Aggregate Knowledge Selected as a Supernova 2007 Connected Innovator
San Mateo, CA—June 18, 2007—Aggregate Knowledge, the leader in the new category of Online Discovery today announced that it has been selected as a Supernova 2007 Connected Innovator and will be presenting at the Supernova Conference in San Francisco, California, on June 21, 2007. Aggregate Knowledge CEO Paul Martino will be demonstrating how millions of people use Discovery to find products, content, and services. Coverage of the presentation and event will be provided on TechCrunch.com.
The Connected Innovators program, a highlight of the Supernova 2007 Conference, brings together the creators of exciting emerging technologies with the industry's top technology and business influencers. Aggregate Knowledge was one of the 13 companies selected from a record number of applicants by Supernova organizer Kevin Werbach and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington.
"These 13 innovators were selected from an impressive number of exciting ventures; it's a promising reflection of the current state of innovation in our industry," said Kevin Werbach, Supernova's founder and assistant professor at The Wharton School. "Bringing this group together with industry influencers will only help drive the development and impact of technology's next big thing."
"Discovery has emerged as an exciting new category that is fundamentally changing the way companies sell products online, how media publishers deliver relevant content, and how millions of people discover information on the Internet," said Paul Martino, Aggregate Knowledge CEO and founder. "We are honored to be selected as a Supernova Connected Innovator and look forward to showing how leading companies are driving business value through Discovery."
Aggregate Knowledge is powering Discovery for more than 50 million people per month for its growing portfolio of customers. Customers include major online publishing companies and retailers, such as the WashingtonPost.com and Overstock.com.
Aggregate Knowledge Discovery™ offerings emulate the way people naturally discover information and shop offline. By employing a super computing architecture that anonymously aggregates billions of data points in real time, Aggregate Knowledge helps its customers tap into the collective behavior of their online visitors and customers to anticipate and deliver content that is both relevant and useful. Aggregate Knowledge moves far beyond traditional keyword search by dynamically modeling real-time changes in human behavior to surface new and relevant content leading to breakthroughs in both click-through and sales conversion rates. Deployed as a web service, Aggregate Knowledge Discovery offerings can be up and running on customer sites in as little as a few hours.
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About Aggregate Knowledge
Aggregate Knowledge provides the Pique Discovery Network. The Pique Discovery Network connects consumers to the hottest products, hidden content gems, and coolest items from industry leading retailers and media companies. Pique Discovery Network companies improve engagement and sales conversions, create new revenue opportunities and deliver differentiated experiences on their web sites. Aggregate Knowledge was recently acknowledged as an AlwaysOn Media 100 winner, a Supernova Connected Innovator and was selected as a “Ones to Watch” company by Dealmaker Media. Aggregate Knowledge is funded by premier venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures and First Round Capital.
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