Graphiq (formerly FindTheBest) is a semantic technology company[1] that uses artificial intelligence to rapidly create interactive data-driven infographics.[2] Its intent is similar to Wolfram Alpha which is designed to provide users with direct information on a variety of subjects rather than going through a search engine.
In May 2017, Amazon acquired Graphiq for an estimated $50 million.[6] Graphiq announced that its features for news publishers would no longer be available on July 21, 2017, as part of the transition.
The company was founded in 2009 as FindTheBest by Kevin J. O'Connor, former CEO and co-founder of DoubleClick, Scott Leonard and Brayton Johnson.[7] The site was publicly launched in 2010 with nine comparison categories, including health, education, business, and sports.[8][9] The venture was funded with an initial investment of $750,000 each from the founders, followed by $2 million by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in December 2010.[9]
In 2011, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested an additional $4 million into the company.[10] It also received an additional $11 million in Series B funding from New World Ventures, Montgomery & Co., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Pritzker Group Venture Capital and others.[11] In May 2014, FindTheBest had reached 23 million visits per month and employed a team of approximately 110 people.[12]
In 2011, it launched FindTheData.com. The AssistMe option was added in 2012. In January 2013, the company made its first international expansion and launched sites in Spain, South Korea, and New Zealand. In April 2013, the company launched sites in Germany and the United Kingdom.[12] Its real estate research site FindTheHome launched in 2014.[13]
In August 2015, the company rebranded to Graphiq Inc. and launched a new set of tools for publishers.[14][15] At the time, the company's database included 1 billion entities, 120 billion attributes and 25 billion relationships.[15]
Product
Graphiq's flagship product for online content creators, Graphiq Search,[16] allows users to access its library of 10B+ interactive visualizations.[2] Additionally, Graphiq offers 22 vertically aligned research sites[17] that allow consumers to research important topics. The company states that 33 million visitors use Graphiq research sites every month.[18][19] The data from Graphiq is mined from a variety of public and private sources and presented to users in a visual table with filters and ratings.[3]
The company's primary consumer interface is a group of vertically aligned research sites, which let users research products and services on a desktop or mobile device[9][20] They can also add or edit product and service listings. Each edit is reviewed by Graphiq's team before it goes live.[21]
The company's products for online content creators and journalists included Graphiq Search, Feed and Plugins.[22] Publishers that use Graphiq visualizations include AOL, MSN, The International Business Times and Hearst Newspapers.[15] In August 2016, Reuters announced a partnership with Graphiq to deliver a suite of interactive visualizations to Reuters customers.[23][24][25] In October 2016, The Associated Press announced an expanded collaboration with Graphiq to introduce paired visualizations with AP text content.[2][26]
The site attempts to bridge the gap between search engines like Google and review-type services like Yelp. O'Connor describes it as a "research engine." Each research site is free for consumers and monetized with advertisements.[28][29] The visualizations pull from the same database that powers the research sites and each visualization includes the Graphiq logo and a link back to one of the company's research sites where they monetize users with advertisements.
References
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^ abLeena Rao (March 5, 2013). "Data-Driven Comparison Shopping Platform FindTheBest Raises $11M From New World, Kleiner Perkins And Others". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
^Steve Lohr (March 10, 2013). "Algorithms Get a Human Hand in Steering Web". The New York Times. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
^"FindTheBest Names the Most Coveted Products for Dads and Grads in Popular Gift Categories". NBC News. April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.[dead link]
^""Amazon acquires Santa Barbara start-up Graphiq to try to bolster Alexa"". Los Angeles Times. July 20, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
^"Company Overview of FINDTHEBEST.COM, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
^Dylan Tweney (December 7, 2011). "FindTheBest upgrades with even more visual comparisons of almost everything". VentureBeat. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
^. Alexa Internet, Inc. Archived from the original on September 15, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
^"FindTheBest Lands $11M For Comparison Engine". Socialtech.com. March 5, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
^ ab"FindTheCompany releases data on 30M businesses to clue in consumers". VentureBeat. June 19, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
^"Research engine publishing real estate agent performance statistics". Inman. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
^"FindTheBest Rebrands as Graphiq; Launches New Data Visualization Products for Online Publishing Industry". Retrieved November 17, 2016.
^ abcHa, Anthony (August 11, 2015). "FindTheBest Becomes Graphiq, Launches New Visualization Tools For Publishers". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
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^"Reuters and Graphiq deliver interactive data visualizations to publishers". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
^Kolodny, Lora (September 13, 2016). "Reuters is the latest large news agency to embrace content automation". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
^"Reuters is working with Graphiq to create data visualizations for clients". Nieman Lab. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
^"AP and Graphiq expand collaboration to offer interactive visualizations to all AP customers". www.ap.org. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
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^"OpenX and Graphiq Expand Relationship with Header Bidding". VentureBeat. December 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
^"Sovrn Blog: Graphiq Grows Revenue by Over 40% with Header Bidding". sovrn. October 28, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
Further reading
Kessler, Sarah (January 20, 2012). "FindTheBest Mobile Will Instantly Compare Anything". Mashable. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
Lohr, Steve (August 6, 2012). "FindTheBest: A Comparison Engine Tries to Build a Business". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
Rao, Leena (March 5, 2013). "Data-Driven Comparison Shopping Platform FindTheBest Raises $11M From New World, Kleiner Perkins And Others". TechCrunch.
