Metaweb
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| Private | |
| Industry | Data management |
| Fate | acquired (by Google in July, 2010) |
| Founded | July 2005 |
| Founder | Danny Hillis, Robert Cook |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
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Key people
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Kurt Bollacker, chief scientist Danny Hillis, chairman Thomas Layton, CEO 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 was founded by Robert Cook and Danny Hillis in 2005.
Metaweb was acquired by Google in 2010. Google shut down Freebase in 2016, transferring all its data to .
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.
On July 16, 2010, Google acquired Metaweb for an undisclosed sum.
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