AI Search Engine Neeva Acquired By Snowflake

AI search engine Neeva is acquired by enterprise data cloud company Snowflake

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Former search engine Neeva was acquired by data cloud platform company Snowflake, hinting at future integration of the Neeva AI search technology into their products.

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Neeva was founded by two former Google executives with a vision to create a search engine that didn’t show ads or sell user data.

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Their path to monetization was based on the idea that consumers who valued their privacy would subscribe to a search engine that offered a better user experience.

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Their initial choice to build a consumer search engine was a somewhat me-too move in a tough market where even a huge competitor like Microsoft had trouble prying users away from the habit of Googling for answers.

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Nevertheless Neeva attracted investments by top Silicon Valley firms like Sequoia Capital, an early investor in companies such as Google, Apple and Snowflake.

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The Neeva team pivoted to creating an AI enhanced search engine and unveiled it in early 2023. But it was quickly overshadowed by Microsoft’s integration of AI.

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