Buzz Builds Over Auctomatic's eBay Tools

Auctomatic is all about “making selling online easy,” and though the company’s service has yet to be released, it appears to be well on its way to accomplishing that goal; to date, Auctomatic has nabbed over $400,000 in funding and the creator of Gmail.

I use the term “nab” figuratively, of course - Paul Buchheit, who “suggested the company’s now-famous motto ‘Don’t Be Evil’ in a 2001 meeting on company values,” appears to have come along quite willingly.  Paul Graham and Trevor Blackwell, who are the two other members of Auctomatic’s Technical Infrastructure Team, have had dealings with Yahoo, so it’s a pretty well-rounded group.

(Speaking of which, Blackwell is “the inventor of the eunicycle and as a side project, he has built two other balancing vehicles: a two-wheeled balancing scooter similar to the Segway but with different steering, and a self-balancing unicycle.”  Nifty.)

And that’s not even counting the self-proclaimed “A-Team.”  According to their