Yahoo
web portal and search engine
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Videos Mentioning Yahoo
The Rise and Fall of the Vector DB category: Jo Kristian Bergum (ex-Chief Scientist, Vespa)
Latent Space
Mentioned as a company where Jo Kristian Bergum worked on search systems for 20 years, and also as a big tech company that has long worked on embeddings.
Kara Swisher Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A tech company whose stock price was observably impacted by Kara Swisher's posts; she broke the story about a significant data breach affecting 500 million people.
If I Wanted To Grow An Audience In 2026, I'd Do This
Alex Hormozi
Mentioned as a large internet services company whose CEO's annual earnings were less than the speaker's in his 20s.
Luis Von Ahn Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Company where Udi Manber was chief scientist in 2000; they had a problem with bots signing up for email accounts, which CAPTCHA solved.
Peter Thiel on How to Think for Yourself | Q&A on The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
Mentioned as a competitor that Google definitively distanced itself from around 2002.
Tracy DiNunzio Interview: Part 2 (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Website whose homepage headlines are examined for insights into effective persuasion and content testing.
Travis Kalanick Joins, xAI Rebuild, Spotify CEO Joins, Apple Faces Slop Allegations
TBPN
An internet services company where Tim Koogle ran the ad business.
E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap!
All-In Podcast
An American web services provider, mentioned as an example of a company that had to have a local partner in China due to foreign ownership prohibitions.
Female Founders Conference - Mountain View
Y Combinator
The company that acquired Polyvore in 2015. The acquisition and integration process was described as challenging but ultimately beneficial.
Eric Schmidt — Lessons from a Trillion-Dollar Coach | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Google's primary competitor in its early days, led by CEO Terry Semel.
Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave | Lex Fridman Podcast #160
Lex Fridman
A search engine with which Firefox tried an ill-fated partnership, leading to user dissatisfaction and traffic loss.
Mark Zuckerberg On Yahoo's Billion Dollar Offer
Y Combinator
Offered to buy Facebook for $1 billion in its early stages, a decision that led to significant company restructuring and employee departures.
Geoff Ralston - Parting Advice
Y Combinator
The company that purchased the speaker's first web-based email startup.
Tim Brady - Building Culture
Y Combinator
One of the companies Tim Brady started in 1994, serving as a basis for his experience in building culture.
Startup Investor School Day 2 Live Stream
Y Combinator
One of the big internet companies that Larry Page and Sergey Brin tried to sell Google to in its early days, but they said no.
Startup Investor School Day 4 Live Stream
Y Combinator
Cited as an example of a huge company built by software founders/engineers.
Female Founders Conference - New York
Y Combinator
The company that acquired Paul Graham's startup, Viaweb.
Silicon Valley's Cargo Culting Problem
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a company that represented the conventional wisdom that search was a commodity before Google disproved it with significant engineering breakthroughs.
How to Raise Money with Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, and Parker Conrad (HtSaS 2014: 9)
Y Combinator
A company that was an investor in Google and with whom Google sought an OEM deal.
Ron Conway at Startup School 2012
Y Combinator
The search deal with Yahoo was a strategic goal for Google founders to bootstrap their company, and Mike Moritz's position on Yahoo's board was a factor in his involvement.
Four CEOs on the Future of AI: CoreWeave, Perplexity, Mistral, and IREN
All-In Podcast
Referenced for its early consumer business trajectory, suggesting Perplexity's similar growth in user base.
The Best LinkedIn Marketing Strategy For 2026 | Step By Step
Adam Erhart
A search engine mentioned in the context of LinkedIn's SEO potential, where LinkedIn profiles and content can rank.