ChaCha, the new search engine founded by Scott Jones and Brad Bostic has secured $6 million in private funding from some pretty big names. ChaCha is unique because it allows you to search the web normally or with live assistance via real-time chat. Here’s the announcement from the press release:
“ChaCha, the only real-tim human-powered search engine in the world, announced today it received $6 million in private funding in 2006. The ChaCha search system is so innovative that 18 patents have been filed in the first year. The funding was led by Bezos Expeditions, the personal investment firm of Jeff Bezos, with additional participation from Rod Canion, founding CEO of Compaq Computer, and Jack Gill, veteran Silicon Valley investor, founder of Vanguard Ventures and current partner at Maven Ventures.”
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