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===Shazam===
After conceiving the idea for [[Shazam (application)|Shazam]] in late 1999, Barton co-founded Shazam in 2000, alongside Philip Inghelbrecht and Dhiraj Mukherjee as co-founders, and later, Avery Wang as the fourth co-founder.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sheppard |first=Emma |date=2016-12-07 |title=Shazam co-founder: 'We were growing a business in a collapsing market' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2016/dec/07/shazam-co-founder-we-were-growing-a-business-in-a-collapsing-market |access-date=2023-09-10 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gillies |first=Trent |date=2015-06-14 |title=Shazam names that tune, drawing in money and users |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/14/shazam-names-that-tune-drawing-in-money-and-users.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sampat |first=Rahul |title=Snaps & claps: the story of Berkeley alums and Shazam
On September 24, 2018, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] acquired [[Shazam (application)|Shazam]] for a reported $400 million.<ref name="tc">{{Cite web |last=Lunden |first=Ingrid |date=2018-09-24 |title=Apple closes its $400M Shazam acquisition and says the music recognition app will soon become ad free |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/24/apple-closes-its-shazam-acquisition-and-says-the-music-recognition-app-will-soon-become-ad-free/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7" /> In 2022, Apple announced that [[Shazam (application)|Shazam]] has been downloaded over 2 billion times. In 2012, Shazam announced that it drove over $300 million a year in [[Music download|music downloads]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Shazam turns 20 |url=https://www.apple.com/au/newsroom/2022/08/shazam-turns-20/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Apple Newsroom (Australia) |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shazam Is Generating Big Bucks for iTunes and Amazon |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/05/shazam-profit-making-money-downloads-300-million/}}</ref> The company had raised $143.5 million in [[venture capital]] financing and its investors included [[Kleiner Perkins]], [[DN Capital]], [[Institutional Venture Partners|IVP]], [[Sony Music]], [[Universal Music]] and [[Warner Music]].<ref name="tc"/>
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Barton had undiagnosed [[dyslexia]]-related challenges and [[ADHD]] during his childhood.<ref name="pod"/>
Barton appeared in a [[Super Bowl]] television advertisement in 2012 alongside [[Ray Kurzweil]] and [[Kevin Systrom]], the founder of [[Instagram]].<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-28 |title=Super Bowl ads: Mobile innovators download in Best Buy Web video series (video) |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/super-bowl-ads-mobile-innovators-download-in-best-buy-web-video-series-video/2012/02/06/gIQAbLQ3tQ_blog.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Washington Post |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-06 |title=Best Buy
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