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ActivTrak

ActivTrak is an American company that produces employee monitoring software used for workforce analytics on employee and company productivity. The company was founded in 2009 by Birch Grove Software and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. By 2020, the company had raised US$77.5 million in funding and was backed by Sapphire Ventures and Elsewhere Partners.

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ActivTrak is an American company that produces employee monitoring software used for workforce analytics on employee and company productivity. The company was founded in 2009 by Birch Grove Software and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. By 2020, the company had raised US$77.5 million in funding and was backed by Sapphire Ventures and Elsewhere Partners.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374233206

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