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Metaweb

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 co-founded by Danny Hillis, Veda Hlubinka-Cook and John Giannandrea in 2005.

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Founded
July 2005; 21 years ago (2005-07)
Industry
Data management
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Fate
acquired by Google in July 2010
Founder
Veda Hlubinka-Cook, Danny Hillis, John Giannandrea
Key people
Kurt Bollacker (Chief scientist) Danny Hillis (Chairman) Thomas Layton (CEO) Veda Hlubinka-Cook EVP, product development John Giannandrea (CTO)

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Metaweb

Nodes15
Edges14
Triples21
Avg. degree1.87
Density0.133333
Components1

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Metaweb

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related to Funding · 10
Metaweb → Benchmark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Investors, Kevin Harvey, Metaweb's, Millennium Technology Ventures, Omidyar Network, On January, On March, Series
related to Acquisition · 2
Metaweb → Google, On July
Fate · 1
Metaweb → acquired by Google in July 2010
Founded · 1
Metaweb → July 2005; 21 years ago (2005-07)
Founder · 1
Metaweb → Veda Hlubinka-Cook, Danny Hillis, John Giannandrea
Headquarters · 1
Metaweb → San Francisco, California, United States
Industry · 1
Metaweb → Data management
Key people · 1
Metaweb → Kurt Bollacker (Chief scientist) Danny Hillis (Chairman) Thomas Layton (CEO) Veda Hlubinka-Cook EVP, product development John Giannandrea (CTO)
Products · 1
Metaweb → Freebase — an online database
Type · 1
Metaweb → Private

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google freebase acquired 2010 company technologies inc san francisco database danny hillis veda hlubinka-cook john giannandrea 2005 data benchmark capital

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MetawebFateacquired by Google in July 20101.00infobox
MetawebFoundedJuly 2005; 21 years ago (2005-07)1.00infobox
MetawebFounderVeda Hlubinka-Cook, Danny Hillis, John Giannandrea1.00infobox
MetawebHeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States1.00infobox
MetawebIndustryData management1.00infobox
MetawebKey peopleKurt Bollacker (Chief scientist) Danny Hillis (Chairman) Thomas Layton (CEO) Veda Hlubinka-Cook EVP, product development John Giannandrea (CTO)1.00infobox
MetawebProductsFreebase — an online database1.00infobox
MetawebTypePrivate1.00infobox
MetawebWebsitewww.metaweb.com1.00infobox
Metawebrelated to AcquisitionOn July0.60section
Metawebrelated to AcquisitionGoogle0.60section
Metawebrelated to FundingOn March0.60section

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