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Shazam

Shazam

Shazam is an application developed by Shazam Entertainment Ltd. The application can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows, based on a short sample played and using the microphone on the device. On 24 September 2018, Shazam Entertainment Ltd. was bought by Apple Inc.

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shazam.com
Is a
Company
Company
Organization
Organization

Company attributes

Industry
Music
Music
Entertainment
Entertainment
Technology
Technology
Music technology
Music technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Signal processing
Signal processing
Machine learning
Machine learning
Solution Analysts
Solution Analysts
0
Location
London
London
0
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
0
B2X
B2C
B2C
CEO
Rich Riley
Rich Riley
Founder
Chris Barton
Chris Barton
Rich Riley
Rich Riley
AngelList URL
angel.co/company/shazam
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../50961-79
Legal Name
Shazam Entertainment Ltd
Parent Organization
Apple (company)
Apple (company)
Date Incorporated
May 2000
Number of Employees (Ranges)
201 – 5000
Email Address
pr@shazam.com
Full Address
London, England, United Kingdom
Investors
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Sony Music
Sony Music
Flashpoint
Flashpoint
0
DN Capital
DN Capital
Barclays
Barclays
Access Industries
Access Industries
0
Dennis Phelps
Dennis Phelps
América Móvil
América Móvil
...
Founded Date
2000
0
Total Funding Amount (USD)
138,500,000
Latest Funding Round Date
February 2015
Competitors
Pinterest
Pinterest
Omlet Arcade
Omlet Arcade
Board of Directors
Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy
Nenad Marovac
Nenad Marovac
‌
Rob Krolik
‌
Lauren Zalaznick
Key People
Chris Barton
Chris Barton
Rich Riley
Rich Riley
Also Known As
Shazam Entertainment Limited
Shazam
Latest Funding Type
‌
Series F
NAICS Code
522,320
CAGE Code
84Y24
Patents Assigned (Count)
19
Wellfound ID
shazam
Country
United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Other attributes

Company Operating Status
Active
Latest Funding Round Amount (USD)
30,000,000
Platform
iOS
iOS
0
Published Date
January 1, 1999
Public/Private
Private0
Wikidata ID
Q1195495

Shazam is an application developed by Shazam Entertainment Ltd. The application can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows, based on a short sample played and using the microphone on the device. On 24 September 2018, Shazam Entertainment Ltd. was bought by Apple Inc. The software is available for Android, macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS. Shazam Entertainment Limited was founded in 1999 by Chris Barton, Philip Inghelbrecht, Avery Wang, and Dhiraj Mukherjee. In December 2013, according to its CEO, Shazam was one of the top ten most popular apps in the world. As of August 2014, the Shazam app had more than 100 million monthly active users and had been used on more than 500 million mobile devices. In October 2014, Shazam announced its technology has been used to identify 15 billion songs. In October 2016, Shazam announced its mobile apps have been downloaded more than 1 billion times, and users have performed more than 30 billion "Shazams" since launch. In December 2017, Apple Inc. announced it would be acquiring Shazam for a reported $400 million (£300 million). On 23 April 2018, the European Commission stated that it would be reviewing the acquisition. The European Commission approved the acquisition on 6 September 2018 and the acquisition was completed later that month on 24 September 2018.

Shazam has been downloaded over 1 billion times around the world and is used over 20 million times every day. The app has been around since the beginnings of the App Store. The user holds up their phone, records a song playing nearby for a few seconds, and the track and artist information gets logged.

Apple confirmed it was buying Shazam and its development team for a reported $400 million December 2017. The acquisition was temporarily held up because of an investigation by the European Union, which scrutinized the deal over potential antitrust concerns. Regulators eventually approved the deal.

Apple successfully completed its acquisition of Shazam and Apple is going to make the iOS and Android apps ad-free.

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