Brian Pinkerton

Part of Ask.com, Excite, Inc. operates internet portals. The company is based in Redwood City, CA. The company was founded by Mark Haren, Martin Reinfried, Ryan A. McIntyre.

Next, Inc. markets promotional products and sportswear. It is a marketing organization that designs, develops, markets, and distributes licensed and branded promotional products and imprinted sportswear primarily through major college and university, motor sports and other major promotional key licensing agreements. The company was founded on January 2, 1987 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, TN.

Technorati, Inc. operates as a blog search engine and directory. It provides an advertising network, a social rich media technology platform and web properties. The firm serves to the publishers and marketers. The company was founded in 2002 by David L. Sifry and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Scout Labs LLC provided social media monitoring services. The company was founded by Jennifer Zeszut in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Lucidworks, Inc. engages in the development of enterprise search solutions. It offers Fusion platform and managed search for Apache Solr. The company was founded by Erik Hatcher, Yonik Seeley, Frank Calderon, Krellenstein Marc and Grant Ingersoll in August 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Oath, Inc. operates as a media technology company. Its services include content, advertising, AOL membership, and AOL ventures. The company was founded by Stephen M. Case and Marc Seriff on May 24, 1985 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

A9.com, Inc. provides search engine services directly on Amazon.com site. It researches and builds innovative technologies to improve search experience for e-commerce applications. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.