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How two co-founders found each other and how their search startup Greplin is trying to help everyone find their online information
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What's more impressive and Israeli born eighteen year old starting one of the most talked about new companies in Silicon Valley.
Where is 27 year old co-founder who started college classes.
Age nine.
-- -- -- -- -- They didn't gross and -- walk -- I'll hit it exactly right this is the home -- so basically -- for your life exactly so we're the ones or are you -- to define anything you like seen online in your life.
-- Is a search engine -- lets you find you or thinks.
And what that basically means is.
We will what you searched three -- information online they're different accounts on line and through this very fast easy manner.
From they spoke to Linkedin to Gmail you can only -- accounts -- you can search for anything.
As humans when we encounter problems -- sort of look for the -- -- the -- -- and a lot of people.
Find the source path as the Camden dump everything into my email and easily -- -- search.
But that's not really solving the problem.
The original spark for grappling have been doing -- couldn't find directions to a party -- realize that there's about four different locations where the directions might actually be.
They could be some things with an amicable counter could be some means money Nelson -- it's FaceBook event it's an event like on you fight for one of the services.
And I realized I don't really have a search box the men like we're just put in like -- party tonight.
Can get results from all the different.
-- -- to have information.
So fire grappling has over four million dollars secured from some of the top investors in the Bay Area.
And -- out has happened very quickly it was only sixteen months ago that grows from Israel to San Francisco out.
After he was accepted to the highly selective startup incubator -- company here.
Being accepted to -- commentator is -- -- a big features such a young person.
The startup incubator focuses on technology companies.
And can be helpful in getting the ear and investors.
It was actually like terminator that recommended to gross -- find a co-founder.
A lot of great companies get started to people not necessarily 14.
-- -- So they started -- in touch with all these.
These different either -- companies are alumni or random felt that they summit in changing the start up -- there's his own search came up empty -- -- guys who were like fantastic your buddies.
And then there -- guys -- very technical but.
Sort of I had a hard time community and then on a total win one of those like coming -- -- partners and just -- And so you know -- there's this really really smart guy that I now.
Don't know -- -- extremely cool I'm sure you know things are comfortable there and you should really stop.
Walker who got his Ph.D.
at 23.
Is also why kinda -- -- line.
And agreed to -- grows at a local Starbucks.
One -- -- very funny about looking for co-founder I've met a couple people other -- Daniel is the cult founder dating and that's totally true.
It's really awkward but you get to the end of like -- luncheon that was so I guess all calling too early it's very much like dating.
And with that and it's it has all the awkwardness associated with -- and Daniel and I did not have operatives which was and immediately a very good time.
And Baptiste as they went further on the date than expected.
At that point what we did what my wife called going to second base what's this we started writing code together.
So we just started working on some open source projects for fun.
And you know that went really well -- and then at that point with an obvious which -- we should you know.
The tech savvy walker says he what is to team up with gross because he thought the solution to the problem.
Was one -- almost universal appeal.
The reason I was really excited when I heard of a crippling is -- was something I think everyone in the entire world and so when I was doing -- my presentation software my mom.
You know she tried it just be nice.
And -- you think that that's -- I'm Michael Colombo preference is a great liquid gonna have an account so if something I think that -- -- -- Williams.
And that's and -- and.
And rely on this story good rap even dot com and if you know an interesting young -- -- -- -- email us at young guns at Fox Business stock cop in San Francisco I'm Christina Scott.
