Another week, another Company of the Week! Every week, we share an awesome tech brand from our tech company database, making their evergreen mark on the internet. This unique HackerNoon database ranks S&P 500 companies and top startups of the year alike.

This week, we are proud to present Bright Data - one of the largest data collection platform on the planet internet having more than 15,000 customers worldwide with aim to provide web transparency, and equal access to open-source, web-based information.

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Meet Bright Data: #FunFact

Do you know that back in 2014, the company launched with the name of Luminati Network? Here’s why they rebranded later:

“When the company was first established back in 2014, the goal was (and still remains) to provide web transparency, and equal access to open-source, web-based information. Shedding light on the ‘dark corners’ of the web, and being a ‘luminary’, a natural light-giving body like a sun or a moon. Eventually leading the founders to the name ‘Luminati’. But what they learned during the following years was that ‘Luminati’ had pre-existing negative associations that would prove hard to shake off from a reputational standpoint. For some people, Luminati evoked clandestine ‘Illuminati’ brotherhood associations. Something that stood for the exact opposite of what the company was trying to accomplish (e.g. secrecy, and access to information reserved for the elites).To reiterate this is the OPPOSITE of what Luminati is/was trying to achieve:

• Transparency
• A belief that web-based information is like water, a natural resource that belongs and is accessible to everyone
• Promoting equality, free trade, and accountability”

Hence, the name ‘Bright Data!’

Bright Data’s Top Stories on HackerNoon

Bright Data has published 9 stories via the HackerNoon Business Blogging Program, and has generated 20 days, 8 hours, and 29 minutes of reading time! Here are our top 3 favorite stories by them:

How to Stay Anonymous Online by Hiding Your IP Address

Alternatives to Web Scraping with Python

Cracking the Code of Cloudflare Bypass

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That's all this week, folks! Stay Creative, Stay Iconic.

The HackerNoon Team