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  "markdown": "Co-founder.\n\nPaul English is co-founder of Lola, an AI assistant for finding and booking hotels, restaurants and events. He co-founded KAYAK with Steve Hafner in 2004 and was its CTO, and earlier founded the web design company Boston Light, which Intuit acquired. He also founded Boston Venture Studio.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/englishpaulm/\n- X: https://x.com/englishpaulm\n\n## What Paul builds\n\n- [Lola](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lola.md), graded F, 15.5/100, in Travel \u0026 booking. Lola is a consumer AI assistant for discovering and arranging hotels, restaurants, activities and events. Part of Booking Holdings, it uses a member’s preferences to personalise recommendations and booking options. Co-founder, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Steve Hafner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steve-hafner/), Co-founder and CEO\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Paul English?\n\nPaul English is co-founder of Lola, an AI assistant for finding and booking hotels, restaurants and events. He co-founded KAYAK with Steve Hafner in 2004 and was its CTO, and earlier founded the web design company Boston Light, which Intuit acquired. He also founded Boston Venture Studio.\n\n### What does Lola Agent, Inc. (Booking Holdings) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Lola from Lola Agent, Inc. (Booking Holdings). Lola is a consumer AI assistant for discovering and arranging hotels, restaurants, activities and events. Part of Booking Holdings, it uses a member’s preferences to personalise recommendations and booking options.\n\n### How are Paul's tools graded?\n\nLola is graded F, 15.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://lola.com/blog/lola-launches-ai-powered-experiences-memberships-and-new-partners\n- https://x.com/shafner\n- https://paulenglish.com\n- https://paulenglish.com/socials.html\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/englishpaulm/\n- https://x.com/englishpaulm\n- https://lola.com\n- https://x.com/lolainsiders\n- https://lola.com/contact\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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