Internet - Seattle, Washington, United States
Zydeco.com was a machine learning-based consumer e-commerce company bringing highly sophisticated and proprietary personalization technology to the $3 trillion dollar retail industry. The Company's powerful technologies and consumer engagement capabilities served as the foundation for three distinct and integrated business strategies: a highly differentiated consumer retail site, a wholesale distribution channel, and a retail industry-specific application services division.The Zydeco.com retail model was founded on the premise that there is inherent value in a shopping experiencedefined by the individual's lifestyle and personal preferences. Zydeco's proprietary technology enabled the company to analyze browsing and purchasing behaviors in order to create unique user product inventory and shopping experiences and consumer product offerings in response to individual lifestyle preferences. During its operation, Zydeco.com's shopping experience was described as a superb "personal shopper," one that seemed to intuitively recognize a person's lifestyle and personal shopping needs, preferences and product desires. Zydeco.com's product offering included a broad and compelling assortment of unique and hard-to-find products & goods that spoke to the individual lifestyle preferences of users. The company was founded by internet commerce pioneer Monte Gibbs, was headquartered in Seattle, WA and operated from 1997-2002.