Clearly naming your startup after an Apple SVP is a good idea. I'd like to introduce my next startup - Schiller<p>I kid - congrats to the Cue folks
When Google acquires a company, the company usually is open about it "Yay we were acquired by Google". When Apple acquires they announce they are shutting down. Interesting difference.
Even though they pivoted to calendar app, I still <i>loved</i> their search functionality. It was the fastest, most relevant search I'd ever used and was genuinely useful. Cheers to Apple on the great acquisition.
It's interesting that most of the comments in response to this are about how great Greplin was. What was it about Greplin search that appealed to people so much? If it was so popular, why did the company pivot away from it? I have my own theories, but would be great to hear from folks directly.
That announcement yesterday looked a little sad and morose, but a company like that doesn't just go out of business, given all the interest in analysis of real-world user behaviour. Congrats all!
And yesterday we were all talking about how it was such a shame that they did the whole Greplin to Cue jump. At least they're doing good for themselves now. I can definitely see how this would fit in with apples calendar, email, tasks and all that other stuff to aggregate your schedule.
Acquisition amount makes little sense. If I'd to venture a guess I'd say the actual amount is closer to 2x money raised with the rest in performance based incentives that no one expects to meet.