Foursquare (company)

Foursquare Labs Inc.
Company typePrivate
Industry
  • Location technology
  • Advertising technology
  • App developer tools
FoundedMarch 11, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-03-11) in New York, New York, U.S.
FoundersDennis Crowley
Naveen Selvadurai
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Gary Little, CEO[1]
Dennis Crowley
Number of employees
Approximately 300[2]
Websitelocation.foursquare.com

Foursquare Labs Inc., commonly known as Foursquare, is a geolocation technology company and data cloud platform based in the United States. Founded by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai in 2009, the company rose to prominence with the launch of its local search-and-discovery mobile app. The app, Foursquare City Guide, popularized the concept of real-time location sharing and checking-in.

Alongside additions and iterations to its consumer apps, the company also began to create products that leverage the location data collected via billions of check-ins.

  1. ^ Patel, Sahil (6 November 2020). "Foursquare CEO David Shim steps down". Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ "Foursquare just laid off 105 employees". Retrieved 23 May 2024.