Genius Stock
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About Genius Stock
Genius is an online knowledge base that allows users to find and submit annotations and interpretations of song lyrics, news stories, primary source documents, poetry, and other forms of text. Genius was founded by Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory in 2009 and is based in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz
Lyft, Robinhood, Databricks, Airbnb, Instacart, Stripe, Magic Leap, Anduril Industries, Rappi, CoinSwitch Kuber
Funding History
| October 2012 | $16.9M |
|---|---|
| July 2014 | $40.0M |
Management
Cofounder
Tom Lehman
Cofounder
Ilan Zechory
Board Member (Andreessen Horowitz)
Ben Horowitz
Press
BuzzFeed - Apr, 14 2020
If You Can Match The U.S. Capital To Its State On A Map, You’re A Geography GeniusBuzzFeed - Apr, 12 2020
27 Genius Trader Joe's Food Hacks You Basically Needed YesterdayBuzzFeed - Apr, 4 2020
17 Husbands Whose Hacks Made Their Spouses Go "I Married A Genius"New York Times - Feb, 20 2020
What Would a Fashion Music Festival Look Like?New York Times - Dec, 12 2019
‘Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947,’ by Norman Lebrecht: An ExcerptTechCrunch - May, 13 2019
Spotify is testing its own version of Stories called ‘Storyline’TechCrunch - Oct, 11 2018
Apple Music adds Genius lyricsTechCrunch - Aug, 15 2018
Spotify is falling behind on lyrics and voiceBuzzFeed - Apr, 2 2018
17 Mind-Blowing Facts About Early '00s Cartoons That Will Make You Say, “I Had No Idea”Wall Street Journal - Jul, 11 2014
RapGenius Rebrands With $40M, Aims to ‘Annotate the World’ (Online)TechCrunch - May, 1 2013
Rap Genius Reveals Its Business Model Will Be ‘Enterprise Genius’ Collaborative Annotation ToolGigaom - Oct, 3 2012
Rap Genius gets $15M from Andreessen Horowitz to annotate the entire webEquityZen does not have an affiliation with, formal relationship with, or endorsement from any companies featured above. This profile is based on publicly available information and is intended to be informative in nature.
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