Laughing Squid is a blog featuring art, culture, and technology, as well as a web hosting company^[1] based out of New York City, New York.^[2]

Laughing Squid was founded on November 16, 1995^[3] in San Francisco, California as a film and video production company by Scott Beale, producing documentaries, including Alonso G. Smith, A Half Century of Social Surrealism^[4] about San Francisco Bay Area surrealist painter Alonso Smith and You’d Better Watch Out: Portland Santacon ’96^[5] about the SantaCon event in Portland, OR organized by the San Francisco Cacophony Society in 1996.

In 1996, Laughing Squid launched The Squid List, a San Francisco Bay Area art and culture events calendar and email list that was decommissioned in 2013.^[6][2]

In 1998, Laughing Squid launched a web hosting company Laughing Squid Hosting.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, Laughing Squid became an LLC with John Law and David Klass joining as partners.^{[citation needed]}

The blog launched in 2003.^[7]

Laughing Squid sponsored the back of Frank Chu's sign from 2009 to 2013.^[8]

In 2010, the company moved its headquarters to New York City, New York.

The Laughing Squid blog is run by founder Scott Beale, who is Publisher and Editor-In-Chief. He is joined by Contributing Editor Lori Dorn.^[9]

• 2011 Webby Award: Web (Blog - Cultural) - People's Voice^[10]