Who needs Siri? Seattle-based Mona has your back

Marissa Brent-Tookey

Marissa Brent-Tookey Jul 13, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Who needs Siri? Seattle-based Mona has your back</h1>
                <h2><p>The Seattle area continues to lead the way in 21st century shopping solutions. Today two former Amazon employees announced Mona, "the world's smartest personal shopper." The iPhone app is designed to learn users' preferences, customize searches, and monitor prices. CEO and cofounder Orkun Atik, who</p></h2>
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            <p>The Seattle area continues to lead the way in 21st century shopping solutions. Today two former Amazon employees announced Mona, "<a href="http://www.monahq.com/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">the world's smartest personal shopper</a>." The iPhone app is designed to learn users' preferences, customize searches, and monitor prices. CEO and cofounder Orkun Atik, who was product manager of recommendations at Amazon, says he wants to "organize [Mona] around people," rather than around products. 100 online shopping sites will be included in Mona's search initially, including Nordstrom, Barney's, and – naturally – Amazon.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GsWYq3stF5g" width="500"></iframe></figure>
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The Seattle area continues to lead the way in 21st century shopping solutions. Today two former Amazon employees announced Mona, "the world's smartest personal shopper." The iPhone app is designed to learn users' preferences, customize searches, and monitor prices. CEO and cofounder Orkun Atik, who was product manager of recommendations at Amazon, says he wants to "organize [Mona] around people," rather than around products. 100 online shopping sites will be included in Mona's search initially, including Nordstrom, Barney's, and – naturally – Amazon.

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By Marissa Brent-Tookey

Marissa Brent-Tookey is an editorial intern at Crosscut. She holds a B.A. in French from Seattle University and now studies film production at Shoreline Community College. In addition to crewing a doz