Xobni, has been acquired by Yahoo!: stakes and opportunities.
Henceforth, the stake is to improve Yahoo! products user
experience. This means, very soon you’ll be able to use Yahoo! products with Xobni.
For those who unfamiliar, the Xobni products in your inbox and smartphone,aim to respond to how you communicate, who and what is important to you.
‘’ Yahoo! gets that, and they want us to use our platform to make many Yahoo! services better for you. This is just the type of gig we’ve been preparing for throughout our history. We look forward to letting the results speak for themselves.’’ has mentioned the Xobni staff.
About Xobni
Xobni ("inbox" spelled backwards) is a San Francisco-based startup, created in 2006. We make your inbox and address book smarter by making it easy to search and discover all your contacts, even those who aren't in your address book.
Xobni, Smartr Inbox, and Smartr Contacts automatically find all the people with whom you've ever exchanged emails, calls, or SMS messages. They instantly provide a full view of each contact, complete with their photo, job title, company details, and email history, as well as updates from Facebook and Twitter. Xobni is available for Outlook. Smartr Inbox is available for Gmail. Smartr Contacts is available for Android and iPhone.
Xobni has raised three rounds of funding from leading investors including: Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Cisco, BlackBerry Partners Fund, Atomico Investments, Baseline Ventures, and RRE Ventures, as well as several angel investors.
