<s>
AppSheet	B-Application
is	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
no-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
for	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
mobile	B-Application
,	O
tablet	O
,	O
and	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
using	O
data	O
sources	O
like	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
,	O
DropBox	B-Application
,	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
other	O
cloud-based	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
and	O
database	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppSheet	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AppSheet	B-Application
platform	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
from	O
cloud-based	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
and	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apps	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
created	O
directly	O
as	O
an	O
add-on	O
from	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
platforms	O
like	O
Google	B-Language
Sheets	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
is	O
available	O
from	O
both	O
a	O
self-service	B-General_Concept
model	O
and	O
a	O
corporate	O
licensing	O
model	O
for	O
larger	O
organizations	O
with	O
more	O
governance	O
,	O
data	O
analytics	O
,	O
and	O
performance	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
which	O
allow	O
developers	O
to	O
develop	O
with	O
faster	O
iteration	O
cycles	O
,	O
AppSheet	B-Application
is	O
a	O
no-code	B-Architecture
platform	O
which	O
allows	O
business	O
users	O
familiar	O
with	O
basic	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
and	O
database	O
operations	O
to	O
build	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppSheet	B-Application
compatible	O
data	O
sources	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
AppSheet	B-Application
apps	O
capture	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
images	O
,	O
signatures	O
,	O
geolocation	O
,	O
barcodes	O
,	O
and	O
NFC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synced	O
,	O
shared	O
data	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
collaborate	O
across	O
mobile	B-Application
or	O
desktop	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workflow	B-Operating_System
rules	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
trigger	O
notifications	O
or	O
work-based	O
assignments	O
where	O
appropriate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppSheet	B-Application
data	O
can	O
be	O
displayed	O
in	O
graphical	O
and	O
interactive	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppSheet	B-Application
's	O
platform	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
declare	O
the	O
logic	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
's	O
activity	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
customize	O
the	O
app	O
's	O
user	O
experience	O
rather	O
than	O
use	O
traditional	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
users	O
sync	O
their	O
app	O
,	O
changes	O
they	O
make	O
are	O
sent	O
to	O
the	O
AppSheet	B-Application
web	O
service	O
over	O
an	O
encrypted	O
protocol	O
(	O
HTTPS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppSheet	B-Application
then	O
applies	O
the	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
backend	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
(	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
,	O
Dropbox	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
or	O
database	O
is	O
read	O
(	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
,	O
Dropbox	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
sent	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppSheet	B-Application
's	O
platform	O
is	O
also	O
verified	O
as	O
SOC2	O
compliant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppSheet	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
founded	O
by	O
Praveen	O
Seshadri	O
in	O
March	O
2014	O
after	O
several	O
months	O
of	O
developing	O
the	O
product	O
at	O
his	O
home	O
in	O
Seattle	O
,	O
Washington	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
AppSheet	B-Application
received	O
seed	O
funding	O
from	O
New	O
Enterprise	O
Associates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
AppSheet	B-Application
was	O
recognized	O
by	O
TiE	O
as	O
a	O
Tie50	O
award	O
recipient	O
recognizing	O
innovative	O
tech	O
startups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
AppSheet	B-Application
launched	O
SPEC	O
,	O
a	O
natural-language	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
tool	O
allowing	O
non-coders	O
to	O
build	O
apps	O
by	O
asking	O
users	O
in	O
plain	O
English	O
what	O
they	O
want	O
to	O
build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
and	O
2019	O
,	O
AppSheet	B-Application
was	O
named	O
a	O
leader	O
by	O
Forrester	O
Research	O
for	O
mobile	B-Application
low-code	B-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
for	O
business	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
14	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
AppSheet	B-Application
announced	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
would	O
be	O
joining	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Cloud	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
