I have.
I don't want to spoil.
I have like some stuff that I could tell you, but I don't want to spoil it.
Awesome.
Well, Google Maps Google Maps.
Welcome to season five episode three of Acquired, the podcast about great technology companies and the stories behind them.
I'm Ben Gilbert and I'm the co founder of Pioneer Square Labs, a startup studio and early stage venture fund in Seattle.
And I'm David Rosenthal and I am a general partner at Wave Capital, a early stage venture firm focused on marketplaces based in San Francisco.
And we are your hosts.
Today we are talking about Google Maps and the acquisition of three companies starting with where to Technologies in 2004 that set the whole thing in motion.
And David, I would not have guessed it when starting the research, but there's a chance this is as big of a success but far less discussed than our shining example of an a Instagram and listeners, over the next hour or so we, or at least I am going to try and build that case.
Oh, I can't wait to hear it.
Well, that's actually a good question.
Probably Instagram is used more like in terms of more individual usage sessions per day than Google Maps.
But I don't know, if you count all the APIs of Google Maps, it might be close.
Yeah, the dual revenue model as one being a different front door to Google than Search and two, actually now selling that API access.
But we will get into all of that and more.
Okay listeners, now is a great time to tell you about longtime friend of the show ServiceNow.
Yes, as you know, ServiceNow is the AI platform for business transformation and they have some new news to share.
ServiceNow is introducing AI agents.