Powerset has rolled out its semantic search engine and has managed to get a ton of attention. The larger question for me: Does it deliver? And where does Powerset make the most sense? Powerset on ...

My first thought when stepping into the Powerset offices: "Overfunded." The company, which aims to create a better search engine than Google, already has some of the search giant's trappings: fancy ...

Powerset, a San Francisco Internet company that has generated ample hype - but little else - since its founding two years ago, is taking a significant step forward today with a limited release of its ...

While Google and Yahoo focus on indexing Flash sites, Microsoft has other search plans up its sleeve. As the rumors have foretold, Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Powerset and plans to ...

Powerset is being extremely careful about showing the public how their search engine works until they are ready. After some initial hype (see our posts here, here and here), the company pretty much ...

Powerset, a startup building a search engine that understands ideas rather than just words, has opened an online lab to tap into the brainpower of a limited number of humans. Powerset’s search ...

When Microsoft Corp. completed its acquisition of San Francisco-based start-up Powerset in July, it acquired more than just search-engine technology. In the HBase component of Powerset's product, ...

Natural-language search startup Powerset is going through some growing pains. Barney Pell is stepping down from the CEO spot. He will now become the CTO, and he and Powerset’s board will conduct a ...