Quip is a collaborative

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suite for mobile and the Web. It allows groups of people to create and edit documents and spreadsheets as a group, typically for business purposes.

History

Quip was founded by

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, a co-creator of

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, CEO of

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, and the former CTO of

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, along with Kevin Gibbs, who founded

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. Taylor founded the company in 2012, after leaving his position at Facebook. Roughly a year later, Quip was launched to the public as a mobile-centric tool for creating shared notes, lists, and documents. The app was well-received, winning accolades as one of the best apps of the year from ''

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'',

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, and

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. In 2015, Quip announced it had received a $30 million funding round led by

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. In July 2016,

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announced the acquisition of Quip for an estimated total of $750 million. In January 2017, Quip acquired the designer studio Unity & Variety.

Features

The core of Quip provides

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and

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functionality, accessible via the Web, an

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app, and an Android app. Alongside all documents on Quip is a live updating history of edits made, as well as the ability to highlight portions of a document and add comments, which facilitates collaboration. In 2015, Quip also added standalone chat rooms.

References

External links

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