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Robin Hanson’s buddy in the Silicon Valley strikes it rich.

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PowerSet sold to the Evil Empire for $100 million.
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UPDATE: Interview.
UPDATE: ValleyWag.
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Barney Pell, then an “Enterpreneur In Residence” for a VC, co-founded PowerSet and became its first CEO —and then moved on to another position at PowerSet. (Barney Pell was probably a minority investor in PowerSet.)
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In a 2005 blog post, comes the explanation on how the [...]

Prediction markets-friend Barney Pell is involved in the next Google, “PowerSet”.

PowerSet will blow away Google, the buzz goes, because this brand-new search engine has mastered the natural language search. Here’s Barney Pell’s account of the blogosphere’s comments on the unveiling of PowerSet’s business plan.
My Question: Do you see any kind of connection between natural language search and prediction markets?
Addendum (November 7): In a 2005 blog [...]

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