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Lucid
Discover what Lucid is and how its visual collaboration suite supports diagramming, planning, and teamwork across teams.
What is Lucid?
Lucid is a visual collaboration platform that helps teams brainstorm, plan, design, build, and launch solutions together on a shared, infinite canvas. It supports activities like Agile planning, sprint planning, system architecture, strategic planning, and collaborative selling.
The platform includes an end-to-end Visual Collaboration Suite: a virtual whiteboard, smart diagramming tools, and cloud visualization. For security, Lucid offers an Enterprise Shield add-on for authorized accounts, along with services and support for custom solutions. It also provides over 100 integrations.
Lucid’s platform emphasizes teamwork, innovation, autonomy, and excellence. It was co-founded by Ben Dilts and Karl Sun, and the company continues to expand its product suite to help millions of users collaborate visually.
Who created Lucid?
Lucid was founded in 2010 by Karl Sun, Dat Nguyen, Nick Gavronsky, and David Hsu. The company is known for its data analytics and collaboration software, with its flagship product being Lucidchart, a tool for collaborative diagramming. Karl Sun, the CEO, has led the company through significant growth in the visualization and productivity space.
What is Lucid used for?
- Creating documentation
- Strategic planning
- Optimizing processes
- Mapping timelines and workflows
- Big room planning sessions
- Conducting retrospectives
- Designing organizational structures
- Collaborative selling
- Marketing planning
- RevOps/MarTech strategy design
- Agile planning
- Product roadmaps
- Sprint planning
- Software design
- Data mapping
- System architecture
Who is Lucid for?
- Product and UX professionals
- Engineers and IT professionals
- Project managers
- Teams in Ops, HR, finance, and executive roles
- Tech and network teams
- Logistics teams
- Development teams in the go-to-market sector
How to use Lucid?
- Define your goal: Identify what you need Lucid for — agile planning, software design, system mapping, project management, strategy, or collaborative selling.
- Use the core tools: Take advantage of the virtual whiteboard, smart diagramming, and cloud visualization to simplify complex ideas and processes.
- Collaborate: Share the visuals you create so team members can work together and stay aligned.
- Communicate visually: Use Lucid’s storytelling features to convey your message clearly.
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