Private company

Face.com

Israeli facial recognition technology company

Face.com (Hebrew: פייס.קום) was an Israeli technology company that developed a platform for efficient and accurate facial recognition in photos uploaded via web and mobile applications. Face.com apps and API services scanned billions of photos monthly and tagged faces in those photos, tying them to social networking information. As of February 2011, the company had "discovered" 18 billion faces across its API and Facebook applications.2 It is part of Meta Platforms.1 It ceased to exist in 2012.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2009Founded1
  • Headquartersתל אביב-יפו1
  • Websiteface.com

Face.com (Hebrew: פייס.קום) was an Israeli technology company that developed a platform for efficient and accurate facial recognition in photos uploaded via web and mobile applications. Face.com apps and API services scanned billions of photos monthly and tagged faces in those photos, tying them to social networking information. As of February 2011, the company had "discovered" 18 billion faces across its API and Facebook applications.2

Corporate structure

Face.com is part of a group headed by Meta Platforms. 49 entities, 9 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Meta Platforms Menlo Park, California, United States
    • Face.com תל אביב-יפו
    • Beat Games Subsidiary · Prague, Czech Republic
    • Facebook Subsidiary
      • Facebook Developer Circles Subsidiary
    • Facebook (Israel) Subsidiary · Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Facebook Sweden Subsidiary · Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
    • Mapillary Subsidiary · Malmö
    • Novi Financial Subsidiary · Menlo Park, United States
    • Parakey Subsidiary · Mountain View
    • Parse Subsidiary · Menlo Park
    • Pinnacle Sweden Subsidiary · Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
    • PlayGiga Subsidiary · Madrid, Spain
    • PrivateCore Subsidiary · Palo Alto
    • Reality Labs Subsidiary · California
    • Sanzaru Games Subsidiary · California
    • Workplace from Meta Subsidiary
    • Cassin Networks ApS Subsidiary · Denmark
    • CTRL-labs Subsidiary
    • Facebook AI Research Subsidiary · Montreal, Canada
    • Facebook France Subsidiary
    • Facebook Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • FACEBOOK INDIA ONLINE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Hyderabad, India
    • Facebook International Operations Limited Subsidiary · Ireland
    • FACEBOOK INTERNATIONAL TREASURY OPERATIONS LIMITED Subsidiary · Dublin, Ireland
    • Facebook Ireland Limited Subsidiary · Ireland
    • FACEBOOK OPERATIONS, LLC Subsidiary · Menlo Park, California, United States
    • and 21 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. Jun 18, 2012Acquired Acquired by Facebook1
  2. 2012Dissolved Dissolved1
  3. 2009Founded Founded1

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