Industry Data management Type of business Private | Website www.metaweb.com Acquisition date July 16, 2010 | |
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Fate acquired
(by Google in July, 2010) Key people Kurt Bollacker, chief scientist
Danny Hillis, chairman
Thomas Layton, CEO
Robert Cook, EVP, product development
John Giannandrea, CTO Products Freebase — an online database Founded July 2005, San Francisco, California, United States Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States Founders John Giannandrea, Danny Hillis, Robert Cook | ||
Welcome to metaweb
Metaweb Technologies, Inc. was a San Francisco-based company that developed Freebase, described as an "open, shared database of the world's knowledge". The company was founded by Robert Cook and Danny Hillis in 2005.
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Metaweb was acquired by Google in 2010. Google shut down Freebase in 2016, transferring all its data to Wikidata.
Funding
On March 14, 2006, Metaweb received $15 million in funding. Investors included Benchmark Capital, Millennium Technology Ventures, and Omidyar Network. On January 15, 2008, Metaweb announced a $42.5 million Series B round led by Goldman Sachs and Benchmark Capital.
Kevin Harvey of Benchmark Capital was a member of Metaweb's board of directors.
Acquisition
On July 16, 2010, Google acquired Metaweb for an undisclosed sum.
References
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