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Ouibox
Company typePrivate
FoundedLexington, Kentucky, U.S. (2006 (2006))
FounderPeyton Fouts
HeadquartersLexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Area servedWorldwide
Key peoplePeyton Fouts
Websitewww.ouibox.com

Ouibox was a website headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky. It featured a social network aggregator, a writing tool called OuiWrite which auto-cited sources, and an affiliate shopping tool called OuiShop which generated donations to charities without affecting a user's purchase price.

Ouibox signed up 8000 users on the week it launched. It was one of the first investments of the Bluegrass Angels Venture Fund II.

History

Ouibox was founded in 2006 by Peyton Fouts, a graduate of the English and Communications programs at the University of Kentucky.

Archived records indicate that its website showed no changes on its homepage between June 2014 and July 2019. The site had disappeared completely by August 2019.

References

  1. Curtin, Chris (December 17, 2010). "'Tis the Season to Give Back -- Digitally". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
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  3. Miller, Kacie (2010-10-27). "Young Lexington Entrepreneur Launches OuiBox (Editors Note)". University of Kentucky EconDev News. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  4. Eblen, Tom (October 27, 2010). "Young Lexington entrepreneur launches OuiBox". Lexington Herald-Leader. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  5. Holaday, Erin (November 10, 2010). "Oui! UK Alum Launches Life-Changing Web Tool". University of Kentucky UKNOW. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
  6. "OuiWrite". OuiBox. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  7. "OuiWrite". OuiBox. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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