May 1st, 2012

Salesforce Acquires YC-Backed Collaborative Text Editor Stypi

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It looks like the team from Y Combinator-backed Stypi is heading to Salesforce, according to this blog post. UPDATE: We’ve confirmed that Salesforce has acquired Stypi. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

As we reported last year, Stypi develops a lightweight, real-time collaborative text editor. It’s similar in many ways to fellow YC alum Etherpad, which was acquired by→ Read More

August 9th, 2011

YC-Funded Stypi Is Etherpad Reborn

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Etherpad fans, get excited — a new Y Combinator-backed startup called Stypi has built a nearly identical product, and it’s launching today.

First, a little history: back in 2008 we first covered a nifty, real-time document editor from YC alum AppJet called Etherpad. The text editor allowed multiple people to edit the same document simultaneously, with all edits appearing in real-time for… → Read More