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Company · Media & Entertainment

Odeo

Podcasting company whose team pivoted to create Twitter.

Acquired Founded 2005–2007 San Francisco USA Media & Entertainment
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Founders

2
E
Evan Williams
Co-founder
 N
Noah Glass
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

3

The companies and labs that produced Odeo’s founders.

Google Blogger Pyra Labs

The Odeo diaspora

19 companies Open the full tree →

People who worked at or founded Odeo and went on to start their own companies.

Lineage of OdeoOdeoOdeoJack DorseyJack DorseyX.comX.comTwitterTwitterSquareSquareCash AppCash AppEvan WilliamsEvan WilliamsX.comX.comBloggerBloggerPyra LabsPyra LabsTwitterTwitterBiz StoneBiz StoneX.comX.comTwitterTwitterJellyJellyNoah GlassNoah GlassX.comX.comTwitterTwitterOloOloKevin SystromKevin SystromInstagramInstagramArtifactArtifact
The Odeo lineage graph — click any node to keep exploring. ↓ CSV↓ JSON
B 3 founded
X.com 1999 Twitter 2006 Jelly 2013
E 4 founded
X.com 1999 Blogger 1999 Pyra Labs 1999 Twitter 2006
J 7 founded
X.com 1999 Twitter 2006 Square 2009 Cash App 2013 Bluesky Social PBC 2021 Bluesky 2021 Omacom Foundation 2026
K 2 founded
Instagram 2010 Artifact 2020
N 3 founded
X.com 1999 Twitter 2006 Olo

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