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== History ==
The website was created by [[Jeff Atwood]] and [[Joel Spolsky]] in 2008.<ref name="introducing"/> The name for the website was chosen by voting in April 2008 by readers of ''Coding Horror'', Atwood's programming blog.<ref name="help_name">{{cite web|author=Jeff Atwood|date=2008-04-06|title=Help Name Our Website|url=http://blog.codinghorror.com/help-name-our-website/|url-status=live|archive-
On 3 May 2010, it was announced that Stack Overflow had raised $6 million in venture capital from a group of investors led by [[Union Square Ventures]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ha|first=Anthony|title=Stack Overflow raises $6M to take its Q&A model beyond programming|url=https://venturebeat.com/2010/05/04/stack-overflow-funding/|publisher=VentureBeat|access-date=23 May 2014|date=4 May 2010|quote=The money we've raised means that, for the next ($6m / monthly burn rate) months, we can take on new projects, hire new people, and build new expert Q&A sites on a wide variety of new topics. Instead of opening sites in exchange for money, we’re about to launch a new, democratic system where anyone can propose a Q&A site, and, if it gets a critical mass of interested people, we'll create it.
In 2019, Stack Overflow named Prashanth Chandrasekar as its chief executive officer and Teresa Dietrich as its chief product officer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fried |first1=Ina |title=Axios Login: Take Note
▲On 3 May 2010, it was announced that Stack Overflow had raised $6 million in venture capital from a group of investors led by [[Union Square Ventures]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ha|first=Anthony|title=Stack Overflow raises $6M to take its Q&A model beyond programming|url=https://venturebeat.com/2010/05/04/stack-overflow-funding/|publisher=VentureBeat|access-date=23 May 2014|date=4 May 2010|quote=The money we've raised means that, for the next ($6m / monthly burn rate) months, we can take on new projects, hire new people, and build new expert Q&A sites on a wide variety of new topics. Instead of opening sites in exchange for money, we’re about to launch a new, democratic system where anyone can propose a Q&A site, and, if it gets a critical mass of interested people, we'll create it.|archive-date=21 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421001812/http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/04/stack-overflow-funding/|url-status=live}}</ref>
▲In 2019, Stack Overflow named Prashanth Chandrasekar as its chief executive officer and Teresa Dietrich as its chief product officer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fried |first1=Ina |title=Axios Login: Take Note |url=https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-a3657826-f987-4435-a235-bff280080da6.html?chunk=4#story4 |access-date=26 February 2020 |publisher=Axios |date=25 September 2019 |archive-date=10 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510194411/https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-a3657826-f987-4435-a235-bff280080da6.html?chunk=4#story4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In June 2021, [[Prosus]], a Netherlands-based subsidiary of [[South Africa]]n media company [[Naspers]], announced a deal to acquire Stack Overflow for $1.8 billion.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dummett |first1=Ben |title=Stack Overflow Sold to Tech Giant Prosus for $1.8 Billion |
=== Security breach ===
In early May 2019, an update was deployed to Stack Overflow's development version. It contained a bug which allowed an attacker to grant themselves privileges in accessing the production version of the site. Stack Overflow published on their blog that approximately 184 public network users were affected by this breach, which "could have returned IP address, names, or emails".<ref name="Cimpanu">{{Cite web|
=== 2023 controversy over AI-generated content and moderation strike ===
{{excerpt|Stack Exchange|June - August 2023 moderation strike and outrage}}
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