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Appian Corporation is a cloud computing company currently headquartered in Mclean, Virginia, part of the Dulles Technology Corridor.

The company sells a Platform as a Service for building enterprise software applications. It is focused on low-code development, business process management, and case management markets. Its low-code automation platform enables businesses to create apps using little or no code.

History
Appian was founded in 1999 by Matthew Calkins with co-founders Michael Beckley, Marc Wilson, and Robert Kramer. Matt Calkins is the current CEO. Calkins graduated from Dartmouth in 1994 with a degree in economics and then joined MicroStrategy, a business software vendor, where he was the director of the Enterprise Product Group. When he was 26, he left MicroStrategy and co-founded Appian.

In 2001, Appian developed Army Knowledge Online. At the time, it was regarded as “the world's largest intranet." In 2010, Appian Cloud was accredited with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) low-level security by the U.S. Education Department. In 2013, it received FISMA Moderate Authorization and Accreditation from the General Services Administration (GSA). GSA procurement offices used Appian Cloud for acquisition planning.

In 2014, the company received $37.5 million in secondary investments from New Enterprise Associates, which was paid out to shareholders. In 2015, Ryder began using apps built by Appian to switch to paperless processing. The apps are used by customers during the checkout process and internally for truck maintenance records.

On May 25, 2017, the company became a publicly-traded company, trading under the symbol APPN on the NASDAQ Global Exchange. In May 2019, the company released Appian AI enabling artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in applications built on its platform. On January 7, 2020, it announced that it had acquired Novayre Solutions SL, developer of the Jidoka RPA platform. In March, the company updated the platform's AI and robotic process automation (RPA) capabilities.

Later in 2020, the company launched four apps to support businesses with COVID-19 concerns. The first is a health management app to help other businesses track workforce health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, by collecting information from employees and storing it in a HIPAA-compliant cloud. The app is called COVID-19 Response Management. A second app, Workforce Safety, was designed to help organizations reopen their offices. The third helps banks accept and manage Paycheck Protection Program loan applications. That app includes AI-powered intelligent document processing. The fourth app, CampusPass, helps educational campuses collect COVID-19 related data about individuals and coordinate health and safety guidelines across academic communities. The app was created in partnership with the University of South Florida to help plan for students returning to campus during the 2020 pandemic.

Low-code automation platform
Appian offers a low-code automation platform with a visual interface and pre-built development modules. As of August 2020, it was the only pure-play provider of low-code software. Companies can use the platform to reduce the time it takes to build, deploy, and update applications with the help of AI tools and bots. The platform protects privacy and security with its HIPAA-compliant cloud. The platform includes Appian AI and Appian RPA.

Frameworks
Appian also sells pre-built frameworks. During the COVID-19 pandemic Appian developed apps that facilitate return-to-work protocols at a workplace and academic institutions. Others include a framework for government organizations to manage the acquisition process, institutional onboarding, and intelligent document processing. .