'''VisiCorp''' was an early personal computer software publisher. Its most famous products are [[VisiOn]] and [[VisiCalc]].

It was founded in 1976 by [[Dan Fylstra]] and [[Peter R. Jennings]] as Personal Software, and first published Jennings' [[Microchess]] program for the [[MOS Technology]] [[KIM-1]] computer, and later [[Commodore PET]] and [[Apple II]] versions.   It later published a wider variety of games and some applications programs.  In 1979 it released VisiCalc, which would be so successful that in 1982 the company was renamed "VisiCorp".

:* VisiCalc was the first electronic [[spreadsheet]] for personal computers, developed by [[Software Arts]] and published by VisiCorp.
:* VisiOn was the first [[GUI]] for the IBM PC.

Early alumni of this company included [[Ed Esber]] who would later run [[Ashton-Tate]], [[Bill Coleman]] who would found [[BEA Systems]], [[Mitch Kapor]] founder of [[Lotus Software]] and the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], Rich Melmon who would co-found [[Electronic Arts]], Bruce Wallace author of [[Asteroids_%28arcade_game%29#Games_featuring_Asteroids| Asteroids in Space]], and [[Brad Templeton]] who would found early dot-com [[Clarinet (company)]].

VisiCorp was sold to Paladin Software after a legal feud between [[Software Arts]] and VisiCorp.

== External links ==

* [http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/dick.rumelt/Docs/Cases/Visicorp.pdf VisiCorp 1978-1984 (Revised)] - A history of VisiCorp from the [[UCLA Anderson School of Management]].