Altaba Inc.
E452213
Altaba Inc. was a publicly traded investment company formed from the remnants of Yahoo! Inc. after the sale of its core internet business to Verizon, primarily holding stakes in Alibaba Group and Yahoo! Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altaba Inc. canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4554890 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Altaba Inc. Context triple: [Yahoo! Japan (minority stake), associatedWith, Altaba Inc.]
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A.
DoubleClick Inc.
DoubleClick Inc. was a pioneering online advertising company best known for its ad-serving technology and data-driven targeting, later acquired by Google to strengthen its digital advertising platform.
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B.
Schibsted
Schibsted is a Norwegian media and online marketplace group that owns numerous newspapers, digital platforms, and classified services across the Nordic region and beyond.
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C.
Verizon Media
Verizon Media was a digital media and online advertising division of Verizon Communications that encompassed brands like Yahoo and AOL before being rebranded as Yahoo Inc.
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D.
Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate that serves as the holding company for Google and various other businesses in areas such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, and autonomous vehicles.
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E.
Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet was a web traffic analysis and ranking company best known for providing website popularity metrics and analytics services before its shutdown in 2022.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Altaba Inc. Target entity description: Altaba Inc. was a publicly traded investment company formed from the remnants of Yahoo! Inc. after the sale of its core internet business to Verizon, primarily holding stakes in Alibaba Group and Yahoo! Japan.
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A.
DoubleClick Inc.
DoubleClick Inc. was a pioneering online advertising company best known for its ad-serving technology and data-driven targeting, later acquired by Google to strengthen its digital advertising platform.
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B.
Schibsted
Schibsted is a Norwegian media and online marketplace group that owns numerous newspapers, digital platforms, and classified services across the Nordic region and beyond.
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C.
Verizon Media
Verizon Media was a digital media and online advertising division of Verizon Communications that encompassed brands like Yahoo and AOL before being rebranded as Yahoo Inc.
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D.
Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate that serves as the holding company for Google and various other businesses in areas such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, and autonomous vehicles.
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E.
Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet was a web traffic analysis and ranking company best known for providing website popularity metrics and analytics services before its shutdown in 2022.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Delaware corporation
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closed-end management investment company ⓘ publicly traded investment company ⓘ |
| businessFocusAfterRestructuring | monetization of Alibaba and Yahoo Japan holdings ⓘ |
| businessModel | holding company for equity investments ⓘ |
| businessScope | management and disposition of legacy Yahoo equity investments ⓘ |
| category |
former companies listed on the NASDAQ
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investment companies of the United States ⓘ |
| coreBusinessOrigin | Yahoo! Inc. core internet operations ⓘ |
| coreBusinessSoldTo |
Verizon Communications Inc.
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linked to:
Verizon
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focus | maximizing value of Alibaba and Yahoo Japan holdings for shareholders ⓘ |
| formedFrom | remnants of Yahoo! Inc. after sale of core internet business to Verizon Communications ⓘ |
| formerName |
Yahoo! Inc.
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linked to:
Yahoo
|
| hasNo | operating internet business ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| industry |
asset management
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investment management ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfIncorporation | Delaware ⓘ |
| legalForm | registered investment company ⓘ |
| majorShareholding |
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
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linked to:
Alibaba Group
Yahoo Japan Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo! Japan Corporation
|
| notableAsset |
Alibaba Group American Depositary Shares
ⓘ
linked to:
Alibaba Group
shares of Yahoo Japan Corporation ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
creation following sale of Yahoo! Inc. core internet business to Verizon
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transition from operating company to investment company ⓘ |
| originEvent | Verizon acquisition of Yahoo! Inc. core internet business ⓘ |
| ownership | public shareholders ⓘ |
| ownsStakeIn |
Alibaba Group
ⓘ
Yahoo! Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo! Japan Corporation
|
| parentOrganization | none ⓘ |
| portfolioFocus |
Alibaba Group stake
ⓘ
Yahoo Japan stake ⓘ |
| predecessor | Yahoo! Inc. ⓘ |
| primaryAssetType | equity securities ⓘ |
| primaryRevenueSource |
investment income
ⓘ
realization of gains on Alibaba and Yahoo Japan shares ⓘ |
| purposeOfLiquidation | return capital to shareholders ⓘ |
| regulator |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
ⓘ
linked to:
Securities and Exchange Commission
|
| status | in liquidation ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| successorTo | Yahoo! Inc. as a public company holding Alibaba and Yahoo Japan stakes ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | AABA ⓘ |
| tradedAs | AABA on NASDAQ ⓘ |
| typeOfCompany | investment holding company ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Altaba Inc. Description of subject: Altaba Inc. was a publicly traded investment company formed from the remnants of Yahoo! Inc. after the sale of its core internet business to Verizon, primarily holding stakes in Alibaba Group and Yahoo! Japan.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.