Lycos

Lycos is a company based in Waltham, Massachusetts, founded on January 1, 1994 by Bob Davis and Bill Townsend. The company is an organization and a subsidiary of Daum, a web portal, and Ybrant Digital. Lycos operates in the United States and competes with other companies like AltaVista.

Throughout its history, Lycos has owned several brands and websites, including HotBot, Tripod.com, Angelfire, Gamesville, Rock on Request, and Weather Zombie. In particular, Tripod.com has been a subsidiary of Lycos.

Lycos also holds 17 patents assigned to the company.