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Loopt

Loopt, Inc. was an American company based in Mountain View, California, which provided a service for smartphone users to share their location selectively with other people. The company entered partnerships with major U.S. mobile phone carriers including Verizon Wireless and Sprint-Nextel to include Loopt on their handsets and the service reached 4…

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Founded
2005; 21 years ago (2005)
Founders
Sam Altman · Nick Sivo · Alok Deshpande
Industry
Geosocial networking, location-based services
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, US
Defunct
2012 (2012)
Fate
Acquired by Green Dot Corporation

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Loopt

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples37
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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Loopt

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related to history · 19
Loopt → Alok Deshpande, Boost Mobile, Combinator, Initially, New Enterprise Associates, Nick Sivo, Radiate, Rick, Sam Altman, Sam's, September, Sequoia Capital, Series, Stanford, That, They, Tom Pernikoff, US, Where
related to SMS invitation issues · 7
Loopt → July, Loopt's, Short Message Service, SMS, STOP, Users, When Loopt
Founders · 3
Loopt → Alok Deshpande, Nick Sivo, Sam Altman
Defunct · 1
Loopt → 2012 (2012)
Fate · 1
Loopt → Acquired by Green Dot Corporation
Founded · 1
Loopt → 2005; 21 years ago (2005)
Headquarters · 1
Loopt → Mountain View, California, US
Industry · 1
Loopt → Geosocial networking, location-based services
Key people · 1
Loopt → Sam Altman (CEO)
Type · 1
Loopt → Private

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LooptDefunct2012 (2012)1.00infobox
LooptFateAcquired by Green Dot Corporation1.00infobox
LooptFounded2005; 21 years ago (2005)1.00infobox
LooptFoundersSam Altman1.00infobox
LooptFoundersNick Sivo1.00infobox
LooptFoundersAlok Deshpande1.00infobox
LooptHeadquartersMountain View, California, US1.00infobox
LooptIndustryGeosocial networking, location-based services1.00infobox
LooptKey peopleSam Altman (CEO)1.00infobox
LooptTypePrivate1.00infobox
LooptWebsiteloopt.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-12-16)1.00infobox
Looptrelated to historyInitially0.60section

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