July 28, 2003 (2003-07-28) (7 years, 8 months and 22 days)
Fate
Purchased by Compaq Computer
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
,
United States
Area served
United States
Products
Zip2.com
Auto Guide
Parent
Compaq Computer (1999–)
Website
zip2.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 February 1999)
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Zip2 Corp.[2] was a company that provided and licensed online city guide software to newspapers.[3] The company was founded in Palo Alto, California as Global Link Information Network, Inc. on November 9, 1995,[4] by Greg Kouri and brothers Elon and Kimbal Musk. Initially, Global Link provided local businesses with an Internet presence,[5]: 61 but later began to assist newspapers in designing online city guides before being purchased by Compaq Computer in 2000.
^"Termination". Secretary of State of California. July 28, 2003. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
^"Amendment". Secretary of State of California. August 19, 1996. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
^Outing, Steve (October 24, 1997). "Zip2 Plays Up National Network Card". Editor & Publisher. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
^"Initial Filing". Secretary of State of California. November 6, 1995. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
^Vance, Ashley (2015). Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062301239.
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