Kosmix

organization

Database Image: 

Kosmix

Organization Type: 

  • Private Company

"Kosmix was an American privately held company in Mountain View, California. Their website earns revenue from advertising related to its categorization engine. The engine organizes the Internet into topic pages allowing users to explore the Web by topic, "presenting a dashboard of relevant videos, photos, news, commentary, opinion, communities and links to related topics". Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman founded Kosmix in 2005." In 2011, Kosmix was aquired by Walmart.

Keywords: 

  • adults
  • media
  • online
  • social networking
  • technology
  • teens
  • young adults

Organization Expertise: 

  • Media and Digital Arts

Services: 

Informational Resources, Web Applications

Partners

  • HopeLab
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • SAGE Publishing
  • UNICEF Kid Power