Yahoo rachète Summly pour fermer le service
Summly est une société anglaise qui a été créée par un jeune britannique de 15 ans (il en a maintenant 17). Cette société permet grâce à des algorithmes génétiques de faire un résumé pertinent de 400 mots de n’importe quel texte. La technologie était utilisée principalement pour l’application iphone éponyme.
Yahoo a annoncé hier avoir acheté la société de Nick D’Aloisio pour un montant a priori de 30 millions de dollars, pas mal pour un si jeune entrepreneur. Yahoo a par ailleurs annoncé que le produit n’allait plus exister mais que la technologie allait être intégrée dans les produits Yahoo et que Nick D’Aloisio allait travailler maintenant pour Yahoo.
In true Summly fashion, I will keep this short and sweet.Quoiqu’il en soit avec ce rachat le fondateur va pouvoir s’acheter un paquet d’Egg chair d’Arne Jacobsen, chaise qu’il semble apprécier!
I am delighted to announce Summly has signed an agreement to be acquired by Yahoo!. Our vision is to simplify how we get information and we are thrilled to continue this mission with Yahoo!’s global scale and expertise. After spending some time on campus, I discovered that Yahoo! has an inspirational goal to make people’s daily routines entertaining and meaningful, and mobile will be a central part of that vision. For us, it’s the perfect fit.
When I founded Summly at 15, I would have never imagined being in this position so suddenly. I’d personally like to thank Li Ka-Shing and Horizons Ventures for having the foresight to back a teenager pursuing his dream. Also to our investors, advisors and of course the fantastic team for believing in the potential of Summly. Without you all, this never would have been possible. I’d also like to thank my family, friends and school for supporting me.
Most importantly, thank you to our wonderful users who have helped contribute to us receiving Apple’s Best Apps of 2012 award for Intuitive Touch! We will be removing Summly from the App Store today but expect our summarization technology will soon return to multiple Yahoo! products – see this as a ‘power nap’ so to speak.
With over 90 million summaries read in just a few short months, this is just the beginning for our technology. As we move towards a more refined, liberated and intelligent mobile web, summaries will continue to help navigate through our ever expanding information universe.
Sincerely,
Nick
Founder