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Jasmine Antonick
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Cambrian House Announces Partnership with Mashery at Web 2.0 Expo

Open API Enables Developer Community to Earn Shares in Cambrian House


Web 2.0 Expo, San Francisco, CA -Cambrian House today announced a partnership with Mashery that will enable developers to access Cambrian House's API, develop mashup applications and, in turn, become owners in Cambrian House. The partnership will help Cambrian House track developer activity and reward them with shares accordingly.

Cambrian House also announced today that they are the first Web 2.0 company to share equity to their members. Members earn shares in the company simply by being engaged.

For developers, the Cambrian House/ Mashery partnership means the plumbing has been laid for creative people from all over to join the community, earn a share of equity for joining, then start working on a platform where they'll earn even more shares.

Cambrian House's crowdsourcing model is based on the belief in the wisdom and participation of crowds. "By providing people with a platform to think and create, members will inevitably build things you and I would never have thought of," said Michael J. Sikorsky, Cambrian House CEO. "We're excited to partner with Mashery to get developers working and earning their share."

"I'm thrilled that Mashery was chosen by Cambrian House to provide the infrastructure for one of the most innovative APIs and business models we've seen," said Oren Michels, Mashery CEO. "As the Mashery developer community grows, we expect to see many of our developer members participating in Cambrian House projects that will involve many of the other APIs that are powered by Mashery, and in turn profit directly from the relationship."

About Cambrian House:
Called the "YouTube of Ideas" by Red Herring magazine, Cambrian House is a crowdsourcing community: a diverse collective of creative, tech-savvy and entrepreneurial minds. Cambrian House is also Community Owned; the first web 2.0 company to reserve stock and give it to its community. The more they participate, the more points and shares they earn. Join the Cambrian House community at www.cambrianhouse.com and sign up for Community Developer Keys at developer.cambrianhouse.com.

About Mashery:
Web services companies are driving the latest wave of online economies. Mashery provides on-demand business and technical infrastructure for all Web services vendors. Our complete platform of proven tools and services get your API up and running quickly and effectively while building scalability from day one. With Mashery, security, usage/access management, tracking, metrics, commerce, performance and developer/community tools all come pre-packaged in our instantly deployable solution. For more information, please visit www.mashery.com.

If you require additional information or have any questions or concerns, please contact:

Cambrian House
Jasmine Antonick, Cambrian House Inc.

Tel: 403-263-2042
Toll-free: (866) 856-6284


 
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