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Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
Private
Industry Data management
Fate acquired
(by Google in July, 2010)
Founded July 2005; 19 years ago (2005-07)
Founder Danny Hillis, Robert Cook
Headquarters San Francisco, California, USA
Key people
Kurt Bollacker, chief scientist
Danny Hillis, chairman
Thomas Layton, CEO[1]
Robert Cook, EVP, product development
John Giannandrea, CTO
Products Freebase — an online database
Website www.metaweb.com

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, founded by Robert Cook[2] and Danny Hillis in 2005, was acquired by Google in 2010.[3] Although Metaweb no longer exists as a separate corporate entity, Freebase and its associated website freebase.com continue to be provided as an open database under Metaweb's original CC-BY licensing terms. In December 2014, Google announced that it would be closing Freebase in 2015, transferring the data to Wikidata.[4]

Funding

On March 14, 2006, Metaweb received $15 million in funding. Investors included: Benchmark Capital, Millennium Technology Ventures, and Omidyar Network.[5] Kevin Harvey of Benchmark Capital is a member of Metaweb's board of directors. On January 15, 2008, Metaweb announced a $42.5 million Series B round led by Goldman Sachs and Benchmark Capital.[6]

Acquisition

On July 16, 2010, Google acquired Metaweb for an undisclosed sum.[7]

See also

References

  1. Metaweb announces hiring of Thomas Layton, CEO
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  6. Metaweb Raises $42.5 Million led by Goldman Sachs and Benchmark Capital (company press release)
  7. Deeper Understanding with Metaweb (company press release)

External links

  • Freebase — Metaweb's online database