Tsumobi
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Tsumobi was a Cambridge, Massachusetts mobile startup founded in 2007 and backed by Y Combinator's Winter 2007 batch plus Draper Richards. It built a J2ME-compatible programming language that processed mobile applications downloaded via URL for Tsumobi-enabled phones, letting developers change applications on the fly with automatic over-the-air updates — an early answer to the painful install-and-upgrade cycle of mobile apps. The team also built a peer-to-peer instant messenger called Skynet. PitchBook records Tsumobi as out of business in April 2016.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Tsumobi is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2007 and joins Y Combinator's Winter 2007 batch.
- Funding
Tsumobi raises an early-stage venture round in January 2011.
- Shut down
Tsumobi is recorded as out of business in April 2016.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN
How the factors connect
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Tsumobi was recorded as out of business in April 2016; the Y Combinator Winter 2007 startup had been inactive for years.