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Powerset’s Dilemma: Go For It, Or Sell

(Posted on  TechCrunch  16 days ago)

San Francisco based search startup Powerset will be launching shortly. For now, Powerset will query only Wikipedia and Freebase. But as I said when the product was demo’d to me a few weeks ago, it is compelling nonetheless: “When I tested the… (visit source article)

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