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Skype Technologies

Skype Technologies was founded in 2003 in Luxembourg by Jaan Tallinn, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström. It is a Software & IT company.

Private Founded 2003 Luxembourg Software & IT
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Skype Technologies founders & co-founders

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Jaan Tallinn
Co-founder
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Janus Friis
Co-founder
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Niklas Zennström
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

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The companies and labs that produced Skype Technologies’s founders.

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What happened to Skype Technologies’s founders and alumni

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

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Skype 2003 Bluemoon Interactive
J 3 founded
Kazaa 2001 Skype 2003 Starship Technologies 2014
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Kazaa 2001 Skype 2003 Atomico 2006

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