~ 04/03/2009
MUMBAI: After Google, what s next? After search engines and social networking, the next big...Read More
Two Indians from Silicon Valley roll out Kosmix search engine
Top News.in ~ 04/03/2009
Theres a new search engine out there to compete with Google and Yahoo search services. Kosmix...Read More
Web is Now Playing in Color!
Silicon India ~ 04/02/2009
Co-Founder, Kosmix Search is like water; everyone on the Web needs it. 1.2 billion Internet...Read More
"We are not a Google challenger:" Kosmix founder
Reuters India ~ 04/01/2009
By Ruchika Sharma (VCCircle.com) Indians-founded Kosmix.com claims to organise information...Read More
A Web Site Strives To Pull It All Together
Crm-daily.com ~ 03/30/2009
Type in "Kauai," and Kosmix will return a fairly rich page that includes an entry from...Read More
A Web Site Strives To Pull It All Together
Crm-daily.com ~ 03/27/2009
Type in "Kauai," and Kosmix will return a fairly rich page that includes an entry from...Read More
Vertical search company Kosmix raises USD20m
BNet ~ 03/27/2009
San Francisco-based vertical search company Kosmix has raised USD20m in a Series D round led by...Read More
Web is Now Playing in Color!
Silicon India ~ 03/23/2009
Co-Founder, Kosmix Search is like water; everyone on the Web needs it. 1.2 billion Internet...Read More
Just Dont Compare Kosmix to Google
Six Billion Stories and Counting ~ 03/22/2009
Kosmix, a well-financed Silicon Valley start-up, is often described on blogs and news sites as a...Read More
Search News: Getting Kosmix Intervention Through The Holy Trinity of Search
SearchViews ~ 03/20/2009
I was pretty harsh on new search engine [1] Kosmixs chances at whupping Googles butt in [2]...Read More
Kosmix Aggregation Tool Is Beautiful Branding
The Information Week Blogs ~ 03/18/2009
Three cheers to the PR firm or freelancer behind the publicity for Kosmix, which is a startup...Read More
A site that aims to widen the idea of a Web search - Sulekha.com News
Sulekha.com ~ 03/18/2009
City Search Select CityBangaloreChennaiDelhiHyderabadMumbai...Read More
A Web Site Strives To Pull It All Together
Crm-daily.com ~ 03/18/2009
Type in "Kauai," and Kosmix will return a fairly rich page that includes an entry from...Read More
Web is Now Playing in Color!
Silicon India ~ 03/17/2009
Co-Founder, Kosmix Search is like water; everyone on the Web needs it. 1.2 billion Internet...Read More
Kosmix no way near to Google
IT Voir (Blog) ~ 03/16/2009
Kosmix, a well-financed Silicon Valley start-up, is anticipating itself as a search engine that...Read More
A site that aims to widen the idea of a Web search
Newstin ~ 03/16/2009
Bidders face difficult task in valuing Satyam's risks If Kosmix succeeds in attracting a large...Read More
Ping: Just Don t Compare Kosmix to Google
Technoworldinc.com ~ 03/15/2009
Ping: Just Don t Compare Kosmix to Google Kosmix, a well-financed Web start-up, is often...Read More
Kosmix rocks but dont compare it to Google
The Malaysian Insider ~ 03/15/2009
Kosmix, a well-financed Silicon Valley start-up, is often described on blogs and news sites as a...Read More
Just Dont Compare Kosmix to Google
Congoo ~ 03/14/2009
Kosmix, a well-financed Web start-up, is often described as a search engine that may someday...Read More
Ping - Just Don t Compare Kosmix to Google - NYTimes.com
The New York Times ~ 03/14/2009
KOSMIX, a well-financed Silicon Valley start-up, is often described on blogs and news sites as a...Read More
Kosmix
Venture Chronicles ~ 03/13/2009
In an earlier post I wrote about TechFuga, which reminded me that I have been meaning to write...Read More
Kosmixs MeeHive aims at enhancing news-reading experience
Topnews ~ 03/12/2009
MeeHive, the new product launched by Kosmix - the company involved in producing informational...Read More

