Ask.com
Company

Last deal

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

01.01.2006

Date

3

all rounds

$25M

Total amount

Financing round

General

About Company
Ask.com is a search engine that provides answers to questions from both the web and real people.

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Also Known As

Ask Jeeves

founded date

01.01.1996

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

With over 100 million monthly users globally, Ask.com is a top 10 US website and digital brand. Originally known as Ask Jeeves, the company specialized in natural language search before shifting its algorithms away from it. In 2010, Ask.com returned to its Q&A roots with the beta launch of its question and answer offering that uses a hybrid of search technology and human response to address complex or opinion-based questions. The company has also made two acquisitions in 2012 as part of a larger strategy to offer more content on the Ask.com website.
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Employee Profiles
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Christopher Bridges

Christopher Bridges

Director, Analytics

Apostolos Gerasoulis

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