Chomp (search engine)

<p>Chomp was an <a href="/facts/Mobile_app/r7vp6meo">app</a> <a href="/facts/Search_engine_(computing)/KJmpgDbH">search engine</a> company founded by <a href="/facts/Cathy_Edwards_(software_engineer)/wJoEwGTE">Cathy Edwards</a> and <a href="/facts/Ben_Keighran/LqdWlnIc">Ben Keighran</a> in 2009. The company was based in <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a> and had received $2.5 million in <a href="/facts/Funding/RKTAE7sC">funding</a>. Users could search for apps across multiple platforms, including <a href="/facts/IOS/mK5cggH5">iOS</a> and <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a>; and there were Chomp apps for both platforms.
</p><p>In February 2012, <a href="/facts/Apple%2c_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple, Inc.</a> acquired Chomp for an undisclosed sum, although industry insiders cited $50 million.  Within a few months, Chomp stopped all Android app searching, and removed its Android app from the <a href="/facts/Google_Play/j3N4wv6g">Google Play Store</a>; Chomp's iOS-based app, though—and its  website's ability to search for Apple <a href="/facts/IPhone/h5WeKRl9">iPhone</a> and <a href="/facts/IPad/Ql67x0Dw">iPad</a> apps—continued, unabated.  However, five months later, in September 2012, Chomp was finally completely discontinued, and its website became non-responsive.
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Chomp (search engine)