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Aha!
Company typePrivate
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IndustrySoftware
Founded2013
HeadquartersMenlo Park, California
Area served
Global
Key people
Brian de Haaff (CEO)
Chris Waters (CTO)
Websitewww.aha.io

Aha! is a cloud-based software company that provides product development software for companies in the United States and internationally. Aha! offers Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products for organizations to set strategy, ideate, plan, showcase, build, and launch new products and enhancements.

The Aha! suite of products cater to Product managers (PMs), engineers, and product development teams involved in innovation management programs, portfolio management, product marketing, and operations. These tools aim to streamline the process of bringing ideas from concept to market.

As of 2024, more than one million product builders[1] reportedly use the Aha! suite of products.

Capabilities

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Aha! is a software suite designed to support users in their approach to developing and delivering products and services. The suite includes tools such as Aha! Roadmaps, Aha! Ideas, Aha! Whiteboards, Aha! Knowledge, and Aha! Develop.[2]

The platform aims to facilitate the product development process, offering functionalities that allow teams to collaboratively conceptualize, capture ideas, devise product strategies, manage agile development, and introduce new features to the market.

Aha! claims their software enables users to establish links between strategic goals and tasks, create visual roadmaps outlining future plans, and monitor business objectives during product management and development.[citation needed]

Aha! offers integration with Jira,[3][4] GitHub,[5] Azure DevOps Server,[6] Pivotal Tracker, Trello, FogBugz, Jellyfish,[7] Redmine, Zendesk,[8] Salesforce, Google Analytics, and Slack and has a rest-based API.

Through its subsidiary, Aha! Apps, they allow integration into Microsoft cloud services thanks to the extended partner agreement.

They also offer mobile applications for iPhone and Android[9] and are partners with Microsoft, Github and HP.

History

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Aha! is a self-funded, private company, founded by Brian de Haaff and Dr. Chris Waters[10] in the spring of 2013[11] in Menlo Park, California.[12] They have no centralized headquarters, and employees work remotely[13] from the United States and some international locations.

In 2017, Aha! co-founder and CEO Brian de Haaff released the book Lovability,[14] sharing his philosophy on building businesses and products.

In 2019 and 2020, Aha! expanded their road-mapping software to target marketing, IT, services, project management, and business operations users.

In October 2020, Aha! launched Aha! Ideas,[15] aiming to give teams a way to crowdsource ideas from customers, employees, and partners into their product plans. In May 2021, the company released Aha! Develop,[16] a development tool for engineering teams.

In 2022, Aha! introduced a digital notebook[17] for product builders. Aha! Notebooks[18] aims to give teams the ability to collaborate on documentation and concepts. The company also announced that they surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR)[19] and launched The Bootstrap Movement, which aims to facilitate sustainable business growth using self-reliance and value exchange, rather than outside funding.

The company claims to have donated more than $1 million[20] through its philanthropic giving program, Aha! Cares.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Roadmap Software for Every Team". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  2. ^ "Aha! Suite — Everything You Need to Build Lovable Software". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  3. ^ "Aha! Visual Product Roadmaps | Atlassian Marketplace". marketplace.atlassian.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  4. ^ "Aha! Launches Visual Product Roadmaps for JIRA". Reuters. 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2016-05-12.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Install Aha! · GitHub Integrations Directory". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  6. ^ "Aha! -- Visual Product Roadmaps | Visual Studio Marketplace". marketplace.visualstudio.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  7. ^ "Jellyfish value stream management tool busts bottlenecks | TechTarget". Software Quality. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  8. ^ "Aha with Zendesk - Apps into Zendesk Help Desk". www.zendesk.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  9. ^ "Roadmap Software Mobile App".
  10. ^ Journal, Lauren Weber and Chip Cutter | Photographs by Caleb Alvarado for The Wall Street (2022-02-23). "Some Companies Ditch Annual Raises and Review Worker Pay More Often". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  11. ^ "New SaaS startup Aha! aims to make building great products easier". TechWorld. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  12. ^ "Aha! streamlines development with cloud-based project management platform". PCWorld. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  13. ^ "10 companies that will let you work from home and are hiring now". Scripps News. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  14. ^ "Lovability Book by Brian de Haaff". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  15. ^ "Aha! Ideas — Comprehensive Idea Management Software". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  16. ^ "Aha! Develop — A Fully Extendable Agile Development Tool — Build Your Way". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  17. ^ "Introducing Aha! Create — Your New Digital Notebook". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  18. ^ "Aha! Notebooks — Create beautiful documents and whiteboards". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  19. ^ "Why the CEO of Aha! rejected the venture capital model and thinks more founders should do the same". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  20. ^ "Aha! Commits $400,000 to Charitable Giving in 2022". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
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