Accoona

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Accoona was an internet company with offices in Jersey City, New Jersey, and Shanghai, China. Their main product was a search engine that claimed to use artificial intelligence to better understand searches. On June 23, 2005, in the ABC Times Square Studios, the AI Accoona Toolbar, driven by a Fritz 9 prototype, played against the chess grandmaster Rustam Kasimdzhanov. In addition to traditional searches, it allows business profile searches, and its signature "SuperTarget" feature. Their exclusive partnership with China Daily, a large Chinese internet portal, was seen as a highly strategic move.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

The CEO of Accoona was Valentine J. Zammit, formerly of 24/7 Real Media and DoubleClick.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

After IPO problems, Accoona shut down on October 5, 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/dead-search-engine-accoona-officially-dead |title=Dead Search Engine Accoona Officially Dead |access-date=2008-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026074540/http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/dead-search-engine-accoona-officially-dead |archive-date=2008-10-26 |url-status=dead }}

In October 2008 the web page said: "Dear Accoona search users, Due to an overwhelmingly competitive search market, Accoona.com and Accoona.cn will no longer be active. We thank you for your previous support. Sincerely, Accoona Management."{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

Accoona's domains and search facilities were acquired by Masterseek B2B (business-to-business) search engine on October 30, 2008.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}