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Born November 5, 1987 (age 29) ( 1987-11-05 ) Israel Occupation Chief Science Officer of Quixey Alma mater University of California, Berkeley Residence Mountain View, California, United States | ||
Liron Shapira (born 1987) is an Israeli American businessman and technology entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief science officer of search startup Quixey.
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Early life
Shapira was born in Israel, but moved to Silicon Valley with his family at age four. In 2009, he graduated with a degree in computer science from University of California, Berkeley. Before starting Quixey or graduating college, he was the first engineer on the team at Slide.com that created SuperPoke! Pets.
Quixey
In 2009, Shapira co-founded Quixey, a "search engine for apps", with Chief Strategy Officer Tomer Kagan. At the time, Quixey was the "first entrant" in a "market that didn't exist", but is now valued at around $600 million as of 2015. Shapira leads research at Quixey to build "functional search" technology, and created Quixey's all-platform search with natural language processing. He has helped developers integrate mobile deep linking into their apps.
Shapira was also responsible for developing the "Quixey Challenge", where contestants were each paid $100 for identifying a simple software bug in under sixty seconds. Quixey used the challenge as a recruiting tool for software engineers, and winners were invited to interview with the company, resulting in several hires.
Activities
Shapira is an advisor to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and the Center for Applied Rationality, two not-for-profit research groups. He predicts a future where the Internet of Things evolves into an "internet of everything".