Mahalo Launches in Alpha
5/31/07 – Entrepreneur Jason Calacanis today launched Mahalo.com, what he describes as a "human-powered" search engine, at the Wall Street Journal's D Conference in San Diego. The company is based in Santa Monica.
Calacanis says the site is currently being launched in Alpha with the Internet’s 4,000 most popular search terms completed. The company says it hopes to reach 10,000 search terms by the end of the year, at which point it will enter Beta, and launch shortly thereafter.
Mahalo also announced the closing of two rounds of financing to date. Lead investors include Sequoia Capital, Elon Musk and NewsCorp. The company says additional investors include CBS Corporation, Hubert Burda Media, Allen & Co., David Bradley, Gigi Brisson, Sandy Climan, Mark Cuban, Matt Coffin, Ted Leonsis, Jonathan Miller, Mark Pincus, Ryan Scott and Fred Wilson.
Mahalo – www.mahalo.com
