ITA Software

ITA Software LLC
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySoftware, Travel
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
HeadquartersCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Key people
Jeremy Wertheimer: Vice President, Travel, Gianni Marostica: Commercial Director, Travel
ProductsSoftware
Number of employees
450+
ParentGoogle
Websitewww.itasoftware.com

ITA Software is a travel industry software division of Google, formerly an independent company, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was founded by Jeremy Wertheimer, a computer scientist from the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Cooper Union,[1] with his partner Richard Aiken in 1996.[2] On July 1, 2010, ITA agreed to be acquired by Google. On April 8, 2011, the US Department of Justice approved the buyout. As part of the agreement, Google was required to license ITA software to other websites for five years.[3]

  1. ^ Jeremy Wertheimer, Cooper Union Board of Trustees
  2. ^ Edward Hasbrouck, The Practical Nomad blog, July 12, 2010: Google buys ITA Software, Part 1: The back story
  3. ^ "Nightly Business Report for Friday, April 8th, 2011". Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2017-09-01.