Professor of Computer Science, UC San Diego
Professor of Computer Science, UC Berkeley
Founder, Khosla Ventures
Fellow, American Association for Artificial Intelligence
President and CEO of Menlo Innovations
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Founding Director, Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center
Medical device investor
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Seattle-based Amazon announced it has completed its acquisition of Victoria, BC-based AbeBooks, an online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books. The deal was originally announced on August 1. With the purchase, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing, a literary social site based in Cambridge, MA, which competes with Seattle-based Shelfari, another recent Amazon acquisition.
San Francisco · 6/7/12
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