YCW07· OtherTsumobi
Messaging.
Founders
Not read from YC yet; the weekly run fills these in.
Same space
Competitors
Closest in what they build, same category.
Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
Zip PhoneS14Whatsapp for voiceShared: messagingAcquired
MessagePartyS10Local chat.Shared: messagingInactive
PraxosS24Team messaging with built-in memoryShared: messagingActive
HeysanW07Free messaging on mobile phonesShared: messagingAcquired
Talkray (TiKL)W12Instantly talk or text to one or a group of friends at once with the…Shared: messagingInactive
Also from W07
Batchmates in Winter 2007.
About Tsumobi
Mobile applications have so far been nightmares to implement. It's often hard to gain adoption due to complicated installs and near impossible to get users to upgrade their version once the product has shipped. Tsumobi hopes to solve this problem by creating their own language. The new language will sit on top of J2ME and process applications downloaded (via URL) for Tsumobi enabled sites. This means that developers will be able to change Tsumobi applications on the fly and have Tsumobi enabled phones automatically get the updates just by visiting a link.
Boston, MA, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA
Tsumobi: questions
Which YC batch was Tsumobi in?
Tsumobi was in Y Combinator's Winter 2007 batch (W07).
Is Tsumobi still active?
Y Combinator lists Tsumobi as inactive.
Where is Tsumobi based?
Tsumobi lists Boston, MA, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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