Summly

company on 3 shows · 4 statements across 2 episodes · said 5 times in 2 episodes since 2016

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Mayer: Yahoo acquired Summly largely to apply summarization to video
“One of the big reasons we bought it was to apply it on video because there's definitely times where you can't watch a video or, you know, you can't listen to a podcast, but if you can basically take all that content and summarize it down is ultimately really u…”
Marissa Mayer Apr 15, 2024 ▶ 44:53 Why Marissa Mayer Is Betting Big On Consumer Tech
20VC Assertion Partly supported
Christian Hernandez advised Summly while serving as Head of Facebook EMEA
“That was through it was through a guy called Christian Hernandez, who ran Facebook for EMEA at the time, and he was an angel investor and advisor to the company.”
John Henderson Apr 6, 2015 ▶ 4:04 20 VC 025: Finding the Right VC and The Evolution of Summly with John Henderson of White Star Capital
20VC Assertion Partly supported
Summly's three-week integration into Yahoo News Digest set a company speed record
“Within, I think it was within three weeks of the acquisition being announced, Summly had been included within Yahoo News Digest, which is their mobile app product, and that, I still think, is the record within Yahoo for the quickest integration ever.”
John Henderson Apr 6, 2015 ▶ 7:46 20 VC 025: Finding the Right VC and The Evolution of Summly with John Henderson of White Star Capital
20VC Assertion Supported
Yahoo acquired Summly primarily to acquihire its core technical talent
“Yahoo was specifically after the technical people in the company. So, you know, they took the CTO, they took the head of the algorithm, they took Nick.”
John Henderson Apr 6, 2015 ▶ 8:42 20 VC 025: Finding the Right VC and The Evolution of Summly with John Henderson of White Star Capital

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