Pioneering Startups Send Bat Signal to San Francisco - Calling All Super Heroes to Build the Next Phase of the Web

Released on: July 15, 2008, 8:32 am

Press Release Author: Brian Solis

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Xoopit, Zivity, and Powerset host private screening of new
Batman movie day before opening and after party at the DNA Lounge for developers and
web creative professionals

Press Release Body: San Francisco, July 14, 2008 - Dynamite startups Xoopit, Zivity
and Powerset are hosting an invitation-only premier for The Dark Night, the new
Batman movie starring Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger at the Metreon in San
Francisco on July 17th at 7:00 p.m. Immediately following the premier, the legion of
heroes will celebrate at the DNA Lounge from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.

The events are aimed at building relationships with San Francisco's web creative and
engineering communities. Each of the three companies are actively hiring qualified
developers and are offering passes to the film screening, party, and also prizes to
those who submit their resumes or a link to their LinkedIn profile to
batmanevent@gmail.com. Developers should specify if they have specific interest in
learning more about Xoopit, Powerset, or Zivity.

After the film premier, the dynamic trio of startups will host an after party at San
Francisco's DNA Lounge. A Xoopit-sponsored group photo wall will capture the action,
excitement, and all the costumes.

Xoopit, founded by Bijan Marashi and Jonathan Katzman, is the first product to bring
the power of the social web to webmail by combining the benefits of social networks
and media management within email. www.xoopit.com

Zivitiy, founded by Scott and Cyan Banister and Jeffrey Wescott, is a
community-powered network that showcases professional-quality photography of female
beauty and expression, while also connecting fans, models, and photographers.
www.zivity.com

Powerset, founded by Lorenzo Thione, Barney Pell and Steve Newcomb is developing a
new class of Web search that relies on insights from linguistics rather than simple
keyword strings. The company was recently acquired by Microsoft. www.powerset.com

For information regarding the event, contact bijan@xoopit.com.

About Powerset
Powerset is building a consumer search engine based on breakthrough natural language
processing technology licensed from PARC and developed internally. Unlike other
search engines that index keywords, Powerset does a deep linguistic analysis on
every sentence it reads. Powerset extracts and indexes facts about every sentence in
every page, making its index the first truly robust semantic index of the web.
Powerset will offer a transformative search experience, with better, more relevant
results.

About Xoopit
Xoopit was founded in 2006 by Bijan Marashi and Jonathan Katzman as the first
company dedicated to bringing the power of the social web to the world\'s email
systems. Xoopit has been financed by Accel Partners and Foundation Capital along
with a slew of strategic angels.

About Zivity
Zivity, a San Francisco start-up founded in 2007, provides subscription-based
entertainment and social networking for an 18 and over audience. Zivity's initial
focus is a community- powered showcase of professional-quality photography promoting
female beauty and expression.


Web Site: http://www.future-works.com

Contact Details: Brian Solis
FutureWorks PR
brian@future-works.com

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