Glide
Turn spreadsheets into beautiful, intelligent apps. Glide's mission is to put the power, beauty, and magic of software development into the hands of a billion new creators.
Founding Story
Glide was founded in October 2018 by David Siegel, Jason Smith, Mark Probst, and Antonio Garcia Aprea, who had previously worked together at Xamarin. After Xamarin was acquired by Microsoft for $500 million, the founders came together with the vision to make software development accessible to everyone without coding. They believed that good software could be built by anyone, and set out to prove this thesis by creating a platform that turns spreadsheets into functional apps.
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Leadership
Founders
David Siegel
Head of Design at Xamarin (June 2012-2016) and Microsoft Developer Services (June 2016-September 2018). Previously held positions at Futureproof and X1 Technologies. BSE Computer Science Engineering and BA Philosophy from University of Pennsylvania.
Jason Smith
Previously worked at Xamarin, a cross-platform mobile development company that was acquired by Microsoft for $500 million.
Mark Probst
Previously worked at Xamarin, a cross-platform mobile development company that was acquired by Microsoft for $500 million.
Antonio Garcia Aprea
Co-founder who previously worked at Xamarin with the other founders before its acquisition by Microsoft.
Executive Team
David Siegel
Co-founder and CEO
Previously Head of Design at Microsoft Developer Services and Xamarin. BSE Computer Science Engineering and BA Philosophy from University of Pennsylvania.
Jason Smith
Co-founder
Previously worked at Xamarin before Microsoft acquisition
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription-based SaaS model with tiered pricing (Free, Maker, Business, Enterprise). Revenue generated through monthly/annual subscriptions, per-user fees, and usage-based updates (2¢ per update over included limits). Enterprise add-ons for SSO, Data Backups, and Enterprise Integrations.
Pricing Tiers
Unlimited drafts, 1 editor, up to 25k rows, 40+ components, community support, 500MB file storage
Unlimited personal users, 500 updates included, 2 editors, 3 published apps, 25GB file storage, standard support
Unlimited apps, 30 users included ($5-6 per additional user), 5,000 updates, up to 100k rows, workflows, API access, 10 editors, 500GB storage, express support
Unlimited apps, custom users/updates/rows, SSO, data backups, enterprise integrations (HubSpot, Stripe, QuickBooks, PostgreSQL, 100+ sources), account manager, priority support
Target Markets
- Operations teams
- Small and medium businesses
- Enterprise companies
- Retail companies
- Restaurants and hospitality
- Construction and architecture firms
- Inventory Management
- Logistics Management
- Procurement
- Vendor Management
- Warehouse Management
- Project Management
- Hunter Douglas
- Volkswagen
- Airbus
- Costco
History & Milestones
Workflows came out of beta
Glide Experts program two-year anniversary with 475 Certified Experts contributing over 20% of Glide's revenue
Launched Multiplayer Mode in Public Preview enabling real-time collaborative editing
Launched QuickBooks and Salesforce integrations for Enterprise teams
Raised $20 million Series A led by Benchmark with 500,000 users and 1 million apps built
