SkyGrid

SkyGrid is a free real-time web service located in Sunnyvale, California that is operated and privately owned by SkyGrid, Inc. In April 2010, SkyGrid launched on the Apple iPad with a news application. The most common use of SkyGrid is to view trending news and to follow personal interests.
SkyGrid was founded by Kevin Pomplun, in 2005 when he was 22 years old. SkyGrid began building technology to create a way for people to see what information was traveling the fastest. As a result of this, Pomplun invented Information Velocity and was issued a United States Patent Aug 23, 2007. SkyGrid began as a real-time search service, then was licensed to the financial market, and now is used to follow specific topics.
History
Kevin Pomplun is self-taught in computer science, graph theory, and combinatorics and built SkyGrid’s initial architecture, algorithms, and codebase. Around 2001, Kevin had been studying Tim Berners-Lee idea for the Semantic Web, and was intrigued by the idea of building something that would not work like a search engine and return a page of links, but instead would show you the fastest spreading information at any time. This concept led Kevin to invent “Information Velocity”, or a way to physically measure what information was traveling the fastest.

SkyGrid initially determined the fastest spreading information around any keyword. The most common uses were people interested in sports, entertainment, gadgets, politics, business, and other news categories. In 2008, SkyGrid began to be used by the financial market as a way to follow public companies. On April 20, 2009, SkyGrid became available for free. Four months later SkyGrid began to provide real-time information to websites operated by Hearst Corporation, News Corp, and other media companies.
SkyGrid then became available on April 3, 2010 on Apple’s iPad. On the same day, SkyGrid was featured on the homepage of Apple iTunes alongside ESPN, Marvel, and The Gap.
When Apple released their new operating system iOS 4, SkyGrid was released for the iPhone and iPod touch. At Apple's annual conference WWDC, SkyGrid was included as one of the applications featured on the iPhone 4 alongside eBay, Plants vs. Zombies, and Pandora. . In December 2010, SkyGrid was released for the and was displayed on the Android Market homepage alongside applications from YouTube, Twitter, Angry Birds, and Nike.
In February 2011, SkyGrid created a new social media application SkyGrid Groups. SkyGrid Groups is being used by public figures including Pearl Jam, 50 Cent, Tom Cruise, and others.
Company
SkyGrid is a consumer media business and generates revenue from brand advertising. SkyGrid creates advertising formats using Multi-touch technology from the Apple iPad.
SkyGrid’s team members come from over 15 different countries. SkyGrid is privately held, with investors including DFJ, Bezos Expeditions (a personal investment firm of Jeff Bezos), RRE Ventures, BlackRock, Esther Dyson, Michael F. Price, and others. Board members include James D. Robinson III, Rakesh Mathur, and Kevin Pomplun.

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