Amazon donates $1M to Wikimedia

guest · Sep 25, 2018

Amazon donates $1M to Wikimedia
September 25, 2018
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/25/amazon-donates-1m-to-wikimedia/

Back in March, we asked the question “Are corporations that use Wikipedia giving back?” [...] Amazon, on the other hand, is nowhere to be found on that list.”

Today, however, the online retail giant is looking to address that apparent oversight, announcing a $1 million donation to the Wikimedia Endowment, the fund behind Wikipedia. As it notes, the online encyclopedia has been hugely important to Alexa’s success, serving as the foundation for much of the assistant’s knowledge.

“Alexa leverages hundreds of sources to answer questions, including Wikipedia,” Amazon said in a statement offered to TechCrunch. “The Alexa team shares a similar vision with Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation: To make it easier to share knowledge globally.”
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guest · Oct 14, 2019

Amazon makes second $1M gift to Wikimedia Endowment, to help power online encyclopedia
October 14, 2019
https://www.geekwire.com/2019/amazo...dia-endowment-help-power-online-encyclopedia/

Amazon has doubled up on its commitment to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, as a new $1 million gift from the tech giant to the Wikimedia Endowment was announced on Monday.
The gift comes about a year after Amazon first gave $1 million to the organization.

“We are grateful to Amazon for its continued collaboration and support in ensuring access to information and free and open knowledge, for today and tomorrow’s generations,” Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, said in a news release.
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