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Metaweb

Former American data management company

Summary

Former American data management company

Field	Value
name	Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
logo	Metaweb Logo.jpg
logo_size	150px
type	Private
foundation
fate	acquired by Google
in July 2010
founder	Veda Hlubinka-Cook,
Danny Hillis,
John Giannandrea
location_city	San Francisco, California
location_country	United States
key_people	Kurt Bollacker
(Chief scientist)
Danny Hillis (Chairman)
Thomas Layton (CEO)
Veda Hlubinka-Cook
EVP, product development
John Giannandrea (CTO)
industry	Data management
products	Freebase — an online database
homepage

the company Metaweb Technologies

in July 2010 Danny Hillis, John Giannandrea (Chief scientist) Danny Hillis (Chairman) Thomas Layton (CEO) Veda Hlubinka-Cook EVP, product development John Giannandrea (CTO)

Metaweb Technologies, Inc. was a San Franciscobased company that developed Freebase, described as an "open, shared database of the world's knowledge". The company was co-founded by Danny Hillis, Veda Hlubinka-Cook and John Giannandrea in 2005.{{cite news | archive-date = 2018-04-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105227/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/technology/09data.html?ex=1331096400&en=a87d4f61e6052888&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss | url-status = live

Metaweb was acquired by Google in 2010. Google shut down Freebase in 2016, transferring some of the data that met the required notability criteria to Wikidata.

Funding

On March 14, 2006, Metaweb received $15 million in funding. Investors included Benchmark Capital, Millennium Technology Ventures, and Omidyar Network.{{cite press release |archive-date=2007-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135511/https://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F03-14-2006%2F0004319555 |url-status=live

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

[https://www.metaweb.com/press/062707.html Metaweb announces hiring of Thomas Layton, CEO] {{webarchive. link. (2008-02-20)
(2010-07-16). "Metaweb joins Google". Metaweb.
(11 April 2016). "From Freebase to Wikidata: The Great Migration".
Douglas, Jason. (December 16, 2014). "Announcement: From Freebase to Wikidata". Google Groups.
(2 May 2016). "So long and thanks for all the data!".
[https://www.metaweb.com/press/011508.html Metaweb Raises $42.5 Million led by Goldman Sachs and Benchmark Capital] {{webarchive. link. (2008-03-04 (company press release))
[https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/deeper-understanding-with-metaweb.html Deeper Understanding with Metaweb] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-07-18 (company press release))

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