<s>
Quip	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
collaborative	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
suite	O
for	O
mobile	O
and	O
the	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
groups	O
of	O
people	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
edit	O
documents	O
and	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
as	O
a	O
group	O
,	O
typically	O
for	O
business	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quip	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Bret	O
Taylor	O
,	O
a	O
co-creator	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
FriendFeed	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
former	O
CTO	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
Kevin	B-Protocol
Gibbs	I-Protocol
,	O
who	O
founded	O
Google	B-Application
App	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taylor	O
founded	O
the	O
company	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
after	O
leaving	O
his	O
position	O
at	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Roughly	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
Quip	B-Protocol
was	O
launched	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
as	O
a	O
mobile-centric	O
tool	O
for	O
creating	O
shared	O
notes	O
,	O
lists	O
,	O
and	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Quip	B-Protocol
announced	O
it	O
had	O
received	O
a	O
$30	O
million	O
funding	O
round	O
led	O
by	O
Greylock	O
Partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Quip	B-Protocol
for	O
an	O
estimated	O
total	O
of	O
$750	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
Quip	B-Protocol
acquired	O
the	O
designer	O
studio	O
Unity	O
Variety	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
of	O
Quip	B-Protocol
provides	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
and	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
functionality	O
,	O
accessible	O
via	O
the	O
Web	O
,	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
app	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
all	O
documents	O
on	O
Quip	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
live	O
updating	O
history	O
of	O
edits	O
made	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
highlight	O
portions	O
of	O
a	O
document	O
and	O
add	O
comments	O
,	O
which	O
facilitates	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Quip	B-Protocol
also	O
added	O
standalone	O
chat	O
rooms	O
.	O
</s>
