IBM has announced that it has acquired startup Blekko, with the acquisition expected to strengthen IBM’s Watson.
Blekko, who developed a web search engine, was founded in 2007 and will now join the IBM Watson team.
In a post on the Smarter Planet Blog, it was stated that Blekko will help to advance the performance of cognitive computing systems: "This will provide access to additional content that can be infused in Watson-based products and services delivered by IBM and its partners."
Blekko will bring to the table advanced Web-crawling, categorisation and intelligent filtering technology.
After IBM’s recent acquisition of AlchemyAPI, it is clear that IBM is looking to further strengthen Watson development.
The blog states: "Ever since Watson emerged more than four years ago as the first true cognitive computing system, IBM scientists, engineers and partners have been advancing the technology."
"While hundreds of clients and partners across 75 countries are already using Watson today, Watson is continually getting smarter, ingesting more types of information and engaging with people in new ways."
