An Update From Gil
Hello all, I wanted to give you an update on some exciting new developments. Since our launch in October 2009, we’ve been very busy at our offices in Los Angeles and Shanghai — expanding the company,...
View ArticleIf It Walks Like an Entrepreneur….
One summer after my freshman year in college, I took a job selling high-end Kirby vacuum cleaners door-to-door. I thought it might be a good experience. It was. I learned that based on my selling...
View ArticleFactual & SimpleGeo Form Partnership on Places Data
Today we are announcing a strategic partnership with SimpleGeo to jointly create a more comprehensive location data infrastructure solution for developers and publishers. Through the partnership,...
View ArticleThe Data Stack: A Structured Approach
At Factual, we think about data day and night. Our goal is not just to create products, but to create new data economies that draw people to participate because we offer a better data experience....
View ArticleTwo Additions to Factual’s Advisory Board
We are excited to announce that Clare Hart and Jason Rosenthal have joined our Advisory Board. Clare Hart is an incredibly accomplished executive with an extensive history of leading data and...
View ArticleData Markets: The Emerging Data Economy
Note: This was originally posted on TechCrunch on 9/30/2012, available here. The term data market brings to mind a traditional structure in which vendors sell data for money. Indeed, this form of...
View ArticleYou need to know the Power of APIs
Note: This was originally posted by CIO Review on 10/2/2012, available here. As someone who is dedicated to creating high quality and accessible data, I am encouraged that more and more people are...
View ArticleOne Step Closer to Representing the Physical World in Real-Time
I’m happy to announce Factual is today extending our entire data stack to include more robust real-time capabilities – not just serving the data, but consuming and assimilating new information. With...
View ArticleMIT Technology Review Names Factual One of 50 Disruptive Companies in 2013
I’m excited to announce that Factual has been selected as one of MIT Technology Review’s 2013 50 Disruptive Companies in the field of Internet and Digital Media. We were nominated by MIT Technology...
View ArticleWPP’s Data Alliance and Factual Partner to Enhance WPP’s Mobile Marketing...
Today we are excited to announce a data partnership with WPP’s Data Alliance that enables WPP operating companies to leverage our full suite of location data and location-based ad targeting and mobile...
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