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Appian
Other B2B Software · McLean, United States · Founded 1999 · IPO 2017 Unicorn
Appian mafia
Startups founded by Appian alumni
Former Appian employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Sharam Fouladgar-MercerUnited States
Ekaterina KuznetsovaUnited States
Marc ManaraUnited States
Sam GongUnited States
Dana LevineUnited States
Eric KrupskiUnited States
Mike BursellUnited States
John B. AlthouseUnited States
Adam SommerUnited StatesGlobal footprint
Where Appian has talent and traffic
(5 of 2,473 staff)
across markets
Patent intelligence
$2M patent portfolio · 20 active families
Where Appian concentrates vs peers
Each axis is a top-10 topic across Appian and its closest peers. #1 = 100, #10 = 10, absent = 0.
Source: Dealroom Patent Intelligence · Patsnap. Request a demo for the full per-sub-category breakdown, individual records, and quality-score history.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Appian
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Appian on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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Live deal flow, founder pedigree, hiring signals, revenue trajectory, and the full cap table.