Popular Power
Popular Power was a company founded in January 2000 that sold distributed computing software for CPU scavenging. The company was led by Marc Hedlund, CEO, and Nelson Minar, CTO.
| Industry | Software development |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 2000 |
| Defunct | March 2001 |
| Fate | Closed |
| Headquarters |  United States |
Key people | Marc Hedlund, CEO Nelson Minar, CTO |
| Products | Software |
The "Popular Power Worker" software was a downloadable Java-based application that Internet users could install onto their computers. It allowed users' computers to participate in a non-profit project to develop an influenza vaccine.
Although Popular Power was able to raise $1.6 million in angel round funding, it was unable to close the venture capital it needed to continue. As a result, it had to permanently shut down operations in March 2001.
See also
External links
- You Got the Power (Aug 2000)
- OpenP2P: Popular Power Turns Off the Lights (03/19/2001).
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