| Acquired by | AOL |
| Date | 9/10 |
| Website | thinglabs.com |
| Blog | blog.thinglabs.com |
| @thinglabs | |
| Category | Consumer Web |
| Employees | 6 |
| Founded | 6/09 |
| Description | Maker of Brizzly |
| TOTAL | $2.2M |
| FUNDING TOTAL | $2.2M |
| Series A, 6/08 Polaris Partners | $1.6M |
| Series A, 11/09 Polaris Partners Ron Conway Steve Olechowski Greg Yaitanes SV Angel | $600k |
Thing Labs builds web-based software that makes it easy to create, share, explore and enjoy content.
Founded by Jason Shellen, a former Googler who worked on Blogger and co-created Google Reader, Thing Labs is the company behind Brizzly and Plinky.
| Website | brizzly.com |
| Blog | blog.thinglabs.com |
| Stage | Private |
| Launch Date | July, 2009 |
| Tags | twitter, web-application |
Brizzly is a social media reader from Thing Labs, Inc. It currently works with Twitter and Facebook, and adds features like inline media (photos, videos & maps) expansion, muting, groups, IM-like direct messaging and more.
Brizzly launched in July 2009 and is no longer in private beta testing.