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Leaps forward in data
Massive increases in world-wide name dictionaries and statistical name data.
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Risk detector
Introduction of the Risk Detector product to identify and flag fake customer records.
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Focus on name-related products only
Optimize makes the decision to focus on the development of its OnoServer name software, with programming and data research.
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SearchCluster cloud development
After years of being available to customers in on-premise installations, the NameAPI Index is being developed into a self-service cloud platform, with AI schema detection, semantic type mapping, and entity grouping.
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Cluj office expansion
Optimaize has worked with distributed teams, remote developers and flexible work plans from its inception in the year 2000, long before it was common practice. In 2021, after one year of lockdowns and movement restrictions, the Cluj office location was moved to a larger place, with the goal to 1) bring people back to the…
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NameAPI Index Product
Initial version of NameAPI Index, the turn-key solution to index and search people records with intelligent entity matching.
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NameAPI public services platform
Core functionality of the OnoServer software is offered to any user with a freemium business model through a public API with SOAP and REST. This includes name parsing, name matching, genderizing, culture classification, and more.
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Cluj Office
Opened development office in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Foundation
Foundation of Optimaize GmbH in Switzerland to develop internet software.