Wavii
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Wavii used natural-language processing to turn online information into personalized news updates.
02 / Wavii FAILURE REASONS
Failure reasons
After Google acquired Wavii, its CEO announced the standalone service would end while its language research would be used at Google. This was acquisition-driven integration, not a disclosed insolvency.
03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Acquisition and standalone closure confirmed
On 26 April Wavii confirmed its acquisition by Google and announced that its news service would not continue.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
Material for this section is being gathered and checked. It will appear here once ready.
Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN
How the factors connect
- 01
Google acquired Wavii
- 02
Language research moved into Google
- 03
Standalone news service ended