Neeva, the would-be Google competitor, is shutting down its search engine


An illustration of the Neeva browser running on a mobile phone.
Neeva tried to construct a distinct form of search engine — however couldn’t make the enterprise work. | Picture: Neeva

Neeva, which for some time appeared like one of many startups with an actual likelihood to problem the supremacy of Google Search, introduced on Saturday that it’s shutting down its search engine. The corporate says it’s pivoting to AI — and could also be acquired by Snowflake, The Info reported — however largely appears to consider it failed.

“Constructing serps is difficult,” Neeva co-founders Sridhar Ramaswamy and Vivek Raghunathan wrote in a weblog publish asserting the shutdown. (Ramaswamy specifically is a part of the rationale Neeva appeared promising — because the longtime head of Google’s advert enterprise, few persons are higher geared up to know construct and monetize search than he’s.) However Neeva did it, they stated. It constructed an excellent, aggressive search engine. It was…

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