| The new year is a great time for fresh beginnings, something the about.me team learned early in our history. Just a few short days after our public launch in December 2010, we shared the exciting news that we'd been acquired by AOL. We committed ourselves then to building the best product to make it easy for people to learn about you and to find your content on the web. |
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| Twenty-four months and several million about.me pages later, we continue our commitment to building the best personal identity service on the web. During the past two years, we've been thankful for the tremendous resources and support of our friends and partners at AOL. |
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Today, we're thrilled to announce that we'll be spinning about.me back out, returning to life as an independent company that is financially backed by our management team and a truly amazing group of investors who have backed companies such as WordPress and Google. Our team will remain the same for the most part, and we'll continue our roles as co-founders. |
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Our commitment is to make about.me the web’s starting point for identity - we believe everyone will eventually have an about.me page they integrate into their email signature, add to their Twitter Bio or embed in one of their blogs. Very few products have a legitimate shot at becoming ubiquitous and we think building about.me as an independent company is the best way to get there.
For those who ask, "what comes next?" we can only promise that many things our users have been asking for (in our community forums, on Twitter, and when we meet them face to face) are on our roadmap. To allay any anxiety about what we've got planned, we've updated our original Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, updated for 2013. You can read about updates to your account here. |
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| Thanks to everyone for helping make this happen. We are really excited about this change, and hope you are as well. More good news to come…stay tuned! |
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| Ryan Freitas & Tony Conrad |
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