Astrid (application)
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software, Task management |
| Founded | 2008 in San Francisco, California, United States |
| Founder | Tim Su, Jon Paris |
| Defunct | August 5, 2013 |
| Fate | Acquired by Yahoo! and discontinued |
| Successor | Tasks.org (Android fork) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco , United States |
| Products | Task management and to-do list application |
| Parent | Yahoo! (from May 1, 2013) |
Astrid was a task management and to-do list application available across multiple platforms, established in San Francisco, CA in 2008. Identified by its distinctive octopus logo, the application provided task reminders along with basic integration capabilities with Google Calendar. On May 1, 2013, Yahoo! acquired Astrid, subsequently terminating the service on August 5, 2013.
History
The company behind Astrid was founded in 2008 by Tim Su and Jon Paris. By 2011, Astrid had joined the AngelPad startup accelerator program and successfully raised seed funding from Google Ventures after achieving 1.5 million downloads and maintaining 250,000 active monthly users.
After Yahoo! announced its acquisition in May 2013, it confirmed that Astrid would be discontinued by August of the same year. Prior to the shutdown, users were given options to export their data and were directed toward alternative task management solutions such as Any.do, Sandglaz, Wrike, and Wunderlist.
In 2014, the Android version of Astrid was forked to develop Tasks.org, a standalone Android to-do list application.