So I was finally invited into Powerlabs and I had a look around. Actually I was mildly impressed. I have seen a lot of attempts at question answering and it see

So I was finally invited into Powerlabs and I had a look around. Actually I was mildly impressed. I have seen a lot of attempts at question answering and it seems like PowerSet is somewhat beyond state-of-the-art. The big questions I have are scalability and the expressiveness of their index beyond what they are currently showing. In particular I wonder about their ability to handle temporal relationships. All in all I would say that there is value there. I just hope their money lasts so they can really deliver something big. Most of the companies that find success these days are so very unimpressive from a technology point of view. I think Powerset is different. And don't get me started on what 'sells' in academia these days... Talk about going after low hanging fruit LOL. :-) So three cheers for Powerset. Someone is finally going after something big!