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Zip2

Zip2 was founded in 1996 in Palo Alto, USA by Elon Musk, Greg Kouri and Kimbal Musk. It is a Software & IT company that was later acquired.

Online city guide and business directory software, acquired by Compaq in 1999.

Acquired Founded 1996 Palo Alto USA Software & IT
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Zip2 founders & co-founders

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Elon Musk
Co-founder
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Greg Kouri
Co-founder
 K
Kimbal Musk
Co-founder

What happened to Zip2’s founders and alumni

15 companies

People who worked at or founded Zip2 and went on to start their own companies.

E 14 founded
PayPal 1998 X.com 1999 SpaceX 2002 Tesla 2003 Hyperloop One 2014 OpenAI 2015 Neuralink 2016 The Boring Company 2016 Thud 2017 xAI 2023 X Corp. 2023 SpaceXAI 2023 X Holdings Corp 2023 America PAC
K 1 founded
The Kitchen Restaurant Group 2004

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