Zip2 was a company that provided and licensed online city guide software to newspapers. The company was founded in Palo Alto, California as Global Link Information Network in 1995, by Greg Kouri and brothers Elon and Kimbal Musk. Initially, Global Link provided local businesses with an Internet presence,: 61 but later began to assist newspapers in designing online city guides before being purchased by Compaq Computer in 1999. Global Link Information Network was founded in 1995 by brothers Elon and Kimbal Musk and Greg Kouri in Palo Alto, California with money raised from a small group of angel investors, plus US$8,000 from Kouri. In Ashlee Vance's biography of Elon Musk, it is claimed that Musks' father, Errol Musk, provided them with US$28,000 during this time,: Ch.4 but Elon Musk later denied this. He later clarified that his dad provided around 10% of US$200,000 as part of a later funding round. More information...
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