OverviewAI-generated
Scribd is an online document library founded in 2007 by Jared Friedman, based in San Francisco, United States. It has been described as the world's largest online library, with around 300 employees. The company remains active and is classified under SEC EDGAR with the entity type 'other,' incorporated in Delaware; its latest filing, a Form D, was recorded on 25 November 2019.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, SEC EDGAR, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Website.name
- Scribd, Inc.
- Website.logo
- frameless|class=skin-invert
- Website.logocaption
- Logo used since February 26, 2025
- Website.location
- San Francisco, California, U.S.
- Website.services
- Social reading and publishing platform
- Website.subsid
- SlideShare Everand
- Website.language
- English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish
- Website.company_type
- Private
- Website.founder
- Trip Adler Jared Friedman Tikhon Bernstam
- Website.CEO
- Tony Grimminck
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 2007
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.431519.b · ISNI 0000 0000 8621 7147
Official website
Scribd: Home to the world's documents.
Get the world's best ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, magazines, documents, and more. Find anywhere else. Home to the world's documents, 300M+ and counting.
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Described at
Scribd: World's largest online library. | Y Combinator
World's largest online library. Founded in 2007 by Jared Friedman, Scribd has 300 employees based in San Francisco.
ycombinator.com →Scribd gives you access to millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, podcasts, and more — all in one place, for one price. OUR VISION Inspire the world through stories and knowledge. OUR MISSION Build the largest and most accessible library connecting storytellers with their audience. If you love working with smart, motivated people, you’ll love working at Scribd. We value our employees, we demonstrate accountability, and we take action. We’re one team with a common goal: helping our customers flourish. Jared dropped out Harvard and started Scribd which was in YC's S06 batch. He joined YC in 2015. Jared dropped out Harvard and started Scribd which was in YC's S06 batch. He joined YC in 2015.
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- San Francisco
- Industry
- publishing
- Legal form
- privately held company
- Official website
- www.scribd.com
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- search formatter URL
- scribd.com/search?query=$1
- inception
- 2006-03-00
- Alexa rank
- 210
- Commons category
- Scribd
- described at URL
- www.ycombinator.com/companies/356
- social media followers
- 84466
- language used
- Portuguese
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Español
Scribd (pronunciado ˈskrɪbd) es un sitio web para compartir documentos que permite a los usuarios publicar archivos de diversos formatos e incrustarlos en una página web utilizando su formato iPaper. Scribd fue fundada por en 2006. Los competidores más notorios de Scribd son e Issuu. El servicio de suscripción de libros electrónicos de Scribd está disponible en teléfonos inteligentes y tabletas con Android e iOS, así como en Kindle Fire, Nook y computadoras personales. Los suscriptores pueden acceder a libros ilimitados al mes de 1,000 editoriales, incluidos Bloomsbury, Harlequin, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lonely Planet, Macmillan, Perseus Book Group, Simon & Schuster, Wiley y Workman. Scribd tiene 80 millones de usuarios y se le conoce como "Netflix para libros".
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