When I left Google half a year ago for a startup, I couldn’t tell you what we were doing…but now I can! We’re excited to announce our new product, Quip. It’s a modern word processor that lets you create beautiful documents on all of your devices – phone, tablet, and desktop – by focusing on collaboration, mobility, interactivity, and simplicity.
Check out our blog post and the New York Times article. More importantly, please give it a try! It’s free for personal use; just install the iOS app or sign up on the web. We also have a preview Android app, if you already have an account and you’re willing to tolerate some quirks.
Going to a small startup was a change after so long at Google, but it’s been great so far. Most of us had worked together before, so we shared a common culture, not to mention valuable experience from past startups. Oh, and our office is awesome.
On the technical side, I’ve been a bit of a mercenary. I’ve worked on every part of the codebase: the server and storage system, data model, synchronization protocol, web frontend, iOS app, and Android app. I had to learn lots of new things in short order, often overnight, which was challenging at times but always worthwhile.
On a related note, Google’s CEOs may have scored points with the code they used to write, but I love that Quip is small enough that Bret and Kevin still spend most of their time writing code. Not a bad sign.
In any case, I’m excited for you all to try it out. Enjoy, and let us know what you think!
Sounds exciting! Congrats on the new company! My husband is a big techie so I will pass this on to him so he can play around with it. via Facebook
Congrats!!! via Facebook
Congratulations Ryan! via Facebook
woohoo! congratulations! via Facebook
We’re even here on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/quip via Facebook
Congrats!! via Facebook
Congratulations! via Facebook
very cool. Congrats! via Facebook
Already signed up, I like it! Congrats :) via Facebook
Congrats Ryanb!! via Facebook
Congrats Ryan! via Facebook
Nice, if I wrote my best man’s speech on it, can I trust you guys keeping it today? :) via Facebook
Roger Hu: keep it, yes. we may quietly add yourmom jokes though. I REGRET NOTHING.
Carmen Benitez, good question! it’s already on web, ios, and android. which other platforms would you like? via Facebook
Congratulations Ryan! Signed up and testing it out. how will it extend (or will it) to other platforms? via Facebook
Hi Ryan- in the sense of other app eco-systems; will the platform push/pull its functions into say the yammers/evernote/zohos of the world? or is quip saying do away with those and just use ours as it does all that and more? via Facebook
you’re welcome. you should have public and private Quippers (profiles), too. That would help open the network to documents. cheers! via Facebook
ah, I see. integration with other ecosystems can definitely be valuable. we don’t have a concrete roadmap just yet, but it’s on our radar!
re the quip team message, you’re right, it’s just a canned intro message, not a real account you can talk with. we should make that clearer. thanks for the feedback! via Facebook
Also… I see what looks to be a shared chatter messaging board with Quip Team listed, but it doesn’t appear that Quip is aware of the message I sent, which seems peculiar as it shows itself as profile. I do the add person function, but shouldn’t the Quip team be automatic given they are part of that thread? I will check out the help center as well. thanks and best of luck! via Facebook
Ah Quip I remember them the cheap international phone line company… You guys are aware that the name is trademark in the UK. M$ lost out when they used other company’s names Metro and SkyDrive… My guess is that your lawyers are bigger than theirs so you should be fine. ;)
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lawyers?! oh man. i knew we forgot something! :P
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Congrats! Bet it feels good to bask in the sunlight :)
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Congrats on the launch and the app looks great! :)
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