Spike (application)

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Spike
Developer(s) ChatFlow Ltd. [1]
Initial release2013;11 years ago (2013) [2]
Platform Microsoft Windows, MacOS, iOS and Android, web
Available in10 languages
List of languages
English; Catalan, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian
Type Conversational email
Website spikenow.com

Spike is a multi-platform application designed to function both as an email client and a business messaging and collaboration tool, available on Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android and the web. It has a chat-like, conversational view for emails, along with additional integrated features. Depending on the selected plan, it can be used solely as an email application or as a full suite of business communication tools. [3]

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History

Founded in 2013 [2] by Erez Pilosof and Dvir Ben-Aroya, [4] Spike is a software application that puts existing e-mails into a multimedia messaging, chat-like interface enhanced with video and voice calls. The application was initially named Hop. [5]

In 2019, the developers completed a $5 million funding round including investment from Wix.com and NFX Capital. [2]

In 2020, Spike raised $8m in a Series A funding round led by Insight Partners with the participation from previous rounds' investors. [6] [7] [8] [9]

In 2021 Spike announced a collaboration with Meta to launch on the Oculus Store and would become one of the first productivity apps to launch in Meta's new virtual world, known as the Metaverse. [10]

In June 2023, the company introduced its corporate offering — Teamspace, a corporate communication platform for teams with features such as company-wide channels for broad conversations, private groups for specific topics or projects, direct one-on-one conversations, video meetings, file collaboration, AI-powered email messaging, and custom email domain. [11] It supports file management, search capabilities, and project management. Built on open-protocol technology, Spike Teamspace enables users to send and receive messages from all email providers. Regardless of whether the other party is using Spike. [12]

Company operations

Spike is developed and operated by SpikeNow LTD. [13] Dvir Ben Aroya serves as Spike’s CEO and Erez Pilosof is the CTO. [14] [15] The company is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. [16]

Mode of use

The app enables users to organize email into three types of "conversations,"a traditional inbox/sent format, by subject, or by people. Spike users can also make audio and video calls to each other, and other features include a calendar, contact list, and Groups.

Spike is available for Microsoft Windows, MacOS, iOS and Android, and as a web version, [4] and works with Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, iCloud, Yahoo! Mail and IMAP email providers. [17]

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  2. 1 2 3 Adi Pick (28 March 2019). "Email App Startup Spike Raises $5 Million". Calcalist . Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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