Inktomi
Inktomi was a company built around distributed search technology and acquired by YahooYahooYahoo is an internet brand founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994, with email, search, news, finance, sports, and advertising businesses. It developed from a web directory into a portal, underwent major acquisitions and security incidents, and sold its operating business in 2017, when the original listed company became Altaba. Apollo-managed funds acquired the brand’s operating business in 2021. Yahoo launched the AI answer service Scout in 2026.Open the full entry in 2003.
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1994University research prototype
Eric Brewer and graduate student Paul Gauthier built a search prototype using multiple computers working together.[1]
1996Inktomi founded
Brewer and Gauthier founded Inktomi to commercialize their research.[1]
2000Search, networking, and commerce infrastructure
In a StanfordStanford UniversityStanford University is a research university in California founded by Leland and Jane Stanford in 1885 and opened in 1891.Open the full entry lecture, Brewer examined reliability and scaling in large internet services. Inktomi then supplied search, networking, and e-commerce infrastructure.[2]
March 19, 2003Acquired by Yahoo
Yahoo completed the $1.65-per-share cash acquisition, making Inktomi a wholly owned subsidiary.[3]