March 27, 2013
Dan HumanThe iKnow system will be introduced alongside other changing features with the launch of ChaCha 2.0, which will likely happen
in early April, company founder Scott Jones said.
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January 28, 2013
Scott OlsonThe latest round of funding will enable ChaCha to make "significant" investments in new products to expand both mobile and
online services, CEO Scott Jones said. Internally, the project is dubbed "Go Big."
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January 12, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe ever-evolving information/answers service ChaCha Search has launched a startup within the 7-year-old company. Social Reactor
will match advertisers with participating celebrities and other “social influencers,” who will use social media
tools such as Twitter to drive fans to advertisers. Verge founder Matt Hunckler was tapped to get it rolling.
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June 2, 2012
Red Herring magazine's annual list of top tech startups previously included the likes of Facebook, Google and Yahoo.
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March 24, 2012
Chris O'Malley
After six hard years, the locally based Q&A service has positive earnings and expects revenue to more than double
this year. Founder and entrepreneur Scott Jones reveals how the firm turned the corner.
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February 9, 2012
IBJ StaffCarmel-based ChaCha Search Inc., a question-and-answer service for mobile phone and online users, is apologizing for providing
what it calls "inflammatory answers to questions asked about sensitive subjects."
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September 10, 2011
Chris O'MalleyMobile-phone-answers service ChaCha Search has dialed up its largest expansion yet—entering the United Kingdom and contracting
with New York City’s “311” municipal information service.
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February 25, 2011
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsCarmel-based ChaCha Search Inc., operator of an online question-and-answer site, sued Taiwanese company HTC Corp. for trademark
infringement over the planned introduction of a smartphone called the ChaCha.
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January 26, 2011
Mason King
Did the serial entrepreneur really "invent" voice mail? What's
his tie to "Dr. Dunkenstein"? Why is lemonade so crucial? The CEO of ChaCha Search has answers.
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January 20, 2011
The Carmel-based company said the latest round of financing extends a $20 million investment it received in October to fund
an expansion of its signature mobile service.
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November 13, 2010
IBJ StaffTraffic to the site hit a record high of 18.5 million unique visitors in October, making it the fastest-growing in Quantcast’s
top 100 websites.
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October 14, 2010
IBJ StaffThe funding comes from new investors VantagePoint Venture Partners and Rho Ventures. Since its inception in December 2005,
ChaCha has raised more than $50 million, including $7 million earlier this year from a venture capital fund.
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September 20, 2010
Scott OlsonWireless carrier plans to begin charging a new one-quarter of 1 cent fee on text messages. In response, ChaCha CEO Scott Jones
says his company will drop the wireless carrier from its answer service.
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September 4, 2010
Chris O'MalleyTech entrepreneur Scott Jones says the accuracy of his company's answers will set ChaCha apart from its social-media rivals.
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August 17, 2010
Anthony SchoettlePrecise Path Robotics completes round of funding on the heels of signing contract with two companies that control more than
100 U.S. golf courses.
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January 4, 2010
ChaCha, a Carmel-based mobile search engine, announced Monday morning that it has closed on $7 million in venture funding.
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August 3, 2009
IBJ StaffChaCha Search, the increasingly popular creation of serial inventor Scott Jones, was bombarded last month
after early reports that Michael Jackson had died.
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June 22, 2009
Tim AltomIt's getting so you have to use a search engine on the Internet to find a search engine. There are now dozens, perhaps hundreds,
many of them highly specialized.
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April 27, 2009
Chris O'MalleyChaCha Search Inc. co-founder Brad Bostic has stepped down as president of the human-assisted Internet search company, which
is struggling to turn a profit in a dismal advertising climate, but he hasn't left. "Brad is still engaged with the company
as a director, co-founder and consultant," said co-founder and CEO Scott Jones.
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November 17, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerSearch engine ChaCha lays off employees, cuts perks, begins limiting its free answers to clients
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September 1, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerCarmel-based ChaCha Search Inc. has been winning accolades and enough teen fans to rival Hannah Montana. But none of that
makes it apparent how the company can make money giving free answers to random cell phone queries.
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August 14, 2006
Peter SchnitzlerFor the last eight months, Indiana's resident high-tech guru has been quietly developing a new IT firm. Few details have been
leaked to the public. But in September, a national media blitz will announce the launch of ChaCha Search Inc., Jones' new
human-assisted Internet search engine.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.