Meta (formerly Sciencescape) was a Canadian-founded AI company that used machine learning and natural language processing to analyze and organize the text of scientific literature, surfacing key research, authors and citations across tens of millions of papers. It served academia, publishers, government and industry through its biomedical research discovery platform. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquired Meta in 2017 as its first acquisition and sunset the service in 2022.
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Founded
2010
Employees
350
Total Funding
$7.5M
3 rounds
Latest Valuation
$0.3B
June 13, 2016
Total raised $7.5M across 3 rounds
Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.
Last updated 06-20-2026
Latest Round
Type
Series B
Date
June 13, 2016
Amount
$50M
Valuation
$0.3B
Lead Investors
| Date | Round | Amount Raised | Valuation | Lead Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2016 | Series B | $50M | $0.3B | Horizons Ventures |
| January 2015 | Series A | $23M | — | Horizons Ventures, BOE Optoelectronics |
| 2013 | Seed (Y Combinator + Kickstarter) | $194K (Kickstarter) + YC S13 | — | Y Combinator |
Sam Molyneux
Co-Founder & CEO
Amy Molyneux
Co-Founder
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