| Founded | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Closed | 2011 |
| Country | USA |
| Sector | Ai |
| Total raised | 5 |
| Collapse type | Acqui-hire |
| Founder | Max Ventilla, Nathan Stoll, Rob Spiro, Damon Horowitz |
Aardvark
"Pioneered social Q&A with AI routing — Google bought it for $50M and killed it in 14 months."
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Aardvark was a social Q&A service that used AI to route your question to the most relevant person in your network who could answer it.
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