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Ask.com (originally known as Ask Jeeves) is a question answering–focused e-business founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California.

• Founded: June 3, 1996

Ask.com was originally known as Ask Jeeves, “Jeeves” being the name of a “gentleman’s personal gentleman“, or valet, fetching answers to any question asked. The character was named after Jeeves, Bertie Wooster’s valet in the fictional works of P. G. Wodehouse.

Ask Jeeves launched in beta in mid-April 1997 and fully launched on June 1, 1997.