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Semantic Search Company Receives $5M

December 15th, 2007 - by Brett Derricott - Salt Lake City, Utah

Semantic search has come up in various presentations I’ve given so I wanted to update you on Hakia receiving $5 million in funding.

The core value of semantic search is that it works from meanings, not just occurrences of words. Semantic search seeks to increase the relevance of search results and to make searching more natural.

As conventional search tools like Google, Yahoo!, and MSN are maturing, semantic search is often seen as the next major innovation in search.

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