Jack Dorsey days, Dorsey worked occasionally as a fashion model. By age fourteen, Dorsey had become interested in dispatch routing. Some of the open-source software he created in the area of dispatch logistics is still used by many taxi cab companies. Dorsey attended the University of Missouri–Rolla for two-plus years (1995–1997) before transferring to New York University, but he dropped out in 1999, one semester short of graduating. He first came up with the idea that he developed as Twitter while studying at New York University. While working on dispatching as a programmer, Dorsey moved to California. In 2000, Dorsey started his
Artsy (website) Artsy (website) Artsy is a free online platform for collecting and discovering art. Artsy's search engine and database draw connections and map relationships among works of art. Led by Carter Cleveland, computer science graduate from Princeton, and Sebastian Cwilich, former executive of Christie's and Haunch of Venison director, Artsy aims to “expand the art market to support more artists and art in the world." Artsy is backed by a group of investors, including Eric Schmidt, Wendi Murdoch, Dasha Zhukova, Thrive Capital, Jack Dorsey, Bob Pittman, Rich Barton, Jim Breyer, Keith Rabois, David Tisch, Chris Dixon, Peter Thiel, Charlie Cheever, Dave