Foursquare
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Foursquare is a location-based technology company best known for its mobile apps and platform that let users discover places, check in, and power location intelligence for businesses.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foursquare canonical | 3 |
| Foursquare Attribution | 1 |
| Foursquare Audience | 1 |
| Foursquare City Guide | 1 |
| Foursquare Developer Platform | 1 |
| Foursquare Places API | 1 |
| Foursquare Studio | 1 |
| Foursquare for Business | 1 |
| Yelp | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2125392 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foursquare Context triple: [Ashton Kutcher, investedIn, Foursquare]
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A.
Square, Inc.
Square, Inc. is a financial technology company best known for its mobile payment solutions and point-of-sale systems that enable businesses to accept electronic payments easily.
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B.
Grubhub
Grubhub is a major U.S.-based online food ordering and delivery platform that connects diners with local restaurants through its website and mobile app.
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C.
Lyft
Lyft is a major American ride-hailing and transportation company that connects passengers with drivers through a mobile app platform.
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D.
GMB
GMB is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to The Gambia.
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E.
Starbuck
Starbuck is the morally conscientious first mate of the whaling ship Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," serving as a cautious and ethical counterpoint to Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foursquare Target entity description: Foursquare is a location-based technology company best known for its mobile apps and platform that let users discover places, check in, and power location intelligence for businesses.
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A.
Square, Inc.
Square, Inc. is a financial technology company best known for its mobile payment solutions and point-of-sale systems that enable businesses to accept electronic payments easily.
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B.
Grubhub
Grubhub is a major U.S.-based online food ordering and delivery platform that connects diners with local restaurants through its website and mobile app.
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C.
Lyft
Lyft is a major American ride-hailing and transportation company that connects passengers with drivers through a mobile app platform.
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D.
GMB
GMB is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to The Gambia.
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E.
Starbuck
Starbuck is the morally conscientious first mate of the whaling ship Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," serving as a cautious and ethical counterpoint to Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
location-based services company
ⓘ
software company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| acquired |
Factual
ⓘ
Placed ⓘ |
| businessModel |
B2B location data services
ⓘ
advertising and marketing solutions ⓘ freemium consumer apps ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataSource |
mobile device location data
ⓘ
partner data ⓘ user check-ins ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Dennis Crowley
ⓘ
Naveen Selvadurai ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 2009 ⓘ |
| hasClient |
advertisers
ⓘ
app developers ⓘ brands ⓘ retailers ⓘ |
| hasDatabase | global places database ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
badges
ⓘ
check-ins ⓘ gamification elements ⓘ location recommendations ⓘ mayorships ⓘ place discovery ⓘ tips for places ⓘ user reviews ⓘ |
| hasMobileAppStoreListing |
Apple App Store
ⓘ
linked to:
App Store
Google Play Store ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfUsers | tens of millions of registered users ⓘ |
| hasOfficialBlog | https://enterprise.foursquare.com/blog ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://foursquare.com ⓘ |
| hasProduct |
Foursquare Attribution
ⓘ
linked to:
Foursquare
Foursquare Audience ⓘ
linked to:
Foursquare
Foursquare City Guide ⓘ
linked to:
Foursquare
Foursquare Developer Platform ⓘ
linked to:
Foursquare
Foursquare Places API ⓘ
linked to:
Foursquare
Foursquare Studio ⓘ
linked to:
Foursquare
Foursquare for Business ⓘ
linked to:
Foursquare
Pilgrim SDK ⓘ Swarm ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| inception | 2009 ⓘ |
| industry |
digital advertising
ⓘ
location intelligence ⓘ location-based services ⓘ mobile software ⓘ |
| knownFor |
check-in based mobile app
ⓘ
location intelligence platform ⓘ location-based social networking ⓘ points of interest database ⓘ |
| mergedWith | Factual ⓘ |
| offers |
advertising solutions
ⓘ
business analytics ⓘ developer tools ⓘ location data APIs ⓘ location intelligence solutions ⓘ |
| operatesIn | multiple countries ⓘ |
| platformType |
API platform
ⓘ
mobile application ⓘ web platform ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
businesses
ⓘ
consumers ⓘ developers ⓘ |
| uses |
GPS location data
ⓘ
Wi-Fi signals ⓘ beacon signals ⓘ cell tower data ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Foursquare Description of subject: Foursquare is a location-based technology company best known for its mobile apps and platform that let users discover places, check in, and power location intelligence for businesses.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Foursquare
linked to: Foursquare
linked to: Foursquare
linked to: Foursquare
linked to: Foursquare
linked to: Foursquare
linked to: Foursquare
linked to: Foursquare