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Meta (academic company)

Meta (academic company)

Artificial intelligence company specializing in big data analysis of scientific and technical literature.

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Originally founded as Sciencescape by Sam Molyneux and Amy Molyneux in Toronto, Canada, Meta is a big data analysis company for scientific literature.

The platform leverages artificial intelligence for scientific literature discovery. Users can set up a custom feed with specific topics of interest or browse the pre-curated feed. Between 2010, the year Meta (Sciencescape) was founded, and 2016, the platform had analyzed over 26 million papers and profiled 14 million researchers. The company built its platform by searching for open publications, scanning and collecting information on authors and citations, and developing partnerships with publishers in science, math, and technology fields. Publishing partners are compensated through additional exposure for their written journals and studies. Some partnered publishers are the American Medical Association, BioMed Central, and Sage Publishing.

Meta provides real-time updates from PubMed and, additionally, provides access to 22 million papers dating back as far as the 1800s. The AI learns by sifting through papers, journals, and user behavior data to pinpoint key topics and research points. The AI also develops visualizations about research fields by organizing the papers by date of publication and citation counts to present the information to allow users to identify historical marks.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Acquisition

In 2017, Meta merged with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. It was the first acquisition of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, founded by Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and his wife, Priscilla Chan. Meta now resides in a 102,079sqft office building in Redwood City, California, that was rented and renovated by Chan and Zuckerberg in 2017 to act as HQ for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

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Why the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is buying AI search tool Meta

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https://www.wired.co.uk/article/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-buys-ai-scientific-search-tool-meta

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Company attributes

Industry
Open access
Open access
Educational Technology
Educational Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Publishing
Publishing
Drug discovery
Drug discovery
Technology
Technology
Education
Education
Location
Redwood City, California
Redwood City, California
Toronto
Toronto
B2X
B2B
B2B
Founder
Amy Molyneux
Amy Molyneux
Sam Molyneux
Sam Molyneux
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../56944-72
Number of Employees (Ranges)
11 – 50
Full Address
460 Richmond Street West, Suite 701, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1Y1 Canada
Investors
Rho Canada
Rho Canada
Horizons Ventures
Horizons Ventures
Western Technology Investment
Western Technology Investment
iGan Partners
iGan Partners
HIGHLINEvc
HIGHLINEvc
LVL1 Group
LVL1 Group
Founded Date
2010
Email Address
contact@meta.org
Total Funding Amount (USD)
9,000,000
Latest Funding Round Date
November 2015
Former CEO
Sam Molyneux
Sam Molyneux
Also Known As
Sciencescape
Latest Funding Type
Series A round
Series A round
Patents Assigned (Count)
3
Country
United States
United States
Canada
Canada
Headquarters
Toronto
Toronto

Other attributes

Acquirer
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Company Operating Status
Active
Wikidata ID
Q17079550

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