Bomis
 Bomis (/ˈbɒmɨs/ to rhyme with promise) was a dot-com company best known for having supported the creation of the free-content online-encyclopedia projects Nupedia and Wikipedia. It was founded in 1996 by Jimmy Wales Tim Shell and Michael Davis. Davis became acquainted with Wales after hiring him at Chicago Options Associates in 1994 and Wales became friends with Shell through mailing lists discussing philosophy.