The Boston Globe reports today on the spinout of BBN, an institution behind the birth and growth of the Internet, and the history of computing generally. General Catalyst, Accel Partners and the BBN Technologies management team acquired the company from it's corporate parent, Verizon.
BBN employ's hundreds of world renowned scientists focused on fundamental research in communications and software technology. Just as its work in the 1960s and 1970s helped give birth to things like TCP/IP, email, and IP routing, their current advanced research is pushing the limits of wireless computing, voice computing, distributed systems and networking, security technology and quantum computing. Unlike other technology "think-tanks" (e.g. Xerox Parc), all of BBN's technology research is applied, mostly developed (like in the 60's and 70's) on contract from the US federal government.
Part of the mission of the "New BBN" is to more directly apply it's innovations in the commercial world. As a member of the General Catalyst team, it will be exciting to work with this brilliant group of innovators.
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