Batteries Included (BI) was a computer software and hardware company based in the Toronto area. It was best known in the 1980s for its popular PaperClip word processor, which was available for the Atari 8-bit family and Commodore. BI began as a small, family run retail shop, started by brothers Alan and Robbie Krofchick and their sister Marcie Swartz. Eventually, BI turned into an international, multimillion-dollar company. BI was sold to Electronic Arts in 1987.