Any.do
Any.do is a productivity platform designed to help individuals and teams stay organized and get more done. History. Any.do was first launched in November 2011. Within 30 days, Any.do reached 500,000 downloads. By November 2013, Any.do reached over 7M users, over 10 million users in March 2014, 15 million in November 2016 and 30 million users by 2020. Any.do extended its offering beyond its original to do list / task management functionality with a built in calendar, and a artificial intelligence service that can complete the user's tasks. Any.do was co-founded by Omer Perchik, Yoni Lindenfeld, and  Itay Kahana. It has offices in both Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Prior to Any.do, co-founders "Omer Perchik", "Itay Kahana" and "Yoni Lindenfeld" launched a simpler version of the app on Android called Taskos. Products. The Any.do app. The Any.do app works and syncs across multiple platforms including: Android, iOS, Chrome, Web, Mac, Windows PC, Apple Watch, Android Wear, Gmail and iPad. Any.do is a free app that introduced a premium subscription model in 2014 Over the years, Any.do announced several integrations with Amazon Alexa, Slack, Google Assistant, Siri, Gmail, Zapier and WhatsApp. Core features "To-do list / Task  management"":" "Prioritization/planning"":" Calendar "(replacing the deprecated Cal app):" Assistant Cal app (deprecated). In July 2013, Any.do released their second app, Cal for iPhone, . Cal for Android was later released in December 2013. Like Any.do, Cal was an interactive, gesture-based calendar app with social integrations. Unlike other calendar apps, Cal helps users focus on the immediate schedule of their day and find pockets of free time for personal use. Cal's scheduling and productivity features included: Cal also integrates with the original Any.do task app and allows users to automatically populate their calendars with relevant tasks by date and  event. The development of Cal ended in 2014. Design. On October 9, 2013, The Verge reported Any.do to be the one of the main inspirations behind Jony Ive's iOS 7 redesign, and others have noted its similarities to the revamped Apple operating system. Funding. Any.do announced $1 million in angel funding in November 2011. By May 2013 the company had raised $3.5 million from Genesis Partners, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, Blumberg Capital, Joe Lonsdale of Palantir Technologies, Brian Koo of Formation 8, Joe Greenstein of Flixter, and Felicis Ventures. The company raised additional unannounced funding  from a group of strategic investors including Jerry Yang of AME Cloud Ventures and Steve Chen of YouTube, among others, by October of that same year.