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Ask.com

Ask.com

Ask.com is a search engine founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener, David Warthen and Fred Davis.

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Internet
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Search engine (computing)
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Number of Employees (Ranges)
51 – 2000
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ask-com
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Institutional Venture Partners
Institutional Venture Partners
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LinkedIn URL
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ask-com/
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Instagram URL
https://www.instagram.com/askdotcom/
Pitchbook URL
https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/41255-56
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Company Operating Status
Active
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https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ask-com
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Ask.com is a search engine that focuses on finding answers to questions. The service was founded in 1996 in Berkeley, California by Garrett Gruner and David Wharton. AskJeeves.com was originally built around a search engine written by Harry Czewski.

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David Wharton

Founder

Garrett Gruner

Founder

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Founded date
January 1, 1996
Founded date
1996
Timeline

July 15, 2012

The Simpsons episode "The D'oh-cial Network" referenced Ask Jeeves as "Internet Failure"

2010

Douglas Leeds took over as CEO

January 14, 2009

Ask was the official sponsor of NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte's #96 car. Ask.com was the main sponsor of number 96 for 18 of the first 21 races

2009

The British/Irish version of the site, uk.ask.com, brought the character back

February 27, 2006

The character disappeared from the Ask.com page, according to the official version, “retired”

2005

The company announced its plans to phase out Jeeves
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Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/AskDotCom
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Askdotcom
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Latest funding type
Series A
Series A
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Acquisitions
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Acquisition of Sendori by Ask.com
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Acquisitions
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Acquisition of nrelate by Ask.com
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Acquisitions
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Acquisition of Excite@Home by Ask.com
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Acquisitions
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Acquisition of Bloglines by Ask.com
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Acquired by
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Acquisition of Ask.com by IAC
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Founded date
January 1, 1996
Parent organization
IAC (company)
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Investors
Highland Capital Partners
Highland Capital Partners
Institutional Venture Partners
Institutional Venture Partners
Roda Group
Roda Group

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