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Andrew Weinreich
Born1972 or 1973
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
Fordham University

Andrew Weinreich (/ˈwaɪnrɪtʃ/ WYNE-ritch) is an American businessman.

Career

In 1997, Weinreich launched SixDegrees.

In 2001, Weinreich founded Joltage, an infrastructure services business devoted to building out a global network of Wi-Fi hotspots. Joltage was forced to shut down in 2003 when the company ran out of funding.

In 2003, Weinreich started I Stand For, Inc. He sold the company in February 2006.

In February 2006, Weinreich co-founded MeetMoi with Jeremy Levy.

In 2008, Weinreich and Jeremy Levy spun off the persistent tracking technologies of MeetMoi into a separate company called Xtify. Xtify was acquired by IBM on October 3, 2013.

References

  1. Goble, Gordon (2012-09-06). "The History of Social Networking".
  2. Metz, Cade (April 8, 2002). "Would You Like Wireless Access with That?". PC Magazine.
  3. Shim, Richard (28 February 2003). "Start-up Joltage unplugs Wi-Fi service".
  4. ^ Boyd Myers, Courtney (July 11, 2011). "Where are they now? New York City's Dot Com Entrepreneurs".
  5. Smith, Kevin (24 October 2012). "Check Out MeetMoi, The Dating App That Has Quietly Reached 3 Million Users". Business Insider.
  6. Tsotsis, Alexia (3 August 2010). "Push Notifications Meet Dating: meetMoi NOW Alerts You When Matches Are Nearby".
  7. Jackson, Joab (3 October 2013). "IBM buys e-commerce tool maker Xtify". Computerworld.
  8. "Patent Issued for Location-Based Services Platform". Telecommunications Weekly. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
  9. "U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York". 23 May 2013.
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