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Wavii was a Seattle startup founded by Adrian Aoun in 2008, and was subsequently acquired by Google, Inc. in April 2013.^[1] Wavii developed an iPhone app that allowed users to follow topics (e.g., a company, celebrity, politician, athlete, city, etc.) and receive short updates about them in their feed. This app was based on data produced by Wavii's proprietary technology, which used natural-language-processing and machine-learning approaches to convert content on the web (e.g., news articles and blogs) into structured summaries of the stories they contained.^[2]

Wavii's team was primarily former Last.fm, Microsoft, and Amazon engineers.^[3]

Wavii's product

Google acquisition

On April 30, 2013 it was announced that Google, Inc. had acquired Wavii for an amount that was officially undisclosed, but which industry insiders claimed was over $30 million USD. The acquisition was viewed as a way for Google to expand their ability to understand the web for search and to summarize content.^[4]

Google discontinued the Wavii iPhone app and website, but the company reported that it is continuing to run Wavii's technology and produce feed content for applications within Google.^[5]

Following the acquisition Wavii's team relocated from Seattle to the San Francisco Bay area.^[6]

References

^ Ingrid Lunden (2013-04-26). "Wavii Confirms Google Buy, Shuts Down Its Service To Make Natural Language Products For The Search Giant". TechCrunch.
^ Santos, Alexis (2013-04-24). "Google reportedly acquires natural language processing startup Wavii". Engadget.com. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
^ "Join". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
^ Efrati, Amir (2013-04-23). "Google Acquires Wavii to Beef Up Web-Search 'Knowledge Graph' - Digits - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
^ "Wavii". Wavii. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
^ "Wavii officially acquired by Google, app shuts down". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

External links

Official website

[1] Ingrid Lunden (2013-04-26). "Wavii Confirms Google Buy, Shuts Down Its Service To Make Natural Language Products For The Search Giant". TechCrunch.

[2] Santos, Alexis (2013-04-24). "Google reportedly acquires natural language processing startup Wavii". Engadget.com. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

[3] "Join". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

[4] Efrati, Amir (2013-04-23). "Google Acquires Wavii to Beef Up Web-Search 'Knowledge Graph' - Digits - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

[5] "Wavii". Wavii. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

[6] "Wavii officially acquired by Google, app shuts down". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

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 ==Further reading==
 * {{cite web | url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/wavii-a-facebook-for-topics/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1 | title=Wavii: A Facebook for Topics | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=April 13, 2012 | accessdate=1 February 2014 | author=Wingfield, Nick}}
-* [http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/wavii/ Wavii Vows to Understand Entire Internet | Wired.com]
+* [https://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/wavii/ Wavii Vows to Understand Entire Internet | Wired.com]
 * [http://www.businessinsider.com/its-official-google-has-acquired-news-stream-startup-wavii-2013-4 It's Official: Google Has Acquired News Stream Startup Wavii - Business Insider<!-- Bot generated title -->]
 * [http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/29/with-an-improved-design-navigation-social-features-waviis-rebuilt-iphone-app-is-like-a-facebook-news-feed-for-actual-news/ With An Improved Design, Navigation & Social Features, Wavii’s Rebuilt iPhone App Is Like A Facebook News Feed For Actual News | TechCrunch<!-- Bot generated title -->]