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Text

Logo: Text (company), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

AI customer service software company

Text (WSE: TXT), previously known as LiveChat Software, is a Polish software company specializing in customer service and artificial intelligence solutions. Based in Wrocław, it offers a suite of tools for B2B and B2C communication, including popular platforms like Text, LiveChat, ChatBot, and HelpDesk. The company is publicly listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.2 It was founded by Mariusz Ciepły.1 Its chief executive is Mariusz Ciepły (since 2010).1 It employed 268 people in 2024.1 Its revenue was PLN 223 million in 2021.1 Its products include OpenWidget and KnowledgeBase.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jun 11, 2002Founded1
  • IndustrySaaS, artificial intelligence, software as a service, software industry1
  • HeadquartersWrocław1
  • Websiteinvestor.text.com
  • Legal formspółka akcyjna1
  • Listed onWarsaw Stock Exchange (TXT)1
  • LEI259400W35VF4Q1XFFE113
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressWROCŁAW ZWYCIĘSKA 47, 53-033 Wrocław, Poland3
  • Registered withMinistry of Justice, 00002907563
Text office building
Photo: Agnieszka Jaśkiewicz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Text (WSE: TXT), previously known as LiveChat Software, is a Polish software company specializing in customer service and artificial intelligence solutions. Based in Wrocław, it offers a suite of tools for B2B and B2C communication, including popular platforms like Text, LiveChat, ChatBot, and HelpDesk. The company is publicly listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.2

The story

Founded by Mariusz Ciepły on Jun 11, 2002.1

Founded in 2002 as LiveChat Sp. z o.o. (LLC) in Wrocław, Poland, the company initially focused on live chat solutions for businesses. In October 2007, it transitioned into a stock company.

In October 2006, 50% of the company stock was bought by Capital Partners S.A., an investment and consulting firm publicly listed at the Warsaw Stock Exchange. In February 2008 Capital Partners S.A. decided to follow its strategy of having fewer companies but larger individual transactions and sold its entire stake along with another 13% of company stock to another publicly listed company, Gadu-Gadu S.A. This way LiveChat Software became another Polish company in Naspers capital group, joining Gadu-Gadu and Allegro.pl.

In January 2011, the management team sought to get back a controlling equity stake in the company and started a management buyout. After Naspers agreed in June 2011 to sell its entire stake, the founders joined with private equity firm Tar Heel Capital to finalize the buyout of the 60% stake. After the transaction was completed in September 2011, the founders own 60% of the stake, while Tar Heel Capital owns 40% of the company.

LiveChat Software was introduced to the Warsaw Stock Exchange in April 2014 with the symbol LVC.

In 2023, the company changed its name from "LiveChat Software" to "Text" to reflect its expanded product offering and focus on artificial intelligence and e-commerce. It has offices in Wrocław and Boston, Massachusetts, with a global customer base.

From Wikipedia’s article on Text (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Text, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

20052010201520202025
Board members and other officers (1)

Products and brands

  • ChatBot
  • HelpDesk
  • KnowledgeBase
  • LiveChat
  • OpenWidget
  • Text

Listed on Wikidata.1

Text

Text is an integrated suite of customer service and sales products, including selling AI agents. It integrates with Shopify, Webflow and WhatsApp, among other services. In 2026, Text won the MarTech Breakthrough Award, being named the Retail Technology Solution of the Year.

LiveChat

LiveChat is live support software and help desk software used by companies to communicate with customers using multiple channels: online chat on the website and inside mobile applications, email, and social media, such as Facebook Messenger.

ChatBot

ChatBot is a software platform for creating chatbots for business use, released in August 2017. It constructs bots that can integrate with services including Facebook Messenger, LiveChat, Skype, KiK, Slack, Twitter and YouTube.

In 2020, the number of ChatBot clients reached 1,000, including UEFA, Unilever, HTC, Kayak, Danone, Moody's, and GM. ChatBot supports multiple non-profit organizations, including: European Mentoring and Coaching Council, Musculoskeletal Australia, Operation Kindness and Tinnitus UK. It is mainly used for connecting and engaging with communities, and fundraising.

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History

ChatBot (BotEngine) has its origins in a research project created by the company Text (formerly LiveChat Software), which won with this project at hackathon in 2016. In August 2017, LiveChat launched a beta version of the BotEngine chatbots build platform.

In September 2017, LiveChat integrated with BotEngine. ChatBot, in its current form, was launched on February 21, 2018. In March 2018, BotEngine was released from its beta version. Later that year, the product was rebranded to ChatBot, following the purchase of the chatbot.com domain. In October 2019, ChatBot added a feature to collect customized data about visitors who interacted with bots on websites or Facebook. In May 2020, ChatBot in partnership with Infermedica, launched COVID-19 Risk Assessment ChatBot.

In March 2021, ChatBot launched a new version of Visual Builder.

HelpDesk

HelpDesk is a system for tracking, prioritizing, and resolving customer support tickets. Customers can send messages to companies through email. Team members can create tickets if customer queries came from other communication channels, such as LiveChat, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or a phone call.

All inquiries are collected as tickets and assigned statuses and categories within the application. The application stores customer profiles and the history of their previous messages.

Knowledge Base

Knowledge Base is a tool that builds a self-service help center. It can be used both as an internal database for agents and an external public help center for customers. The internal widget is equipped with AI support that suggests articles to answer customer queries.

OpenWidget

OpenWidget is a free website widget and plugin software product. It was launched in November 2022. It allows users to add functionality to an existing website using pre-defined apps, such as contact and feedback forms, product reviews and recommendations, and frequently asked questions templates. These widgets integrate with ecommerce platforms, such as Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, and website builders, such as WordPress. The authors claim "using AI for ecommerce personalization" to be their mission.

Past products

Products offered in the past, but currently discontinued are GG Pro (which was a corporate instant messenger) and Chat Server, which was a chat software for moderated chat rooms. Besides developing and selling communication solutions, from 2004–2010, LiveChat Software was the owner of one of the first Polish online chat portals, POLChat.

Another product offered by the company was chat.io. It was a chat widget for websites, apps, and social messaging with message sneak peeks, agent ratings, and chat routing. It allowed integrations with multiple communication channels, like Facebook Messenger. The chat.io platform provided APIs to allow developers to build features atop the current offering. The product was discontinued and became a part of LiveChat.

From Wikipedia’s article on Text (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20242681

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 2021223.0M PLN1

Net income

Text net income by year1164.4M PLN in 2024+38% since 2021
050.0M PLN100.0M PLN150.0M PLN200.0M PLN2021: 119.0M PLN119.0M PLN20212022: 155.0M PLN155.0M PLN2022+30%2023: 167.0M PLN167.0M PLN2023+8%2024: 164.4M PLN164.4M PLN2024−2%
  • 2024164.4M PLN1
  • 2023167.0M PLN1
  • 2022155.0M PLN1
  • 2021119.0M PLN1

Timeline

  1. Sep 2023Renamed Name changed to Text S.A.1
  2. Sep 2023Went public Listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange1
  3. Apr 2014Went public Listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange1
  4. 2010New chief executive Mariusz Ciepły becomes CEO1
  5. Jun 11, 2002Founded Founded1

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