Story: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/12/future.search.engine/inde... (YC's Scoopler is mentioned in the article.)
Snapshot: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/cnn.pdf
FWIW, here's the funding breakdown mentioned in the blog post...from crunchbase:
Wolfram Alpha: ?
Search Me: $43.6M
Kosmix: $55M
Hakia: $21M
Twitter: $55M
Duck Duck Go: bootstrapped :)
Very nice work. Very impressed. It's fast, the results are pretty good and the interface with the show more and hitting the down arrow to keep going is really nice.