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Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

Posted by cfabbro
Tags: internet, websites, ask jeeves, search engines, history, 1990s, acquisitions, iac, venture capital, author.anthony ha, source.techcrunch, short read
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/02/farewell-jeeves-ask-com-shuts-down/

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Anthony Ha
Published
May 2 2026
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  1. artvandelay
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    A shame. I never got to use Ask since by then Google was already dominant. I'm sorta glad they didn't just pivot the product to be an AI Chatbot and focus on AI in general like Allbirds/New Birds...

    A shame. I never got to use Ask since by then Google was already dominant. I'm sorta glad they didn't just pivot the product to be an AI Chatbot and focus on AI in general like Allbirds/New Birds AI I guess.

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