Scarab Research Explained

Scarab Research Inc.
Type:	Private
Location City:	Budapest
Location Country:	Hungary
Area Served:	Worldwide
Key People:	Viktor Szathmáry (CEO) Dániel Fogaras (CSO)
Industry:	Software (Recommendation systems for e-commerce, e-publishing)
Services:	Software development
Products:	Scarab Recommender^[1] ^[2] Scarab Cloud

Scarab Research is a research and development company specialized in recommender systems and machine learning.^[3]

History

Scarab Research was founded in 2009 by a group of European scientists and IT engineers. Its development operations were based in Budapest, Hungary.^[4]

That time personalized recommendations offer had been a new way for returning customers to discover products that match their personal tastes, even though they may never heard of them before.^[5]

In December 2013, Scarab Research was acquired by Emarsys (an SAP company^[6]).^[7]

Scarab Cloud

Scarab Cloud is the name of Scarab Research's cloud-based SaaS e-commerce product recommender service.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: NY's largest online grocer adopts Scarab recommender. Budapest Business Journal. 2010-08-06.
2. Web site: Bookline.hu launches personalized recommendations. Budapest Business Journal. 2010-07-14.
3. Web site: Scarab Research Insider Startup Adatbázis. hu. 2020-03-19.
4. Web site: Startups.hu - Database of Hungarian Startups. startups.hu. 2020-03-18.
5. Web site: Bookline.hu launches personalized recommendations. Budapest Business Journal. en. 2020-03-18.
6. Web site: Emarsys + SAP. Emarsys. en. 2024-01-21.
7. Web site: ITHub - Az IT karriercsomópont. ITHub. hu. 2020-03-19.
8. Web site: Az Év E-kereskedői a Scarab ajánlóját használják • Trademagazin.hu. 2010-11-17. Trade magazin. hu. 2020-03-19.
9. Web site: Scarab Research Insider Startup Adatbázis. hu. 2020-03-19.