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Quip
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Quip was a collaborative document and spreadsheet platform, acquired by Salesforce in 2016, that combined lightweight word processing and spreadsheet tools with built-in team chat and collaboration features.
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Quip was founded in 2012 by Bret Taylor, a former Facebook chief technology officer and co-creator of Google Maps, along with Kevin Gibbs, building a document collaboration platform that combined traditional word processing and spreadsheet functionality with built-in team messaging and collaboration features directly within documents, an approach designed for the growing number of teams working across mobile devices and desktop computers who wanted more fluid, conversational collaboration around shared documents than traditional productivity suites, which had historically treated document editing and team communication as separate, disconnected activities requiring users to switch between different tools. Quip's core innovation was embedding real-time chat and commenting directly within documents and spreadsheets themselves, letting team members discuss and make decisions about specific document content in context, alongside the actual document editing, rather than requiring separate email threads or chat conversations disconnected from the specific document content being discussed, an approach that particularly resonated with mobile-first and distributed teams wanting a more integrated, conversational collaboration experience than traditional productivity software provided at the time. The company built a notable following among technology companies and other organizations valuing this more integrated document-and-chat collaboration approach, positioning itself as a modern alternative to more established productivity suites like Microsoft Office and, at the time, an earlier-generation Google Docs that had not yet incorporated comparable integrated chat and collaboration features. Salesforce acquired Quip in 2016 for approximately $750 million, integrating Quip's collaborative document technology into Salesforce's broader customer relationship management platform, positioning Quip as a tool that could let sales and other business teams collaborate more effectively around customer account information, deal strategy, and other business documents directly connected to Salesforce's CRM data, a strategic fit that reflected Salesforce's broader ambition to expand beyond core CRM functionality into broader workplace productivity and collaboration tools. Quip has continued operating as part of Salesforce's product portfolio since the acquisition.
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