Any.do

History

Prior to Any.do, co-founders Omer Perchik, Itay Kahana, and Yoni Lindenfeld launched a simpler version of the app on Android called Taskos.[1] By 2010, Taskos had 1.3 million users and served as a test version for what would eventually become Any.do.[2]

Any.do started as a to-do list and task list app in November 2011 on Android, and had 500,000 downloads in its first 30 days after launch.[3][4] It was later released on iOS in June 2012 and reached another milestone with 100,000 iPhone downloads in its first day on the platform.[5] The company opened development offices in Tel Aviv, Israel and opened its business headquarters in San Francisco, California in 2012.[6] In November 2013, the company released a study revealing the mobile habits of their most productive “super users”.[7]

Any.do reached 7 million users by November 2013,[8] 10 million users by March 2014, and 15 million by November 2016. Any.do announced several partner integrations with Amazon Alexa[9], Slack[10], Google Assistant[11], Siri, Gmail, Zapier[12] and WhatsApp.[13]

The company launched its premium subscription model in 2014.[14]

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.[15][16]

Funding

Any.do announced $1 million in angel funding in November 2011.[3]

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.[17] 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.[15]

See also

References
  1. Miller, Tessa (Oct 10, 2013). "I'm Omer Perchik, and This Is the Story Behind Any.do". Lifehacker.
  2. Van Grove, Jennifer (Nov 10, 2011). "Collaborative to-do app Any.do puts Reminders to shame". Venturebeat.
  3. Perez, Sarah (Nov 10, 2011). "Any.DO Launches A Social To Do List App With $1 Million In Funding". TechCrunch.
  4. Schonfeld, Erick (Dec 12, 2011). "Any.DO Android App Downloaded 500,000 Times In 30 Days". TechCrunch.
  5. Perez, Sarah (Jun 5, 2012). "Any.DO's To-Do List App Hits 100,000 iOS Downloads In 24 Hours". TechCrunch.
  6. Gannes, Liz (June 4, 2012). "Well-Liked Android Task List Any.DO Comes to iPhone and Chrome". All Things D.
  7. "5 Habits of Productivity App Super Users". Reuters. Nov 18, 2013. Retrieved Dec 23, 2013.
  8. Vozza, Stephanie (Nov 18, 2013). "5 Habits of Productivity App Super Users". Entrepreneur.
  9. "Customize Lists on Alexa : Alexa Blogs". developer.amazon.com. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  10. "Slack meet Any.do". Any.do. 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  11. "Stay on top of your day with proactive help from your Assistant". Google. 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  12. Zapier. "New Integration: Manage Your To-Do List with Any.do". Zapier. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  13. "WhatsApp Tasks & Reminders | Any.do Integration". whatsapp.any.do. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  14. "Any.do To-Do App Now Available on the Web". PC Magazine. May 22, 2014.
  15. Newton, Casey (Oct 9, 2013). "Taskmasters: how Israeli intelligence officers helped inspire the look of iOS 7". The Verge.
  16. Fiegerman, Seth (June 11, 2013). "iOS 7 Updates Look a Little Too Familiar to Some Apple Developers". Mashable.
  17. Perez, Sarah (May 13, 2013). "Intelligent To Do List App Any.DO Raises $3.5 Million, Will Further Expand Into Personal Productivity Space". TechCrunch.
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