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| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Social networking |
| Available in | English, Arabic, Norwegian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese |
| Founded | San Francisco, California |
| Headquarters | , |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Dave Morin Shawn Fanning Dustin Mierau |
| Key people | Dave Morin Shawn Fanning Dustin Mierau |
| Employees | 25 |
| Parent | Kakao |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | November 2010 |
| Current status | Discontinued |
| Native client(s) on | Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Samsung Galaxy Gear 1/2 |
| Written in | C & Objective-C (iOS), Java (Android), Python (backend) |
Path was a social networking-enabled photo sharing and messaging service for mobile devices that was launched on 14 November 2010. The service allowed users to share up to a total of 50 contacts with their close friends and family.[1][2] Based in San Francisco, California, the company was founded by Shawn Fanning and former Facebook executive Dave Morin.[3]
In 2011, Morin rejected a $100 million offer for the company from Google.[4] On May 28, 2015, Path announced it had been acquired for an undisclosed amount by Kakao.[5]
On September 17, 2018, Path announced its termination of the service.[6] From October 18, 2018, existing users are no longer able to access the Path service.[6]
- ^ McCarthy, Caroline (2010-11-14). "A Path the world isn't meant to see". CNET. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
- ^ Fowler, Geoffrey (2011-03-11). "Path Gets "FriendRank" and a Revenue Stream". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
- ^ Issac, Mike (2010-11-14). "New Social Network Path = iPhone + Instagram + Facebook - 499,999,950 Friends". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
- ^ Arrington, Mike. "Google Tried To Buy Path For $100+ Million. Path Said No.", Techcrunch, February 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ Carson, Biz (2015-05-28). "Path acquired by the makers of a popular messaging app". BusinessInsider. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
- ^ a b "The Last Goodbye". Path. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 2018-09-17.