Quid Inc.

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Quid Inc.
Company typePrivate
Founded2010 (2010)
SuccessorNetBase Quid
Headquarters
San Francisco, U.S.
Area served
San Francisco
New York City
London
Key people
Bob Goodson (CEO)
Number of employees
125
Websitewww.quid.com

Quid, Inc. is a private software and services company, specializing in text-based data analysis. Quid software claims it reads millions of documents (e.g. news articles, blog posts, company profiles, and patents) and offers insight by organizing that content visually.[1] The company is based in San Francisco with offices in New York City and London.[2]

Quid claimed two customer companies used Quid market landscapes for investment strategy.[3] It has since expanded its customer base.[4]

Quid, Inc. merged with the social analytics company NetBase on January 28, 2020.[5]

Customers

The media has cited a handful of notable Quid clients including the Boston Consulting Group,[6] the Department of Defense,[7] the UN Global Pulse[8] +,[9] various political campaigns,[10][11] and the Knight Foundation.[12]

History

Quid was founded in San Francisco in 2010.[13] In 2013, Quid was named by Fast Company as one of the World's Top 10 Most Innovative companies in Big Data.[14] In 2016, World Economic Forum presented Quid with their Technology Pioneers award[15] and IDC (International Data Corporation) named Quid a Top Innovator for the 2016 U.S. Financial Compliance and Risk Analytics Market.[16]

Fast Company partnered with Quid to assist in picking its annual Most Innovative Companies list in 2016.[17]

Quid has been quoted or used in stories by Fortune analyzing VC funding trends,[18] The Atlantic reporting coincidences collected by a University of Cambridge professor,[19] VentureBeat analyzing the media's backlash of Uber,[20] Wired diving into the language used at Presidential party conventions,[21] and more from outlets such as The Economist,[22] The New York Times,[23] Forbes,[24] and the San Francisco Chronicle.[25]

Criticism

In 2010, TechCrunch asked: “Does Quid have the most pretentious website of any startup ever?”[26] The jab followed a debate on Quora discussing the website's use of Latin, arcane typefaces, and an overly academic tone. The company has since updated its website.

References

  1. ^ "The Future of {Re}Search". Tip of the Spear. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  2. ^ "Quid Expands - will Open New Office in London". June 20, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Can an Algorithm Spot the Next Google?". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  4. ^ "Quid Raises $39M More to Visualize Complex Ideas". TechCrunch. March 19, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  5. ^ "NetBase and Quid are Merging!". NetBase. January 28, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "The Quiet Start-Up Inking Million-Dollar Deals". CNBC. March 16, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  7. ^ "The Pentagon Reboots Its Silicon Valley Outpost". Bloomberg News. June 8, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  8. ^ "News Media Analysis of SDG Summit Through New Partnership with Quid". United Nations Global Pulse. October 2, 2015. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  9. ^ "Online Data and Child Marriage". United Nations Global Pulse. June 1, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  10. ^ "How big data analysts are counting on your vote". Financial Times.
  11. ^ "Meet Quid, The Silicon Valley Big Data Analytics Startup That Hopes To Shake Up The 2016 Presidential Race". International Business Times. July 21, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  12. ^ "A Fascinating Look Inside Those 1.1 Million Open-Internet Comments". NPR. August 12, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  13. ^ "Quid Emerges From YouNoodle, Delves Into Data on Private Firms". Bloomberg News. September 14, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  14. ^ "2013 Most Innovative Companies". Fast Company. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  15. ^ "Introducing the Technology Pioneers 2016". World Economic Forum. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  16. ^ "IDC Innovators for the 2016 U.S. Financial Compliance and Risk Analytics Market". International Data Corporation. May 18, 2016. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  17. ^ "How Fast Company Picked 2016's Most Innovative Companies". Fast Company. February 16, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  18. ^ "Where $64.5B in VC funding went last year". Fortune. July 2, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  19. ^ "The Most Common Kinds of Coincidences". The Atlantic. May 6, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  20. ^ "Uber's black week: Media focused too much on threat to journalists". VentureBeat. November 22, 2014. Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  21. ^ "Science didn't make a great showing at either party's convention". Wired. July 29, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  22. ^ "Million-dollar babies". The Economist. April 2, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  23. ^ "The promise of Artificial Intelligence unfolds in small steps". The New York Times. February 28, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  24. ^ "Artificial Intelligence paves the way for ambient intelligence". Forbes. May 14, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  25. ^ "What happens when you analyze Beard Award nominees' menus?". San Francisco Chronicle. May 3, 2016. Archived from the original on October 17, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  26. ^ "Does Quid Have The Most Pretentious Website of Any Startup Ever?". TechCrunch. September 17, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
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