Quild Mini🦄 #155: You.com

This is the Quild Minicorn, highlighting one future of work minicorn every weekday - early-stage startups with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

you.com is a search engine that helps users find what they're looking for by prioritizing real results. It aims to take on Google and other search engines dependent on advertising by offering privacy controls to let users customize their browsing experience.

Founders: Richard (CEO), Bryan (CTO)

Signals:

1. Repeat exited founder

   1. Richard founded Metamind, a deep learning startup backed by Marc Benioff and Khosla, which Salesforce acquired

2. Top company alumni

   1. Richard and Bryan worked at Salesforce for several years as scientists leading their machine learning initiatives

3. Top university alumni

   1. Richard graduated from Stanford (PhD)

   2. Bryan graduated from Stanford (BA/BS, MS)

4. Fast team growth

   1. Grew to 30+ employees in less than a year

   2. And hiring more

5. Midas list investors

   1. Norwest participated in series A

   2. SV Angel participated in series A

   3. Breyer Capital participated in series A

Till next time, Kenn