Mullin, Joe, "Angry entrepreneur replies to patent troll with racketeering lawsuit". Ars Technica. September 16, 2013.
Hoffman, Lyz, "Patent Troll Throws Counterpunch in FindTheBest Dispute". Santa Barbara Independent. October 28, 2013
Mullin, Joe, "FindTheBest destroys “matchmaking” patent, pushes RICO case against troll". Ars Technica. November 23, 2013.
Mullin, Joe (May 22, 2014). "Judge: FindTheBest can't use anti-extortion law against a patent troll". Ars Technica. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
Nazer, Daniel (June 3, 2014). "FindTheBest Wins Attorney's Fees in Patent Troll Fight". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
Nazer, Daniel (October 28, 2014). "FindTheBest Wins Again: Patent Troll Hit With Double Fee Award". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
Rodriguez, Salvador (October 18, 2016). "Meet the A.I. Startup That's Whipping Up Infographics for Thousands of Newspapers in the U.S." Inc.
External links
Official website
Company blog
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Graphiq news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Graphiq formerly FindTheBest is a semantic technology company 1 that uses artificial intelligence to rapidly create interactive data driven infographics 2 Its intent is similar to Wolfram Alpha which is designed to provide users with direct information on a variety of subjects rather than going through a search engine GraphiqAvailable inEnglishOwnerAmazonURLgraphiq wbr comCurrent statusActiveGraphiq is based in Santa Barbara California and has raised 32 million in total funding from venture funding companies by 2013 2 3 4 5 In May 2017 Amazon acquired Graphiq for an estimated 50 million 6 Graphiq announced that its features for news publishers would no longer be available on July 21 2017 as part of the transition Contents 1 History 2 Product 2 1 Sites 3 Business model 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistory EditThe company was founded in 2009 as FindTheBest by Kevin J O Connor former CEO and co founder of DoubleClick Scott Leonard and Brayton Johnson 7 The site was publicly launched in 2010 with nine comparison categories including health education business and sports 8 9 The venture was funded with an initial investment of 750 000 each from the founders followed by 2 million by Kleiner Perkins Caufield amp Byers in December 2010 9 In 2011 Kleiner Perkins Caufield amp Byers invested an additional 4 million into the company 10 It also received an additional 11 million in Series B funding from New World Ventures Montgomery amp Co Kleiner Perkins Caufield amp Byers Pritzker Group Venture Capital and others 11 In May 2014 FindTheBest had reached 23 million visits per month and employed a team of approximately 110 people 12 In 2011 it launched FindTheData com The AssistMe option was added in 2012 In January 2013 the company made its first international expansion and launched sites in Spain South Korea and New Zealand In April 2013 the company launched sites in Germany and the United Kingdom 12 Its real estate research site FindTheHome launched in 2014 13 In August 2015 the company rebranded to Graphiq Inc and launched a new set of tools for publishers 14 15 At the time the company s database included 1 billion entities 120 billion attributes and 25 billion relationships 15 Product EditGraphiq s flagship product for online content creators Graphiq Search 16 allows users to access its library of 10B interactive visualizations 2 Additionally Graphiq offers 22 vertically aligned research sites 17 that allow consumers to research important topics The company states that 33 million visitors use Graphiq research sites every month 18 19 The data from Graphiq is mined from a variety of public and private sources and presented to users in a visual table with filters and ratings 3 The company s primary consumer interface is a group of vertically aligned research sites which let users research products and services on a desktop or mobile device 9 20 They can also add or edit product and service listings Each edit is reviewed by Graphiq s team before it goes live 21 The company s products for online content creators and journalists included Graphiq Search Feed and Plugins 22 Publishers that use Graphiq visualizations include AOL MSN The International Business Times and Hearst Newspapers 15 In August 2016 Reuters announced a partnership with Graphiq to deliver a suite of interactive visualizations to Reuters customers 23 24 25 In October 2016 The Associated Press announced an expanded collaboration with Graphiq to introduce paired visualizations with AP text content 2 26 Sites Edit As of February 15 2017 27 AllPatents com ArmsRack com AxleGeeks com CareerTrends com Corporate com Credio com FindTheBest com FindTheCompany com GearSuite com HealthGrove com HomeOwl com InsideGov com MooseRoots com PetBreeds com PickBan com Pikasaur com Platform com PointAfter com PrettyFamous com SoftwareInsider com SpecOut com StartClass comBusiness model EditThe site attempts to bridge the gap between search engines like Google and review type services like Yelp O Connor describes it as a research engine Each research site is free for consumers and monetized with advertisements 28 29 The