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Coda is a cloud-based document editor. It combines elements of word processors, spreadsheets, and presentations. Documents are built with click-and-drag "blocks". Coda Project, Inc. was founded in 2014 and publicly released the Coda software in 2017. The company raised $240 million in total funding. The Coda software was reworked in October 2019 and February 2022. Third-party developers create and sell plugins called "Packs" that connect Coda documents to third-party services.

Features
Coda is a document editor that replaces spreadsheets, presentation documents, word processor files, and apps. Common uses for Coda documents include using them as a wiki, database, or project management tool. Users can link data across multiple documents, integrate content that is refreshed from online services, embed or attach files, or program advanced features using Coda's formulas. For example, a user's calendar can be embedded into a document. Coda Packs are plugins that connect Coda to third-party software, such as Gmail, Slack, or GitHub, to do things like automatically populate a Coda document with Shopify or weather information. A feature called "Automations" is used to perform an action after a "Trigger" automatically. For example, it can automatically send a Slack message or automatically schedule a meeting if a project has failed to meet a milestone. Coda's automations are similar to the "If This Then That" (IFTTT) concept.

Development
Coda Project, Inc. was founded by Shishir Mehrotra and Alex DeNeui in June 2014. The founders initially met each other at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Coda project was given the code-name "Krypton" and the first functional prototype was developed within a few months. They had a private beta and alpha among friends and family members in 2015. The Coda software was developed in stealth mode for three years before a public beta was announced in October 2017. Throughout the public beta, more features and automations were added to the software. The company was named Coda, which is an anadrome for "a doc".

Coda raised $60 million in venture capital funding over two rounds by 2017. The Coda software came out of beta in February 2019. Version 1.0 had an improved user interface, new features for folders and workspaces, and permission levels for accessing files. In October 2019, it simplified the user interface, added features for organizing Coda documents, and made other improvements in version 2.0. Filters and conditional formatting were also added. Coda raised another $80 million in 2020 and $100 million in 2021. The 2021 funding brought Coda's valuation to $1.4 billion, making it a unicorn.

In February 2022, Coda released version 3.0, which had a rebuilt editor and features for users to develop their own integrations between Coda and third-party software. Version 3.0 allowed multiple users to edit the same content in a table simultaneously and made other user-interface improvements. Coda also introduced a marketplace where developers can create and sell Packs that connect Coda documents to third-party software. It offered $1 million in grants for developers that create the first user-generated Packs.