Futureful Inc -- personalized media discovery
The goal was to build a better newsfeed. The team of data scientists and designers developed a patented, graph-based, machine learning platform that modeled user interests and provided recommendations combining relevance & serendipity. Several innovative UIs were created, including the first example of the now ubiquitous 'guided search'. The company began through collaboration with leading university research, and went on to raise $3M from international investors. HQ was in the US, while R&D was primarily in Finland.
Apps were launched under the Futureful brand, as well as the brandname Random. These apps received strong reception from the likes of the New York Times, Techcrunch, New Scientist, Vice, TheNextWeb, Gigaom, and many other publications. The app went on to gain traction with an active and loyal user community. However, the scale was not enough to support the freemium model, the service was terminated in Dec 2015, and the assets were acquired by existing investors.
Company Details
- Founded
- 2010
- Address
- 121 7th St, San Francisco,california,united States
- Industry
- Technology, Information And Internet
- Keywords
- media discovery, machine learning, recommendation engines, discovery, algorithms, media, ai, data science, newsfeed, nlp, nosql, media diversity, free speech, mobile apps, mobile, filter bubble, startups, recommendation systems, personalization, ml.
- HQ
- San Francisco, California
- Competitors
- Falling Walls Foundation, Tesla.
Futureful Inc Questions
Futureful Inc's website is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFSnQxz_ITO_Hhi9U4WztDw
Futureful Inc's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/random-futureful
Futureful Inc's industry is
Technology, Information and Internet
Futureful Inc's top competitors are
Falling Walls Foundation,
Tesla.
Futureful Inc's categories are Technology, Information and Internet
Futureful Inc's founding year is 2010
