1996
Larry Page and Sergey Brin named their early project BackRub because it used backlinks to rank web pages.
“They decide that they're going to call the project BackRub, since it uses backlinks for ranking web pages.”
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Sergey Brin
6 facts from 4 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
1997
Excite nearly licensed BackRub for about $1 million in 1997, but the deal collapsed after Excite's CEO objected that better search would reduce time spent on the site.
“Excite is going to license this back rub search technology from the two of them for about a million dollars.”
2004
The host says Google was the first major tech company to use a dual-class share structure giving founders super-voting control.
“Google was the first tech company to do this.”
Undated
David Krumholtz plays Sergey Brin in Super Pumped.
“We got a great Sergey. I mean, David Krumholtz killed it, Joe. Such inspired casting.”
Undated
Sergey Brin wanted to build Google Glass using the technology from Google Goggles, according to Rabinovich.
“Sergey Brin wanted to bring all of that technology and build Google Glass.”
Undated
Elon Musk said he gave an early Tesla prototype test ride to Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who later made a small investment.
“I remember in the early days giving a test ride to Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google.”
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