# A location intelligence company

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2016-11-07

app, big-data, cities, data, dennis-crowley, foursquare, jeff-glueck, location-intelligence, recode, recode-decode, startup, startups, swarm, tech, uncategorized

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I have written about [Foursquare](https://foursquare.com/) a number of times over the years ([here](http://brandondonnelly.com/post/84471190748/location-based-social-network-foursquare-is) and [here](http://brandondonnelly.com/post/130575298799/foursquare-uses-their-global-foot-traffic-data-to)) and I continue to be a regular user. I am intrigued by all of the location-based data that they collect through their apps.   

Below is a recent Recode Decode (podcast) with Dennis Crowley (co-founder) and Jeff Glueck (CEO) of Foursquare. They are talking about what’s next for the company. If you can’t see it below, [click here](http://www.recode.net/2016/10/31/13474152/foursquare-next-act-virtual-companion-podcast-recode-decode).

[https://art19.com/shows/recode-decode/episodes/aa400a60-ebc1-49bb-96b1-0d7aac7ca9e8/embed?theme=black](https://art19.com/shows/recode-decode/episodes/aa400a60-ebc1-49bb-96b1-0d7aac7ca9e8/embed?theme=black)

Here’s a content sample from [Recode](http://www.recode.net/2016/10/31/13474152/foursquare-next-act-virtual-companion-podcast-recode-decode):

> _Today, Foursquare makes most of its money from selling that data to big companies, calling itself a “location intelligence company.” But as co-founder Dennis Crowley and CEO Jeff Glueck explained on the latest episode of Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher, they haven’t stopped thinking about everyday users._
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> _“Imagine a friend is walking alongside you,” Crowley said. “Can we make a personality like that, that talks to you in that sense? It’s not 30 years out. We’re going to be playing with this stuff a year from now.”_
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> _“I want to make that_ [_Scarlett Johansson that whispers in your ear_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzV6mXIOVl4)_, but it’s all about local places and local discovery,” he added. “I want to replicate the experience of walking through the city with a friend that knows the city inside and out, and I want to make that for millions of people.”_

I thought some of you might find this interesting.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/a-location-intelligence-company)*