Our goal

We’ve worked at a 3-person startup and a Fortune 50 behemoth. We’ve seen what works, and what doesn’t. Email is slow, meetings get sidetracked, and regular IM doesn’t work well for groups. HipChat helps you share text, code, and files for instant decision making. We want to help your company/organization be a more productive (and fun) place to be.

HipChat is a private, hosted chat network with a desktop client that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux thanks to Adobe AIR. Here’s a taste of what it can do:

• Chat rooms - Use rooms for departments, teams, or projects. Make them open for anyone to join, or private for only people invited.
• File sharing - Share files in seconds for instant feedback. You control who can see them. Access files any time from the HipChat client or on the web.
• Searchable chat history – HipChat automatically saves your conversations and files. Never forget who said what, and when. Search and acccess history anywhere you have internet.
• Notifications – You won’t miss miss a thing thanks to HipChat’s sounds and toaster pop-ups. You can even get someone’s attention by typing “@name”.
• Instant image preview – Share an image file and you’ll get a live preview. Perfect for creative or design teams. Hour long design sessions are a thing of the past.
• Emoticons – Express yourself in a room or a one on one chat. You should probably stay away from the kissy face if you’re at work.

About the team

We created HipCal. Plaxo liked it, so we went to work for them. We created Plaxo Pulse. Comcast liked it, so we went to work for them. HipChat is our current baby.

We are currently “bootstrapped for cash”.

Read more about us or more about HipChat.