Relcy Explained
Relcy was an American corporation specializing in mobile search. It was a stealth mode company funded by Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures.[1] [2] Relcy was founded by Rohit Satapathy and Nitin Gupta in mid-2013, with funding obtained after a cold tweet to Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures.
The company received both positive[3] and negative[4] criticism for re-attempting a search start-up with Google having dominated the industry for over a decade.
In February 2016, Relcy added a messaging system to its mobile search engine and announced the launch of an Android app.[5]
In June 2016, Relcy announced they were shutting down.[6]
References
- Web site: Relcy Is Building A PageRank-Style Mobile App Search Engine With $9M From Khosla And Sequoia . TechCrunch . 2014-07-17 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170706124258/https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/17/relcy-mobile-search/ . 2017-07-06 .
- Web site: Relcy Emerges With $9M to Tackle Problem of Mobile Search . Gage, Deborah . Wall Street Journal. 2014-07-17 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171209113108/https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/07/17/relcy-emerges-with-9m-to-tackle-problem-of-mobile-search/ . 2017-12-09 .
- Web site: New App-Based Search Engine Startup Relcy Tries to Reset SEO . SearchEngineWatch . 2014-07-22 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728183306/http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2356653/New-App-Based-Search-Engine-Startup-Relcy-Tries-to-Reset-SEO . 2014-07-28 .
- Web site: It Will Take "Act Of God" For Relcy To Win In Mobile Search . SearchEngineLand . 2014-07-21 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140801003559/http://searchengineland.com/will-take-act-god-relcy-win-mobile-search-197384 . 2014-08-01 .
- Web site: Yeung. Ken. Relcy adds messaging to its mobile search engine, launches an Android app. Venturebeat.com. 27 January 2016 . 2 February 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160202064027/http://venturebeat.com/2016/01/27/relcy-adds-messaging-to-its-mobile-search-engine-launches-an-android-app/. 2 February 2016.
- Web site: It's Been Real, Relcy. Relcy. 2016-06-12. Medium. 2016-08-02. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160822191637/https://medium.com/@Relcy/its-been-real-relcy-e935e98b8ce7#.wzh0k9nbo. 2016-08-22.