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Brothers Abhishek and Anurag launch CACTUS to help ESL authors meet their publishing goals. Editage becomes CACTUS's flagship brand and starts offering high-quality English language editing.

CACTUS launches its first subsidiary in Tokyo to cater to its expanding customer base in Japan.
By mid-2020, CACTUS has offices in 10 cities across the world: Princeton, London, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Mumbai, and Taipei (sales partner).

CACTUS launches Cactus Life Sciences to offer specialized medical communication solutions to pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies.

CACTUS introduces Centers of Excellence, subject-specialized editorial teams led by a Managing Editor, to ensure the quality of edited papers.
Around the same time, CACTUS moves to a freelancer model and expands its editorial workforce to include specialists from the US, UK, Australia, and other parts of the world.

CACTUS launches ScienceTalks, a science media and community platform. A committee of researchers and science stakeholders comes together for the first ScienceTalks Symposium.
In 2019, ScienceTalks is launched in China in partnership with ScienceNet, one of China's most influential academic news and blogging platforms.

CACTUS launches Editage Insights, a repository of author resources, courses, and industry insights. This platform is available in four languages.

CACTUS gets picked as India's best (mid-size) workplace in a survey involving 219 such organizations.
Over the years, CACTUS has been recognized as a preferred organization to work for by several organizations.

CACTUS launches Blank:a, a magazine aimed to disseminate best practices among universities and institutes. Its online version is launched in English, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean in 2019. In 2021, Blank:a is rebranded as ScienceTalks Magazine.

CACTUS launches research communication services to help researchers, universities, publishers, and others distil and present their breakthroughs and disseminate it across global platforms. These services are later sold under the Impact Science brand and today as Digital Media Solutions under Editage.

CACTUS makes its first acquisition, a Denmark-based AI startup called UNSILO, to scale its tech offerings.

CACTUS releases two AI-powered platforms: Paperpal, which uses machine learning to help journals and authors carry out technical and language checks; and Researcher.Life, a suite of solutions to help researchers read the latest articles (R Discovery), find the right journals (Global Journal Database), and learn new skills (R Upskill).
In 2024, Researcher.Life features and products get folded into the Editage platform.

CACTUS embraces a remote-first setup and announces that any Cactizen can work from any place that makes them happy and more productive. Today, all roles at CACTUS are remote.

CACTUS launches a podcast delving into pivotal issues, emerging trends, and impactful technologies shaping the research world and academic publishing. In 2023, the podcast, hosted by Cactizen Nikesh Gosalia, is relaunched as Insights Xchange.

CACTUS acquires Mind the Graph, a SaaS platform with the world's largest scientifically accurate illustrations gallery, giving researchers and organizations access to automated, DIY science figures.

CACTUS launches THINK Academia, an initiative aimed at creating a better, safer, and more welcoming work environment for researchers. This platform is a result of a global survey on mental health among researchers, the largest and most diverse survey of its kind.

CACTUS goes live with Editage Grant in Japan to support early career researchers and provide them with a platform to nurture their academic journey.

CACTUS releases its Employer Brand Promise and tagline: Powering Research, Empowering People.

Editage hosts two leadership events - in Riyadh and Jeddah - where prominent Saudi researchers and academics discuss Vision 2030 milestones and how Editage can help achieve this by collaborating with researchers and research-based institutions.

Cactus Life Sciences acquires nspm and eluSCIdate, two medical communications and publications companies headquartered in Switzerland. This development allows Cactus Life Sciences to offer enhanced services for biopharma clients.

CACTUS brings its expert services and AI products under a unified Editage platform with the aim of improving the efficiency and productivity of researchers in scholarly communication and publication.

CACTUS appoints Akhilesh Ayer as its new Chief Executive Officer. Outgoing CEO Abhishek Goel takes on the role of Chief Mentor.