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A Platform for Digital-First Customer Engagement

Where communities, social, and care converge — powered by AI that understands every customer voice across every channel.

OUR STORY

Two heritages. One powerful bridge.

Khoros exists because two companies refused to pick a lane.

When Lithium Technologies — the pioneer of online brand communities since 2001 — merged with Spredfast, a leader in social media management, something unexpected happened. Instead of consolidating around a single discipline, they built a bridge.

Suddenly, brands could hear every customer voice — in communities, on social, through messaging, in care — and see them all at once. Not as separate channels. As one coherent picture. That philosophy didn’t come from a strategy deck. It came from two heritages colliding and refusing to choose between them.

For over 25 years, that’s been Khoros’s competitive advantage.

While every other platform optimized for a specific lane, Khoros connected them. This isn’t a feature list. It’s a fundamental difference in how we think about customer engagement.

Your community members are also on social. Your support tickets tell the same story as your review comments. Your most engaged customers show up everywhere. Khoros was built to see that.

THE IGNITETECH EFFECT

Transformation in numbers

In 2025, IgniteTech acquired Khoros and saw what we’d always known: this bridge we built was exactly what the future needed. Since day one, the results have spoken for themselves.

60%

Faster support resolution times

97%

Reduction in platform downtime

82%

Engineering backlog cleared

25+

Years of engagement expertise

WHAT'S NEXT

The future is AI-First engagement that actually works

This isn’t a technology upgrade.

IgniteTech’s vision for Khoros means applying cutting-edge AI across all three dimensions of how customers engage — thinking, feeling, and doing — without siloing any of it. The bridge we built between community and social now extends into every channel, every interaction, every moment that matters.

We made that case directly to customers. The ongoing transformation underscores what we promised, and what we continue to deliver.This isn’t a technology upgrade. It’s a fundamental shift in what’s possible when you refuse to choose between channels and let AI connect them instead.

Effortless Complexity

Your most complex customer conversations become effortless, powered by AI that understands context across every touchpoint.

Communities With Soul

Communities scale without losing their soul — AI preserves the human connection while handling the volume.

Connected Stack

Every platform in your stack understands every other one. That's not on the roadmap — that's what we're building right now.

OUR JOURNEY

Pioneering digital customer engagement

Expertise rooted in a long history of pioneering the science of digital customer engagement.

2026
Khoros.ai is born — Aurora AI and Iris® AI are delivered, ushering in a new era of AI-first engagement.
2025
IgniteTech acquires Khoros, igniting a bold new AI-first chapter with immediate transformative results.
2022
Recognized across 7 industry awards including TrustRadius Top Rated, MarTech Breakthrough, Stevie Awards, and Data Quadrant Leader.
2021
Named a Leader by both Forrester (Social Suites) and IDC MarketScape (Community Platforms).
2019
Spredfast and Lithium formally announce their new name: Khoros — a unified brand for a unified platform.
2018
Vista Equity Partners acquires Spredfast and merges it with Lithium — bringing two customer engagement powerhouses together.
2017
Vista Equity Partners acquires Lithium Technologies.
2008
Spredfast founded — a new vision for social media management takes shape.
2001
Lithium Technologies founded — pioneering the era of online brand communities.

Ready to see what's possible?

For brands that understand engagement deeply — that know their customers show up everywhere and expect to be recognized everywhere — Khoros is becoming indispensable.

About Khoros

Khoros exists because two companies refused to pick a lane. When Lithium Technologies – the pioneer of online brand communities since 2001 – merged with Spredfast, a leader in social media management, something unexpected happened. Instead of consolidating around a single discipline, they built a bridge. Suddenly, brands could hear every customer voice – in communities, on social, through messaging, in care – and see them all at once. Not as separate channels. As one coherent picture. That philosophy didn’t come from a strategy deck. It came from two heritages colliding and refusing to choose between them.

For over 25 years, that’s been Khoros’s competitive advantage. While every other platform optimized for a specific lane, Khoros connected them. This isn’t a feature list. It’s a fundamental difference in how we think about customer engagement. Your community members are also on social. Your support tickets tell the same story as your review comments. Your most engaged customers show up everywhere. Khoros was built to see that.

In 2025, IgniteTech acquired Khoros and saw what we’d always known: this bridge we built was exactly what the future needed. We made that case directly to customers. The ongoing transformation underscores what we promised, and what we continue to deliver. Support resolution times have dropped 60%. Platform downtime has fallen by 97%. Engineering has cleared an 82% backlog. But the real story isn’t in the numbers. It’s in what comes next. IRIS® AI unifies care and social marketing across every channel in a single, coherent view. Aurora AI brings AI-driven intelligence to our community heritage – Answer Assist ensuring no question goes unanswered, AI Moderation protecting communities at scale. We’re not just optimizing what Khoros was. We’re building what it was always meant to become.

The Future of Khoros

The next chapter is about AI-first engagement that actually works. IgniteTech’s vision for Khoros means applying cutting-edge AI across all three dimensions of how customers engage – thinking, feeling, and doing – without siloing any of it. The bridge we built between community and social now extends into every channel, every interaction, every moment that matters. This isn’t a technology upgrade. It’s a fundamental shift in what’s possible when you refuse to choose between channels and let AI connect them instead.

For brands that understand engagement deeply – that know their customers show up everywhere and expect to be recognized everywhere – Khoros is becoming indispensable. We’re building toward a future where your most complex customer conversations are effortless, where communities scale without losing their soul, and where every platform in your stack understands every other one. That’s not on the roadmap. That’s what we’re building right now.

History of Khoros

Khoros is building the future with expertise rooted in a long history of pioneering the science of digital customer engagement

2026 Khoros.ai is born — Aurora AI and Iris® AI are delivered
2025 IgniteTech acquires Khoros, igniting a bold new AI-first chapter
2022 Recognized across 7 industry awards including TrustRadius Top Rated, MarTech Breakthrough, Stevie Awards, and Data Quadrant Leader
2021 Named a Leader by both Forrester (Social Suites) and IDC MarketScape (Community Platforms)
2019 Spredfast and Lithium formally announce their new name: Khoros
2018 Vista Equity Partners acquires Spredfast, merges with Lithium
2017 Vista Equity Partners acquires Lithium
2008 Spredfast founded
2001 Lithium Technologies founded