Ingenio’s revolutionary idea for an e-commerce based knowledge exchange was formed in the back of a taxi cab and officially launched in 1999. Since then the platform has enabled over 30 million conversations from around the globe confirming Ingenio as the leader in phone, chat, and web–based personal advice.
Ingenio’s patented communication and e-commerce platform continues to evolve. Our innovative community-based tools, and proprietary web, voice, and mobile technologies help nurture valuable relationships between people for the exchange of information. Our platform supports marketplaces (Ingenio.com, Keen.com and Ether.com) connecting members in real-time (or through appointments), 24/7/365, to share and monetize information.
We remain dedicated to empowering lives through the discovery of answers, insights and new perspectives to life’s most pressing questions. We do this by continually redefining the way information can be conveniently and confidently exchanged.
Ingenio was founded in 1999, acquired by AT&T in 2007 and re-established as an independent company in May 2013. Ingenio is a profitable business comprised of a talented group of people led by world-class management team in San Francisco, CA.
Ingenio’s patented communication and e-commerce platform continues to evolve. Our innovative community-based tools, and proprietary web, voice, and mobile technologies help nurture valuable relationships between people for the exchange of information. Our platform supports marketplaces (Ingenio.com, Keen.com and Ether.com) connecting members in real-time (or through appointments), 24/7/365, to share and monetize information.
We remain dedicated to empowering lives through the discovery of answers, insights and new perspectives to life’s most pressing questions. We do this by continually redefining the way information can be conveniently and confidently exchanged.
Ingenio was founded in 1999, acquired by AT&T in 2007 and re-established as an independent company in May 2013. Ingenio is a profitable business comprised of a talented group of people led by world-class management team in San Francisco, CA.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 201-500
Founded date: 1999
Investors 2
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| 29.03.2023 | Meditation app Simple Habit sells to wellness marketplace Ingenio, pivots the company to Sleep Reset | Y Combinator and Foundation Capital-backed meditation app Simple Habit has been acquired by Alpine Investors-backed wellness marketplace company Ingenio. Because of this deal, Simple Habit will rebrand itself to Sleep Reset — eponymous to a... |
| 29.03.2023 | Meet The Tech CEO Going Deep On Sleep | SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 22: Yunha Kim, Founder and CEO, Simple Habit speaks during Session ... [+] II Breakouts - Burnout Recovery: End Exhaustion & Regain Your Spark during 2019 Watermark Conference for Women Silicon Valley at ... |
| 05.06.2009 | RingRevenue lands $3.5M from GRP, Rincon, Great Pacific to tap high-end ad market | Tuesday’s announcement from RingRevenue that it had closed a $3.5 million round for its “pay-per-call platform designed for affiliate networks” left me with two questions: First, what’s a pay-per-call platform? Second, why is GRP Partners, ... |
| 20.11.2007 | AT&T to Buy Ingenio | AT&T is in negotiations with Ingenio to buy the online advertising company. Ingenio’s technology traces the effectiveness of advertisements by tracking phone calls made to businesses based on phone numbers used in ads. The ads tracked c... |
| 19.11.2007 | AT&T buys pay-per-call company, Ingenio | updated AT&T has agreed to acquire privately held Ingenio, a provider of so-called “pay-per-call” technology, for an undisclosed amount. Ingenio lets businesses bill clients when they call for information, instruction or other education... |
| 22.06.2006 | Ether pay-per-call launches for public use | The telephone-time monetization system Ether officially launches today, after beta testing since March. The company calls its new stage “zeta.” Ether lets you set a price for people who want to call you on the phone. The company provides a ... |
| 02.03.2006 | Ether Looking to be 'eBay of Services' | Start up Ether has launched what it calls an "eBay for services," allowing anyone with a telephone or e-mail access to charge for the services they provide. The company, wholly owned by pay-per-call firm Ingenio, launched an invit... |
| 06.12.2004 | Citysearch, local company promote pay-per-call | The nascent pay-per-call ad industry gets another boost today with Citysearch’s announcement that it’s offering the service as an option for advertisers — with the technology of a new Silicon Valley company. Less than a year old, pay-per-ca... |