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RedSwoosh

Peer-to-peer file sharing company

Red Swoosh was a peer-to-peer file sharing company founded by Travis Kalanick and Michael Todd in 2001. It was acquired by Akamai in 2007 for $19 million.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2001Founded1
  • Industrypeer-to-peer file sharing1

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Red Swoosh was a peer-to-peer file sharing company founded by Travis Kalanick and Michael Todd in 2001. It was acquired by Akamai in 2007 for $19 million.2

The story

Founded by Travis Kalanick in 2001.1

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2007Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2001Founded Founded1

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