Louis Monier

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Louis Monier in 2008.
Photograph by Steve Maller.

Louis Monier (born 1956) was a founder of the Internet search engine AltaVista. After he left AltaVista, he worked at eBay and then at Google.[1] He left Google in August 2007 to join Cuil, a search engine startup. [2] He was Vice President of Products at Cuil. One month after the launch, he left Cuil, citing differences with the CEO.[3]

Monier received a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Université de Paris, France in 1980 and worked at Carnegie Mellon University, Xerox PARC, and DEC's Western Research Laboratory.

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  1. ^ AltaVista Founder Louis Monier Moving To Google?, SearchEngineWatch.
  2. ^ Founders, Cuil.
  3. ^ "Cuil's VP Product Bails Out A Month After Launch". washingtonpost.com. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091102551.html. Retrieved 2008-09-11. 
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