Quip is a collaborative productivity software suite for mobile and the Web.

[1] Quip was founded by Bret Taylor, a co-creator of Google Maps, CEO of FriendFeed, and the former CTO of Facebook, along with Kevin Gibbs, who founded Google App Engine.

[2] Roughly a year later, Quip was launched to the public as a mobile-centric tool for creating shared notes, lists, and documents.

[6] In 2015, Quip announced it had received a $30 million funding round led by Greylock Partners.

[11] In July 2016, Salesforce announced the acquisition of Quip for an estimated total of $750 million.