Viewzi 

This article or section is written like an advertisement.
Please help rewrite this article from a neutral point of view.
For blatant advertising that would require a fundamental rewrite to become encyclopedic, use {{db-spam}} to mark for speedy deletion. (October 2008)
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
Please improve this article if you can. (October 2008)
This article may not meet the notability guideline for web content. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for redirection, merging, or deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion.
This article has been tagged since October 2008.
The neutrality of this article is disputed.
Please see the discussion on the talk page. (October 2008)
Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved.
Viewzi
Type Privately held
Founded Dallas, U.S. (2006)
Founder(s) Brandon Cotter, Chris Mancini
Headquarters Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Industry internet
Products viewzi.com
Owner Brandon Cotter and others
Employees 16
Website www.viewzi.com

Viewzi is a search engine company based in Dallas, Texas that is developing a highly visual experience that tailors the way users look at information based on what they are looking for 1. The search engine lightens the data overload by filtering and grouping results into several distinct interfaces. Users get over 16 "views" for their search including MP3 view (with a list of streaming audio you can play), album view (cover art and related musicians), plus specialized lenses for images, news, and more. 2

Contents

How It Works

A project that is said to have been in the works for roughly two years, Viewzi, is a visual search utility - or “platform,” as its engineers prefer to call it - transferred to beta stage in April, 2008.3 Instead of providing a single list of results in a set form for search requests, as Google does, Viewzi provides different “views” that are tailored to the request being made. 4 The service loads in browsers such as Firefox, Safari, and IE 7 and requires Flash 9.5

The Views

Executives

Brandon Cotter, Founder & Chief Viewzer: Brandon Cotter has been in the internet industry since 1996 when he cofounded web services firm CreateTech. The company was purchased by Broadcast.com in 1997, and then after one of the largest IPO's in NASDAQ history, Broadcast.com was acquired by Yahoo!. Subsequent to Yahoo!, Brandon cofounded Musicforce.com, a niche-music site that in under a year went from inception, to financing ($3MM Series A), to acquisition (valued the company at over $30MM). Other recent ventures include a mobile device OS company, a hosted VOIP provider, and a number of not-for-profit endeavors.

Chris Mancini, Co-Founder & Vice President of Products

Stephen P. Anderson, Vice President of Design: Prior to Viewzi, Stephen led the user experience teams at both Sabre Travel Network and Bright Corner, a small creative and technology services company he co-founded in 2001. There he worked with a variety of businesses to create online and offline customer experiences, with a special focus on custom business applications. Stephen has worked on Web 2.0-style applications with small startups as well as larger usability and information architecture projects for enterprise clients such as Nokia, Frito-Lay and Chesapeake Energy. Before his career in technology, Stephen was a high school English teacher.

Steve DeVoll, Chief Technology Officer: Steve has lead the technical efforts of many organizations, including serving as CTO for Musicforce.com, Stick Networks, Workflow Designs, and Sharp Focus Productions. During his career in technology he has focused on designing, implementing and deploying distributed, embedded, and web-based systems for collaborative applications.

Jay Horne, Vice President 12

Funding

Viewzi has raised over $2MM in seed funding, and will be looking for its first full venture round in 2008. 13

References

  1. ^ AdAge, August 2008
  2. ^ Wired, August 2008
  3. ^ Mashable, April 2008
  4. ^ VentureBeat, April 2008
  5. ^ ReadWriteWeb, May 2008
  6. ^ Papervision 3D Blog, August 2008
  7. ^ cnet(webware), June 2008
  8. ^ ReadWriteWeb, May 2008
  9. ^ ReadWriteWeb, May 2008
  10. ^ ReadWriteWeb, May 2008
  11. ^ ReadWriteWeb, May 2008
  12. ^ Viewzi Corporate Website
  13. ^ VentureBeat, April 2008

External links

External Articles

See also