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Tom Costello

Co-Founder & CEO (historical, 2008-2010), Cuil · USA

Tom Costello is the CEO of Cuil. Costello is based in USA. Costello has held the role since 2008.

Computer scientist with PhD from Stanford University in artificial intelligence. Previously researched at Stanford and IBM, developing search technology including the Xift search engine and IBM's WebFountain. Co-founded Cuil in 2008 with his wife Anna Patterson to build a search engine with breakthrough indexing architecture.

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Recent coverage has focused on Cuil, a search engine co-founded by Tom Costello and other former Google employees that launched in 2008. The headlines document the company's initial emergence as an ambitious competitor in the search market, as well as its subsequent decline and disappearance from the technology landscape by the early 2010s.

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Tom Costello: FAQ

Who is Tom Costello?
Tom Costello is the Co-Founder & CEO (historical, 2008-2010) of Cuil, based in USA.
What company does Tom Costello lead?
Tom Costello is CEO of Cuil, a role held since 2008.