Relcy

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Relcy Inc.
Company type Private
Industry Internet
Computer software
Founded Mountain View, California
(June 1, 2013 (2013-06-01))
FounderRohit Satapathy
Nitin Gupta
DefunctJune 2016 (2016-06)
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Rohit Satapathy (CEO)
Website relcy.com [ dead link ]

Relcy was an American corporation specializing in mobile search. It was a stealth mode company funded by Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures. [1] [2] Relcy was founded by Rohit Satapathy and Nitin Gupta in mid-2013, with funding obtained after a cold tweet to Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures. [2]

The company received both positive [3] and negative [4] criticism for re-attempting a search start-up with Google having dominated the industry for over a decade.

In February 2016, Relcy added a messaging system to its mobile search engine and announced the launch of an Android app. [5]

In June 2016, Relcy announced they were shutting down. [6]

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References

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