App (Mobile Phone)

ClearCover Corporate Office

Co-workers Derek Brigham and Kyle Nakatsuji knew that they could create a better shopping experience for those seeking affordable car insurance using AI. ClearCover was born out of this idea.

With the average yearly cost of car insurance a whopping $1,100 and more than 13 percent of drivers simply going without due to the cost, it’s no wonder that ClearCover has become very popular.

The company doesn’t spend much on advertising, but word gets around. Currently, ClearCover can only find insurance companies in Arizona, California, Illinois, Ohio, and Utah, but it hopes to expand to all 50 states within 5 years.

In January 2020, the company raised $50 million in series C financing.

The leading roadside assistance program, HONK, is also used by ClearCover, since at least 2019.

Founded in Chicago, the company maintains its corporate office there as well.

ClearCover

Co-workers Derek Brigham and Kyle Nakatsuji knew that they could create a better shopping experience for those seeking affordable car insurance using AI. ClearCover was born out of this idea.

With the average yearly cost of car insurance a whopping $1,100 and more than 13 percent of drivers simply going without due to the cost, it’s no wonder that ClearCover has become very popular.

History

In January 2020, the company raised $50 million in series C financing.

The leading roadside assistance program, HONK, is also used by ClearCover, since at least 2019.

Founded in Chicago, the company maintains its corporate office there as well.

Modsy Corporate Office

When Shanna Tellerman saw the Victorian flat in San Francisco, she simply fell in love with the entire place, including the furniture used in staging the house.

When she moved in with her furniture, she was less than impressed. She tried a few virtual reality apps, but they were all rather “clunky” to use.

Tellerman and her husband West Owens went on to develop their own virtual reality app for customers like herself.

Tellerman and her husband named their app Modsy and launched it in 2015. Clients upload photos of their rooms and choose from designs, such as modern or seaside. The app shows furniture from your chosen design from such sites as West Elm, Pottery Barn, Target, and more.

Modsy is proving to be a popular app, with stars such as Real Housewives actress Teddi Mellencamp showing off how she uses this tool for decorating, as well as being listed in House Beautiful.

Headquarters for Modsy are located in San Francisco, California.

Modsy

When Shanna Tellerman saw the Victorian flat in San Francisco, she simply fell in love with the entire place, including the furniture used in staging the house.

When she moved in with her furniture, she was less than impressed. She tried a few virtual reality apps, but they were all rather “clunky” to use.

Tellerman and her husband West Owens went on to develop their own virtual reality app for customers like herself.

History

Modsy is proving to be a popular app, with stars such as Real Housewives actress Teddi Mellencamp showing off how she uses this tool for decorating, as well as being listed in House Beautiful.

Headquarters for Modsy are located in San Francisco, California.

Duolingo Corporate Office

Luis Von Ahn, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and his graduate student Severin Hacker wanted to create an app that would serve double duty, teach a foreign language and translate simple phrases. Duolingo was created in 2011 in beta form and released to the public in 2012.

Duolingo is a language learning platform and mobile app that allows users to slowly learn the basics of a new language. As of November 2019, the language-learning website and app offer 94 different language courses in 23 languages. In August 2018, the company had more than 300 million registered users around the world. The app has a free version supported by advertisers or a paid version that is ad-free.

Duolingo’s fastest-growing language is the Scottish language Gaelic. Although the language was just added in early December 2019, in less than one month, users have reached 127,000.

The company has it’s critics, with a Forbes interviewing noting that, even after using Duolingo to learn Spanish for 6 months, the CFO of the company was confused by the basic phrase of “Hablas Espanol?” ( Do you speak Spanish?).

The corporate office for Duolingo is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Duolingo

Duolingo’s fastest-growing language is the Scottish language Gaelic. Although the language was just added in early December 2019, in less than one month, users have reached 127,000.

History

The corporate office for Duolingo is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

GasBuddy Corporate Office

Childhood friends Dustin Coupal and Jason Toews founded GasBuddy in April 2000 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Originally designed as a free website where consumers could share information about gas prices and availability, the pair filed as a for-profit company in April 2004.

The GasBuddy app is a GPS-based program for smartphones and tablets, providing prices of nearby gas stations from user-submitted data, as well as through partnerships with other companies and directly from station operators.

While the company still operates a website where consumers report gas prices and availability, registered GasBuddy members are encouraged to input gas price data, with the incentive to earn points that allow them to obtain electronic tickets for entry towards a daily drawing for a $100 prepaid gas card. The website offers additional features such as a fuel logbook, which allows users to record fuel purchases, odometer miles, and fuel usage.

In March 2013, UCG acquired GasBuddy for an undisclosed amount. Initially available only in the US and Canada, the company expanded to include Australia in 2016.

GasBuddy also noted which gas station brands tended to have the cleanest restrooms in each state, as reported by consumers in May 2019.

During hurricane Dorian in September 2019, the GasBuddy app helped customers find gas stations that were still open and had gas available .

The app also helped those in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Ida passed through the area in 2021.

Headquarters for GasBuddy are located in Boston, Massachusetts.

GasBuddy

History

In March 2013, UCG acquired GasBuddy for an undisclosed amount. Initially available only in the US and Canada, the company expanded to include Australia in 2016.

GasBuddy also noted which gas station brands tended to have the cleanest restrooms in each state, as reported by consumers in May 2019.

During hurricane Dorian in September 2019, the GasBuddy app helped customers find gas stations that were still open and had gas available .

The app also helped those in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Ida passed through the area in 2021.

Headquarters for GasBuddy are located in Boston, Massachusetts.

Snapchat Corporate Office

In April of 2011, Reggie Brown brought the idea for a disappearing pictures application to Evan Spiegel since he had prior business experience, Brown thought he could offer advice. Brown and Spiegel then pulled in Robert (Bobby), who had experience in coding. The three worked closely together for several months and launched Snapchat as “Picaboo” on the Apple iOS operating system on July 8, 2011. Reggie Brown was ousted from the company a few months later.

The app was relaunched as Snapchat in September of 2011. Reggie Brown attempted to negotiate a settlement for his share of the company. Lawyers for Snapchat denied that he had anything to do with the creation of the company. In September 2014, the trio reached a settlement where Brown received $157 million and would receive credit for starting the company.

Snapchat is a mobile phone app that provides social networking via photos or “snaps.” One of the core concepts is that any picture or video or message you send – by default – is made available to the receiver for only a short time before it becomes inaccessible. This temporary nature of the app was originally designed to encourage a more natural flow of interaction.

Snapchat recently updated the app so that users can now store photos, rather than see them deleted, with unlimited viewing time.

One of the popular features is the use of stickers, geofilters, and visual effects. The company went public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol SNAP in March 2018. Since going public, the company has grown tremendously, forcing it to move most of its corporate offices to temporary locations in Santa Monica, California. Snapchat says they are looking for a more permanent solution.

Snapchat launched a new tool in late August 2019 to help developers create filters for changing hair and makeup styles.

In September 2019, a Jacksonville, Illinois, elementary school principal was sent a Snapchat image of what appeared to be a student with a gun at the school. The photo and incident are under investigation.

SnapChat

History

Snapchat recently updated the app so that users can now store photos, rather than see them deleted, with unlimited viewing time.

Snapchat launched a new tool in late August 2019 to help developers create filters for changing hair and makeup styles.