Recognition salutes a decade of breakthrough work in AI-powered search, enterprise agents, and thought leadership challenging Big Tech.
NEW YORK, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Atlas Cloud today announced that Richard Socher, CEO and co-founder of You.com, has been named a recipient of the company’s AI Innovator’s Award. The distinction celebrates builders whose contributions materially advance practical adoption of artificial intelligence across industry.
Socher brings 11 years of hands-on AI and infrastructure experience, a Ph.D. from Stanford, and formative leadership at Salesforce and You.com, the AI-search pioneer platform he founded in 2020.
Over the past 12 months his leadership has resulted in You.com‘s ARI (Advanced Research & Insights), an enterprise-grade agent that condenses intelligence from 400+ sources into clear, decision-ready briefs in minutes. Complementing ARI are Auto Mode, which automatically routes every query to the most capable agent, and Multiplayer AI / Team Plan, a real-time collaborative workspace that launched in tandem with a 100x ARR surge since January 2024.
Media coverage has highlighted both You.com’s 100x year-over-year revenue jump and Socher’s outspoken view that Google’s “untouchable monopoly” era is ending. His industry impact has also earned accolades such as the GABA Award of Excellence and designation as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.
“Richard exemplifies the kind of pragmatic vision we want to celebrate; he ships products that unlock productivity today while re-architecting foundational technology for tomorrow,” said Jerry Tang, CEO at Atlas Cloud. “His work aligns perfectly with our mission for safe, simple, and scalable AI infrastructure, and I want to congratulate that.”
Earlier this year, Socher reaffirmed his mission to democratize knowledge work:
“This sort of insane, untouchable monopoly that Google had for 20 years, those days are over… Users are getting faster to switch and more eager to try new things,” Socher noted. “AI agents that deliver validated insights in seconds will transform a trillion-dollar world of knowledge work.”
About the AI Innovator’s Spotlight
Atlas Cloud’s AI Innovator’s Spotlight is a recognition program honoring technologists whose real-world deployments advance the state of applied AI. Recipients are selected by an independent panel of researchers, engineers, and business leaders.
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