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		autoexec on Oct 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vespa.ai is spinning out of Yahoo as a separate co... Wasps are a nuisance known for causing pain and property destruction. "vespa" as a name for a product always seemed strange to me. At least the scooters were vaguely waspish looking and buzzed around town. What's yahoo's excuse?

jkb79 on Oct 4, 2023 [–]

Vespa was the internal code name for the project going back to 2005ish, vertical search platform.

itslennysfault on Oct 4, 2023 | [–]

Probably should've been Vespla by that logic

autoexec on Oct 4, 2023 | | [–]

V-SPlat has a nice ring to it.

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