Talkdesk

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Talkdesk
Company type Private
Industry Software as a service
Founded2011
FoundersTiago Paiva and Cristina Fonseca
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Tiago Paiva (CEO)
Website talkdesk.com

Talkdesk is a software as a service company that provides cloud-based call center software. Based in San Francisco, the company was founded in Portugal in 2011 by Tiago Paiva, who is the current CEO, and Cristina Fonseca. [1] [2]

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In 2018, Talkdesk became the third company of Portuguese origin, after OutSystems and Farfetch, to achieve unicorn status, with its valuation rising to 1.25 billion dollars. [3] [4] By 2021, its valuation had increased to 10 billion dollars. [1]

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