# Google Wave

Closed (down). Founded 2009-05-27. Closed 2012-04-30.
Site: wave.google.com

Preview 2009, end of life 2012. Docs, Chat, and Figma each took a piece of the idea.

## Why it lasted
- A demo that looked like the future of email. Too many cursors. Not enough job-to-be-done.

## Near deaths
- The 2009 I/O demo was the peak. Confusion was the product after that.

## What would finish it
- Google. Wave was a research demo that escaped into production without a user.

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