Radar Networks

Radar Networks

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Company type	Private
Industry	Data management
Founded	2003
Founder	Nova Spivack, Kristinn R. Thórisson
Headquarters	San Francisco, California , USA
Key people	Nova Spivack, CEO; Sonja Erickson, VP, Systems Engineering; Christopher Jones, VP of Product Development; Jim Wissner, Chief Architect
Number of employees	20
Website	www.radarnetworks.com

Radar Networks operated out of San Francisco and specialized in creating Semantic Web solutions intended for widespread use. The company’s only publicly available offering was the website Twine. Founded in 2003 by Nova Spivack and Kristinn R. Thórisson, Radar Networks was acquired by Evri Inc. in 2010, which later discontinued the platform.

History

The inception of Radar Networks took place in 2003, initiated by web innovator Nova Spivack, who is the grandson of management authority Peter Drucker, alongside AI expert Kristinn R. Thórisson. Early involvement included Jim Wissner as chief architect. Thórisson held the position of CTO until 2004 before transitioning to Reykjavik University.

In February 2008, Radar Networks completed a Series B financing round with investments from Velocity Interactive Group, Vulcan Capital, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

Its singular product, Twine, was publicly introduced on October 21, 2008, as a social web platform utilizing semantic technology.

On March 11, 2010, Seattle-based Evri Inc. acquired Radar Networks. Subsequently, Twine was discontinued on May 14, 2010, with users being redirected to evri.com. Evri ended its commercial activities and dismissed most employees on October 5, 2012, ceasing support for evri.com and associated services.