Snap Inc.
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Snap Inc. is an American technology and social media company best known for developing the multimedia messaging app Snapchat and related camera and augmented reality products.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Snap Inc. canonical | 51 |
| Snapchat Inc. | 5 |
| Snapchat, Inc. | 4 |
| NYSE:SNAP | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T78099 — 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: Snap Inc. Context triple: [Perkins Coie, hasClient, Snap Inc.]
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A.
Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate that serves as the holding company for Google and various other businesses in areas such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, and autonomous vehicles.
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B.
Twitter, Inc.
Twitter, Inc. was a major social media and microblogging company best known for its real-time short-message platform that shaped online news, politics, and public discourse worldwide.
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C.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
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D.
Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
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E.
Netflix, Inc.
Netflix, Inc. is a leading global streaming entertainment company known for its vast library of films and TV series, including a significant slate of original content.
- 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: Snap Inc. Target entity description: Snap Inc. is an American technology and social media company best known for developing the multimedia messaging app Snapchat and related camera and augmented reality products.
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A.
Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate that serves as the holding company for Google and various other businesses in areas such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, and autonomous vehicles.
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B.
Twitter, Inc.
Twitter, Inc. was a major social media and microblogging company best known for its real-time short-message platform that shaped online news, politics, and public discourse worldwide.
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C.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
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D.
Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
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E.
Netflix, Inc.
Netflix, Inc. is a leading global streaming entertainment company known for its vast library of films and TV series, including a significant slate of original content.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
ⓘ
social media company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor | Snapchat ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryHeadquarters |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| develops |
Bitmoji
ⓘ
Lens Studio ⓘ Snap Camera ⓘ Snapchat ⓘ Spectacles ⓘ augmented reality products ⓘ camera products ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
augmented reality
ⓘ
camera technology ⓘ mobile communication ⓘ |
| formerName |
Snap Inc.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Snapchat Inc.
|
| foundedBy |
Bobby Murphy
ⓘ
Evan Spiegel ⓘ Reggie Brown ⓘ |
| foundedOn | 2011 ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson |
Bobby Murphy
ⓘ
Evan Spiegel ⓘ |
| hasProductType |
augmented reality glasses
ⓘ
multimedia messaging app ⓘ software development tools ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Santa Monica, California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Monica, California
|
| industry |
consumer electronics
ⓘ
social media ⓘ software ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| ipoYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| operatesIn | online advertising market ⓘ |
| originalName | Toyopa Group, LLC ⓘ |
| renamedOn | 2016 ⓘ |
| renamedTo | Snap Inc. self-link ⓘ |
| revenueModel |
digital advertising
ⓘ
hardware sales ⓘ in-app purchases ⓘ |
| roleOfBobbyMurphy |
chief technology officer
ⓘ
co-founder ⓘ |
| roleOfEvanSpiegel |
chief executive officer
ⓘ
co-founder ⓘ |
| stateHeadquarters |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| targetPlatform | mobile devices ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | SNAP ⓘ |
| wentPublicOn | 2017 ⓘ |
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: Snap Inc. Description of subject: Snap Inc. is an American technology and social media company best known for developing the multimedia messaging app Snapchat and related camera and augmented reality products.
Referenced by (61)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Snap Inc.
this entity surface form:
Snapchat Inc.
subject surface form:
Snap Inc.
this entity surface form:
Snapchat Inc.
subject surface form:
Stories (Snapchat feature)