Company:Quid Inc.

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Quid Inc.
TypePrivate
SuccessorNetBase Quid
Founded2010; 16 years ago (2010)
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. https://jagyyc.com/2016/02/23/the-future-of-research/. 
  2. ↑ "Quid Expands - will Open New Office in London". 2016-06-20. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/quid-expands-will-open-new-office-in-london-300286557.html. 
  3. ↑ "Can an Algorithm Spot the Next Google?". MIT Technology Review. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/423648/can-an-algorithm-spot-the-next-google/. 
  4. ↑ "Quid Raises $39M More to Visualize Complex Ideas". TechCrunch. 2015-03-19. https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/19/quid-series-d/. 
  5. ↑ "NetBase and Quid are Merging!" (in en-US). 2020-01-28. https://www.netbase.com/blog/netbase-quid/. 
  6. ↑ "The Quiet Start-Up Inking Million-Dollar Deals". CNBC. 2015-03-16. https://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/16/tart-up-inking-million-dollar-deals.html. 
  7. ↑ "The Pentagon Reboots Its Silicon Valley Outpost". Bloomberg News. 2016-06-08. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-08/pentagon-s-silicon-valley-outpost-struggles-to-master-agility. 
  8. ↑ "News Media Analysis of SDG Summit Through New Partnership with Quid". United Nations Global Pulse. 2015-10-02. http://www.unglobalpulse.org/sdg-summit-news-analysis-new-partnership-quid. 
  9. ↑ "Online Data and Child Marriage". United Nations Global Pulse. 2016-06-01. https://childmarriage.unglobalpulse.net/. 
  10. ↑ "How big data analysts are counting on your vote". Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/fc1879be-1ed4-11e6-b286-cddde55ca122. 
  11. ↑ "Meet Quid, The Silicon Valley Big Data Analytics Startup That Hopes To Shake Up The 2016 Presidential Race". International Business Times. 2015-07-21. https://www.ibtimes.com/meet-quid-silicon-valley-big-data-analytics-startup-hopes-shake-2016-presidential-2015618. 
  12. ↑ "A Fascinating Look Inside Those 1.1 Million Open-Internet Comments". NPR. 2014-08-12. https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/08/12/339710293/a-fascinating-look-inside-those-1-1-million-open-internet-comments. 
  13. ↑ "Quid Emerges From YouNoodle, Delves Into Data on Private Firms". Bloomberg News. Sep 14, 2010. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-09-14/quid-emerges-from-younoodle-aiming-to-sell-data-on-closely-held-companies. 
  14. ↑ "2013 Most Innovative Companies". Fast Company. http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2013/industry/big-data. 
  15. ↑ "Introducing the Technology Pioneers 2016". World Economic Forum. http://widgets.weforum.org/techpioneers-2016/. 
  16. ↑ "IDC Innovators for the 2016 U.S. Financial Compliance and Risk Analytics Market". International Data Corporation. 2016-05-18. http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS41292416. 
  17. ↑ "How Fast Company Picked 2016's Most Innovative Companies". Fast Company. 2016-02-16. https://www.fastcompany.com/3056777/how-fast-company-picked-2016s-most-innovative-companies. 
  18. ↑ "Where $64.5B in VC funding went last year". Fortune. 2015-07-02. https://fortune.com/2015/07/02/venture-capital-tech-investments/. 
  19. ↑ "The Most Common Kinds of Coincidences". The Atlantic. 2016-05-06. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/05/the-most-common-kinds-of-coincidences/481503/. 
  20. ↑ "Uber's black week: Media focused too much on threat to journalists". VentureBeat. 2014-11-22. https://venturebeat.com/2014/11/22/ubers-black-week-media-focused-too-much-on-threat-to-journalists/. 
  21. ↑ "Science didn't make a great showing at either party's convention". Wired. 2016-07-29. https://www.wired.com/2016/07/science-didnt-make-great-showing-either-partys-convention/. 
  22. ↑ "Million-dollar babies". The Economist. 2016-04-02. https://www.economist.com/news/business/21695908-silicon-valley-fights-talent-universities-struggle-hold-their. 
  23. ↑ "The promise of Artificial Intelligence unfolds in small steps". The New York Times. 2016-02-28. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/technology/the-promise-of-artificial-intelligence-unfolds-in-small-steps.html?emc=eta1&_r=3. 
  24. ↑ "Artificial Intelligence paves the way for ambient intelligence". Forbes. 2015-05-14. https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilhowe/2015/05/14/artificial-intelligence-paves-the-way-for-ambient-intelligence/#32033f093144. 
  25. ↑ "What happens when you analyze Beard Award nominees' menus?". San Francisco Chronicle. 2016-05-03. http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2016/05/03/what-happens-when-you-analyze-beard-award-nominees-menus-infographic/. 
  26. ↑ "Does Quid Have The Most Pretentious Website of Any Startup Ever?". TechCrunch. 2010-09-17. https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/17/quid-futuere/. 



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