Anna Patterson

Anna Patterson

Anna Patterson is the president and founder of Cuil, a new search engine that has positioned itself as a competitor to Google. Before establishing Cuil, Patterson was a manager at Google.¹

Fast Facts

Born: 1973
Spouse: Tom Costello
President of Cuil
Worked as a research scientist at Stanford University
Obtained a PhD from University of Illinois
At Google she was in charge of GoogleBase and manager of Google's ad-matching technology

Cuil

Went online on July 28, 2008²
Founders: Anna Patterson, Tom Costello, Russell Power¹
Investors: Tugboat Ventures, Greylock Partners and Madrone Capital Partners³

Categories

Executives | Search Engines | Internet | News

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Wikipedia: Anna Patterson
Cuil: Management Team
FORTUNE: Where are they now?
The Los Angeles Times: Google alums rev up new search engine... (July 28, 2008)
The New York Times: Former Employees of Google Prepare... (July 28, 2008)
VentureBeat: Cuil might just be cool enough... (July 28, 2008)
ACM Queue: Why Writing Your Own Search Engine is Hard...

Anna Patterson Background

Anna Patterson Blogs and Articles

CNNMoney.com: Ex-Google workers launch rival search engine (July 28, 2008)
BBC NEWS: Irish myths behind engine name (July 28, 2008)
San Jose Business Journal: Former Google engineers launch new search engine (July 28, 2008)
Guardian.co.uk: Can Cuil's new search engine capture...
ZDNet.com: Cuil trips over its Web index in early going (July 28, 2008)
PC World: Ex-Googler, Husband Launch Cuil New Search Engine (July 28, 2008)

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