Our History

There was never one standout moment when Doist officially became Doist. Technically, Doist was always there, but it was there in the background. The name was peppered in our app’s legal jargon, on our monthly invoices, and alongside the copyright symbol in our website’s footer.

Despite Doist’s relative anonymity, even amongst its own team, there was always a strong force tying everyone together. We were unified by our motivation to build outstanding products that improve people’s lives. We were proud of our ability to make remote work actually work, and that we were doing so independently. And, most importantly, we truly believed in Amir’s mission to solve fundamental problems that affect modern people and organizations across all cultures and places.

It wasn’t until the first company retreat in 2015 that the concept of Doist truly started to come to life. Many of the team members, having worked together for several years, met each other in-person for the very first time. There, the camaraderie and bonding solidified what it meant to be a Doister.

As time passes and as the Doist team grows, our commitment to creating a long-lasting legacy deepens. We’re running a marathon, not a sprint, and we know that achieving our goal requires many more years of dedicated work. We will continue to champion the remote-first cause while building a company whose two cornerstones are ambition and balance.

We don’t have an exit strategy–we have a mission to empower people for decades to come.

Doist’s (Condensed) Timeline

  • 2007: Amir creates Todoist while at university

  • 2011: Amir starts working on Todoist full-time; 1st hire is Olivia from the CX team

  • 2012: Launch of Todoist’s 1st mobile apps for iOS and Android

  • 2013: Release of Todoist Karma

  • 2014: “Todoist Next” and Todoist Business are launched; we began developing Twist

  • 2015: Todoist rebrand; 1st company retreat in Spain; Doist’s 1st acquisition (Jan & his Windows app, TaskCrunch); Todoist is selected by Google as an Editor’s Choice app & Apple as one of the best Mac apps for 2015; Doist team migrates all communication to Twist

  • 2016: Twist private beta is launched; 2nd company retreat in Iceland

  • 2017: Twist public launch; 3rd company retreat in Greece

  • 2018: Todoist hit 1 billion completed tasks; 4th company retreat in Chile

  • 2019: 5th company retreat in the Azores, Release of Todoist Foundations

  • 2022: 6th company retreat in Austria, which turned into Covidburg

  • 2023: U-turn back to profitability; 7th company retreat in Italy

  • 2024: 8th company retreat in an actual castle in Ireland

  • 2025: Amir shares IRL on how and why we are building a legendary company; 9th company retreat in Thailand


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