Wavii

Acquired

Seattle, United States · Founded 2009 · $2.0M raised

Employees
1–10
Founded
2009
Business Model
B2C
Website
wavii.com
Total Funding
$2.0M
Last Round
$2.0M SeedMar 2009
Rounds
1
Acquired by
GoogleApr 2013 · $30.0M

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About

Wavii was a Seattle-based natural language processing startup that developed an iPhone app enabling users to follow topics and receive AI-generated structured summaries from news articles and blogs. The platform used machine learning to convert web content into short, structured story updates. Wavii was acquired by Google in April 2013 for over $30 million, with its NLP technology integrated into Google's products.

Summary

Wavii is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Seattle, United States, founded in 2009. It has raised $2.0M in total across 1 round, most recently a $2.0M Seed round in Mar 2009. Investors include Max Levchin, SV Angel and Felicis Ventures.

Funding & Exit History

AcquisitionApr 2013

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Funding: Seed. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

Investors

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