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| Type | Private |
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| 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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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]
   | Metaweb Technologies, Inc. Receives $15 Million of Financing From Benchmark Capital, Millennium Technology Ventures and Omidyar Network - Metaweb Technologies, Inc. Receives $15 Million of Financing From Benchmark Capital, Millennium Technology Ventures and Omidyar Network |
| | Freebase Will Prove Addictive - Freebase Will Prove Addictive - O'Reilly Radar |
| | Start-Up Aims for Database to Automate Web Searching - Start-Up Aims for Database to Automate Web Searching - New York Times |
| | Sharing what matters - Sharing what matters | Economist.com |
| | BoingBoing: Metaweb gets meta-dough - Boing Boing: Metaweb gets meta-dough: $15 million financing round |
| | John Battelle: Danny has a company - Danny Hillis Has A Company... - John Battelle's Searchblog |
| | Jamie Taylor Talks with Talis about Metaweb and Freebase - Nodalities » Blog Archive |
| | Start-Up Aims for Database to Automate Web Searching - The New York Times > Log In |
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