Metaweb

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This article is about the company Metaweb Technologies. For the defunct Quicksilver Wiki, previously known as The Metaweb, see Neal Stephenson.
Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
Type Private
Founded 2005
Founder(s) Danny Hillis, Robert Cook
Headquarters San Francisco, California, USA
Key people Danny Hillis, Chairman
Thomas Layton, CEO[1]
Robert Cook, EVP, Product Development
John Giannandrea, CTO
Industry Data management
Products Freebase — an online database
Website www.metaweb.com

Metaweb Technologies, Inc. is a United States company based in San Francisco that is developing Freebase, described as an "open, shared database of the world's knowledge". The company was founded by Danny Hillis and Robert Cook as a spinoff of Applied Minds in July, 2005, and operated in stealth mode until 2007.

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[edit] Funding

On March 14, 2006, Metaweb received $15 million in funding. Investors included: Benchmark Capital, Millennium Technology Ventures, and Omidyar Network.[2] 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.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Metaweb announces hiring of Thomas Layton, CEO
  2. ^ Benchmark Capital (2006-03-13). "Metaweb Technologies, Inc. Receives $15 Million of Financing From Benchmark Capital, Millennium Technology Ventures and Omidyar Network". Press release. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-14-2006/0004319555. Retrieved 2007-03-09. 
  3. ^ Metaweb Raises $42.5 Million led by Goldman Sachs and Benchmark Capital (company press release)

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