New York Times: Xobni launches public beta

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/technology/05xobni.html?ref=business

by brezina • 18 years ago

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aston2• 18 years ago

Congrats, guys.

Matt, classy getting this to the NYT. Definitely a step up from Techcrunch.

plusbryan2• 18 years ago

that's just great. I don't make it into the picture, but bonforte's dog does. :<

brezina• 18 years ago

That is no ordinary dog. That is Zoe our CGCIO - Chief Garbage Can Inspecting Officer

dreadpirateryan• 18 years ago

who's cuter? well I think this is settled then.

aneesh• 18 years ago

Congratulations, great to see the NYT coverage!

I'm surprised they didn't mention Xobni for Yahoo! Mail: "And Web e-mail services like Gmail and Hotmail are growing much more rapidly than the desktop-based Outlook, where Xobni is planting its flag, for now"

aston2• 18 years ago

Gotta hold something back for the next press release.

tx2• 18 years ago

Funny how the biggest startup (by far) of all YC-funded actually IS NOT a CRUD-powered website but a classic algorithmic software that solves your problem.

Congrats guys.

boucher• 18 years ago

By what metric is Xobni the biggest YC startup "by far"?

rms3• 18 years ago

Loopt. The market for what they are doing is going to emerge suddenly in 3 years or so and they will be well positioned to conquer.

axod3• 18 years ago

Have to say, I heard that 3 years ago. And 6 years ago... Mobile is going to be big!!!

ldambra• 18 years ago

Loopt should keep a serious eye on the south korean market then, because it's currently the most advanced country with mobile phone technology. They all walk around watching real TV on their phone (not internet TV or else pseudo-TV). You can see a little of our own future just watching them.

tx2• 18 years ago

Loopt is an awesome service, and also not "just" a website. I have no doubt they'll be successful (assuming they execute), but the potential isn't nowhere close to Xobni's. Every Internet user is also an email user, and email is a mess. Big and hairy problem to solve, but I like how they pick which little pieces to bite off first.

Another YC startup I like a lot is Webmin: problems they solve are very real and I like their OSS approach. I use both webmin and xobni myself.

However, the point I was trying to make was that most valuable businesses that YC funded ARE NOT just websites, they actually do some heavy lifting, because too many guys here are too fixated of becoming next Reddit.

thorax• 18 years ago

Congrats, guys. I had to uninstall you last night, though, because it did slow my Outlook to a crawl. I may not be the best test case, though, since I have gigs of archived messages.

fleaflicker• 18 years ago

YC companies consistently score impressive PR hits. Would love to know how this one came about.

shafqat• 18 years ago

I agree - would love to see how they scored a NYT article?! Impressive.

bootload• 18 years ago

Wrong question. Maybe it's something to do with the billy G. demo ~ http://www.google.com/search?q=xobni+bill+gates

How did they get billy G. interested? Making something MS wants?

New York Times: Xobni launches public beta

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