You.com

You.com - founded in 2020, the company works in the field of natural language processing technologies (natural language processing). The startup platform allows you to process search results, rank the query and perform their semantic analysis in various languages, including programming languages. With the help of artificial intelligence, platform users can generalize search results and expand them through built-in search applications. This allows you to perform various tasks without leaving the search results pages.

History

2021: Raising $20 million

In November 2021, it became known about investing $20 million in You.com. The funding round was led by SalesforceMark Benioff, CEO. The Day One Ventures fund of the Russian woman Masha Drokova, the Breyer Capital and Sound Ventures funds also took part in the deal. The You.com plans to spend the investments received on developing its own platform and increasing its user audience.

The You.com states that the company is developing "the world's first open search engine." By November 2021, the product is in beta testing. The company is counting on competition with Google and indicate the advantages of its platform.

The California Foundation with Russian roots Day One Ventures has invested in "the world's first open search engine You.com"

The first page of Google can be changed only by paying for advertising, which annoys users and costs the company dearly. Our new platform will allow companies to post their most current content on the first page, and if users like it, they will be able to interact with it directly on this page. Most companies and partners will prefer this new interface of digital life to the old status quo of Google, "said Richard Socher, co-founder and CEO of the You.com[1]

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