(Courtesy of Pinterest)Pinterest on Wednesday said it has acquired Jelly Industries, maker of the question-and-answer app Jelly, led by cofounder Biz Stone. The move is intended to propel Pinterest's visual search and recommendation technology. Jelly CEO Stone, a cofounder of Twitter and Medium, will join Pinterest as a special advisor to Pinterest cofounder and chief product officer Evan Sharp. Pinterest said it will benefit from Jelly's artificial intelligence and search technology, which pairs users with experts who can answer their questions. "In joining Pinterest, Jelly has the satisfaction of following our dream of people powered search and discovery at a massive scale with a stellar team."

Source: Forbes March 08, 2017 20:21 UTC