The company was founded by Jeremy Wertheimer, a computer scientist from the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Cooper Union,[1] with his partner Richard Aiken in 1996.

As part of the agreement, Google was required to license ITA software to other websites for five years.

ITA also hosts its own airfare search website based on QPX, called "Matrix", although it is not possible to buy tickets from it.

[9] In July 2010, Google announced the acquisition of ITA for $700 million in cash, subject to DOJ review and approval.

of Justice and Google reached an agreement in terms to allow the purchase and dismiss a potential antitrust lawsuit.