MapBox Inc. has big ambitions to rival Google Maps with an open-source solution. The company of about 35 staff may be small, but it has just raised $10 million in Series A funding from Foundry Group.

Open-source software is not a new concept, but it remains a revolutionary one. We’ve seen it rise steadily over the years with programs like Mozilla Firefox and Wikipedia, built-on the backs of ...

CEO Eric Gundersen with a Mapbox rendering of San Francisco. His company is ramping up quickly, adding 69 employees in just the last quarter Image: Timothy Archibald for Forbes Eric Gundersen sipped ...

Mapbox is a D.C.-based company that uses open-source data to create precise, customizable maps. Sounds like a potential competitor for companies with similar sounding names, like MapQuest. And yet, ...