Lycos

Lycos, Inc.
A screenshot of Lycos.com as of 2015
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
Search engine and web portal
Available inMultilingual
FoundedMay 1994 (1994-05)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
HeadquartersWaltham, Massachusetts, United States
Founder(s)Michael Loren Mauldin
Key peopleSuresh Reddy, CEO of Ybrant Digital[1]
Revenue$250 million (2009)[2]
Employees450 globally (2017)
ParentYbrant Digital (Brightcom Group)[3]
URLlycos.com
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedApril 13, 1995 (1995-04-13)
Current statusActive

Lycos, Inc., is a web search engine and web portal established in 1994, spun out of Carnegie Mellon University. Lycos also encompasses a network of email, web hosting, social networking, and entertainment websites. The company is based in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is a subsidiary of Ybrant Digital.

  1. ^ "Suresh Reddy is CEO of Ybrant Digital". e27.co. August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Pahwa, Nikhil (August 16, 2010). "Lycos Sold To India's Ybrant Digital For $36 Million". MediaNama. India. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
  3. ^ "Lycos Privacy Policy". Lycos.com. May 11, 2023.

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