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Taykey, Inc. is a global advertising technology company. Taykey's trend-based advertising platform allows companies to collect data about trending conversations on the Web, and then target specific audiences based on these sentiments with relevant, real-time online advertisements.

Wired named Taykey one of its "Hottest Startups" for 2013, and Forbes named co-founder and CEO Amit Avner to its "30 Under 30" list for 2014.

History
Taykey was co-founded by CEO Amit Avner and Itay Birnboim in 2009, using technology Avner had developed for a question-and-answer search engine startup he founded the year before.

As of 2013, Taykey has raised $17 million in funding from Tenaya Capital, Sequoia Capital, Softbank Capital and Marker LLC. In 2014, Taykey launched the "Real-Time Advertising Academy," an educational program.

The company was founded in Herzliya, and currently operates offices in New York City, London, Chicago and San Francisco.

Clients
Taykey clients include American Express, Volkswagen, Samsung, Sony, Pepsi, Unilever and Paramount Studios.