Conduit (publisher network and platform)
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Conduit is a free online platform that allows web publishers to create custom toolbars, web apps, and mobile apps, based on its framework, without the need to develop them from scratch.

As of May 2011, the Conduit Network has approximately 260 thousand registered publishers, who have collectively created content downloaded by 230 million end-users. All web apps developed through Conduit's platform can be distributed and exchanged online, through the Conduit App Marketplace. Currently, 60 million users consume apps from the marketplace on a daily basis.

Some of the companies and brands that have used Conduit's platform are Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

, Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...

, Fox News, Zynga
Zynga
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, Chelsea Football Club, Groupon
Groupon
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, Travelocity
Travelocity
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, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, and TechCrunch
TechCrunch
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.

Company

Founded in 2005 by Ronen Shilo, Dror Erez, and Gaby Bilcyzk and backed by Benchmark Capital
Benchmark Capital
Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups. In 1997, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999. Other high-profile investments include Ariba, Juniper Networks, Red...

, Conduit is based in San Mateo, CA, with offices in Ness Ziona
Ness Ziona
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, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. Currently, the company has 250 employees.
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