Relcy
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet Computer software |
| Founded | Mountain View, California (June 1, 2013) |
| Founder | Rohit Satapathy Nitin Gupta |
| Defunct | June 2016 |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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| Website | relcy |
Relcy was an American corporation specializing in mobile search. It was a stealth mode[clarification needed] company funded by Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures.[1][2] Relcy was founded by Rohit Satapathy and Nitin Gupta in mid-2013, notably[citation needed] with funding obtained by a cold tweet to Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures.
The company received both positive[3] and negative[4] criticism for re-attempting a search start-up with Google having dominated the industry for over a decade.
In February 2016, Relcy added a messaging system to its mobile search engine and announced the launch of an Android app.[5]
In June 2016, Relcy announced they were shutting down.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Relcy Is Building A PageRank-Style Mobile App Search Engine With $9M From Khosla And Sequoia". TechCrunch. 2014-07-17. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06.
- ^ "Relcy Emerges With $9M to Tackle Problem of Mobile Search". WSJ. 2014-07-17. Archived from the original on 2017-12-09.
- ^ "New App-Based Search Engine Startup Relcy Tries to Reset SEO". SearchEngineWatch. 2014-07-22. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28.
- ^ "It Will Take "Act Of God" For Relcy To Win In Mobile Search". SearchEngineLand. 2014-07-21. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01.
- ^ Yeung, Ken (27 January 2016). "Relcy adds messaging to its mobile search engine, launches an Android app". Venturebeat.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ Relcy (2016-06-12). "It's Been Real, Relcy". Medium. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-02.