# OpenWeb

> OpenWeb is a social engagement and monetization platform that helps publishers own the conversation on their own sites instead of renting their audiences to social networks. Founded in Israel in 2015 as Spot.IM and now headquartered in New York, it pairs comment sections, live blogs and polls with AI moderation and in-conversation advertising. The company works with 5,000+ publishers, reaches more than 150 million monthly active users, and reached a $1.5B valuation after a $170M Series F in 2022.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Nadav Shoval (Co-Founder & former CEO), Ishay Green (Co-Founder & former CTO), Roee Goldberg (Co-Founder & COO)
- **Team size:** ~350-400 employees
- **Products:** Conversation (community/comments platform), Aida (AI moderation), In-Conversation Ads, Community Exchange, Engagement units & insights
- **Notable:** Reached unicorn status (>$1B valuation) in 2021 after Series E., Raised $393M total funding; $1.5B valuation after $170M Series F in 2022., Attracted investment from The New York Times Company.

## Products & services

- **Conversation (community/comments platform)** — A hosted comment, discussion and engagement layer that publishers embed on their sites to host real-time conversation, replacing legacy comment systems.
- **Aida (AI moderation)** — Proprietary LLM-based moderation that recognizes nuance and context to detect toxicity, reportedly nearly doubling industry accuracy benchmarks.
- **In-Conversation Ads** — High-visibility, curated ad placements served to the most engaged users inside the conversation experience.
- **Community Exchange** — An audience platform (launched 2025) that turns real community conversations into curated, intent-driven advertising audiences across the publisher network.
- **Engagement units & insights** — Polls, live blogs, Ask Me Anything, topic tracking and an insights dashboard that give publishers first-party data and audience analytics.

## Achievements

- Reached unicorn status (>$1B valuation) in 2021 after Series E.
- Raised $393M total funding; $1.5B valuation after $170M Series F in 2022.
- Attracted investment from The New York Times Company.
- Grew to 5,000+ publishers and 150M+ monthly active users.
- Launched Aida, an LLM moderation system reported to nearly double industry accuracy benchmarks.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Launched Community Exchange audience platform and named Kelly Andresen EVP of Demand Sales.
- **2025-04** — Jim Daily (ex-Teads) became CEO, effective April 1, 2025.
- **2024-09** — Leadership transition: founder/CEO Nadav Shoval replaced; Tim Harvey named CEO amid a public dispute.
- **2024-01** — Debuted In-Conversation Ads and the Aida AI moderation technology.

## Links

- Website: https://www.openweb.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openwebhq
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/openwebhq
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OpenWebHQ
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/OpenWebHQ/

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Last updated: 2026-06-07