Twist and Shout, Inc. was an American software company based in San Francisco, California and founded in 2011. Its main product was a mobile application called Twist which allowed users to share their estimated time of arrival (ETA) and real-time GPS location while traveling.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

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Twist closed its doors on April 1, 2014.^[6]

Twist and Shout, Inc. was founded by Bill Lee, Mike Belshe, Frank VanZile and Edward Marks.^[7] Twist and Shout, Inc. collected $6 million in venture capital funds ^[when?] from Bridgescale Partners, Eric Hahn, Jeff Skoll, Bill Lee and Mike Belshe.^[1][8]

Twist and Shout's advisors included David Sacks, CEO of Yammer, Matthew Cowan, Bridgescale Partners Managing Director, and Eric Hahn, Inventures Group Partner.^[5] The Twist website and mobile application team included engineers from MIT, Apple, Google and Stanford.^[9]

The concept for the mobile application called Twist, came from co-founder and CEO Bill Lee.^[10] Twist adjusted to user transportation modes such as driving, public transit or walking, and allowed private sharing of estimated arrival times with others.^[11] Twist functioned on a user's phone and integrated with their calendar, contacts, email, chat and Google Map features.^[9][12][13] Twist incorporated traffic conditions into its arrival time calculations.^[14] The service was free and was advertisement-free.^[15] It was available in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom,^[15] and was compatible with both iPhones and Android phones.^[16]