visualizations pull from the same database that powers the research sites and each visualization includes the Graphiq logo and a link back to one of the company s research sites where they monetize users with advertisements References Edit Graphiq About www graphiq com Archived from the original on September 7 2015 Retrieved November 17 2016 a b c d Meet the A I Startup That s Whipping Up Infographics for Thousands of Newspapers in the U S Inc com October 18 2016 Retrieved November 17 2016 a b Leena Rao March 5 2013 Data Driven Comparison Shopping Platform FindTheBest Raises 11M From New World Kleiner Perkins And Others TechCrunch Retrieved May 21 2013 Steve Lohr March 10 2013 Algorithms Get a Human Hand in Steering Web The New York Times Retrieved May 21 2013 FindTheBest Names the Most Coveted Products for Dads and Grads in Popular Gift Categories NBC News April 24 2013 Retrieved May 21 2013 dead link Amazon acquires Santa Barbara start up Graphiq to try to bolster Alexa Los Angeles Times July 20 2017 Retrieved August 1 2017 Company Overview of FINDTHEBEST COM Inc Bloomberg Businessweek Archived from the original on June 28 2013 Retrieved May 21 2013 Dylan Tweney December 7 2011 FindTheBest upgrades with even more visual comparisons of almost everything VentureBeat Retrieved May 21 2013 a b c Greg Sterling August 2 2010 DoubleClick Founder Launches Structured Decision Engine FindTheBest com Search Engine Land Retrieved May 21 2013 FindTheBest U S Market Research Alexa Alexa Internet Inc Archived from the original on September 15 2013 Retrieved November 19 2013 FindTheBest Lands 11M For Comparison Engine Socialtech com March 5 2013 Retrieved May 21 2013 a b FindTheCompany releases data on 30M businesses to clue in consumers VentureBeat June 19 2013 Retrieved June 25 2013 Research engine publishing real estate agent performance statistics Inman Retrieved November 17 2016 FindTheBest Rebrands as Graphiq Launches New Data Visualization Products for Online Publishing Industry Retrieved November 17 2016 a b c Ha Anthony August 11 2015 FindTheBest Becomes Graphiq Launches New Visualization Tools For Publishers TechCrunch Retrieved November 17 2016 Graphiq Search www graphiq com Archived from the original on May 17 2017 Retrieved November 17 2016 Graphiq Research Sites www graphiq com Archived from the original on September 7 2015 Retrieved November 17 2016 Graphiq Advertising Solutions www graphiq com Archived from the original on October 22 2016 Retrieved November 17 2016 Graphiq Solutions for Researchers www graphiq com Archived from the original on October 22 2016 Retrieved November 17 2016 FindTheBest Consumer Services Comparison Community AppAppeal Retrieved May 21 2013 Srick Schonfeld December 7 2011 FindTheBest Adds Smart Ratings And A Better Way To Compare Products TechCrunch Retrieved May 21 2013 Graphiq Solutions for Journalists www graphiq com Archived from the original on September 8 2016 Retrieved November 17 2016 Reuters and Graphiq deliver interactive data visualizations to publishers Thomson Reuters Retrieved November 17 2016 Kolodny Lora September 13 2016 Reuters is the latest large news agency to embrace content automation TechCrunch Retrieved November 17 2016 Reuters is working with Graphiq to create data visualizations for clients Nieman Lab Retrieved November 17 2016 AP and Graphiq expand collaboration to offer interactive visualizations to all AP customers www ap org Retrieved November 17 2016 About Us Archived April 19 2018 at the Wayback Machine team graphiq com Retrieved February 15 2017 OpenX and Graphiq Expand Relationship with Header Bidding VentureBeat December 2015 Retrieved November 17 2016 Sovrn Blog Graphiq Grows Revenue by Over 40 with Header Bidding sovrn October 28 2016 Retrieved November 17 2016 Further reading EditKessler Sarah January 20 2012 FindTheBest Mobile Will Instantly Compare Anything Mashable Retrieved February 17 2017 Lohr Steve August 6 2012 FindTheBest A Comparison Engine Tries to Build a Business The New York Times Retrieved February 17 2017 Rao Leena March 5 2013 Data Driven Comparison Shopping Platform FindTheBest Raises 11M From New World Kleiner Perkins And Others TechCrunch Mullin Joe Angry entrepreneur replies to patent troll with racketeering lawsuit Ars Technica September 16 2013 Hoffman Lyz Patent Troll Throws Counterpunch in FindTheBest Dispute Santa Barbara Independent October 28 2013 Mullin Joe FindTheBest destroys matchmaking patent pushes RICO case against troll Ars Technica November 23 2013 Mullin Joe May 22 2014 Judge FindTheBest can t use anti extortion law against a patent troll Ars Technica Retrieved February 17 2017 Nazer Daniel June 3 2014 FindTheBest Wins Attorney s Fees in Patent Troll Fight Electronic Frontier Foundation Retrieved February 17 2017 Nazer Daniel October 28 2014 FindTheBest Wins Again Patent Troll Hit With Double Fee Award Electronic Frontier Foundation Retrieved February 17 2017 Rodriguez Salvador October 18 2016 Meet the A I Startup That s Whipping Up Infographics for Thousands of Newspapers in the U S Inc External links EditOfficial website Company blog Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Graphiq amp oldid 1149015962, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
