Apify
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Software |
Founded | 2016 |
Founder | Jan Čurn and Jakub Balada |
Headquarters | Prague , Czech Republic |
Number of locations | 1 |
Revenue | €6.7 million in 2023[1] |
Number of employees | 25-49[2] |
Website | https://apify.com/ |
Apify is a web scraping platform for extracting data from websites and automating workflows a human would otherwise complete manually in an internet browser. It has over 3,000 serverless cloud programs[3] called Actors that carry out specific functions, such as a Google Trends scraper[4] and website content crawler.[5] Its clients include Siemens, Decathlon, T-Mobile, Groupon, Accenture, Microsoft, and the European Commission.[6][7][8]
History
Apify (originally named Apifier) began as a project in 2015 when its founders Jan Čurn and Jakub Balada participated in the first batch of the Y Combinator Fellowship program.[9] The company was incorporated as Apifier s.r.o. on February 15, 2016.[10] The company changed its name to Apify in October 2017.[11] In 2021, Apify ranked 14th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe 2021.[12]
From 2019 to 2024, Apify bootstrapped its growth.[13] In 2024, Apify received €2.8 million in funding from J&T Ventures and others.[14] [15]
While the company grew rapidly during the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2022, Apify had to lay off employees when the cooling venture capital market and rising central bank interest rates preempted an anticipated investment round.[16]
With the public release of ChatGPT, companies using Apify's tools for AI training has become one of its key markets.[17]
In 2023, Apify was ranked as the 187th fastest-growing European company in the Financial Times ranking.[18] In 2024, CzechCrunch named it as one of its "10 Hot Startups" for 2024.[19]
Products
Apify's main products are the following:
See also
References
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- ^ "7 Best Pytrends Alternatives & Competitors". Exploding Topics. 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Apify - Qdrant". qdrant.tech. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Brejčák, Peter (2024-12-12). "Nepřesvědčili investory, miliardové ambice tak vystřídalo propouštění. Z krize ale udělali příležitost". CzechCrunch (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Do Apify přiteklo 70 milionů korun. Pražský startup se chce stát dalším českým jednorožcem". Hrot24.cz (in Czech). 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
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- ^ "Jakub and Honza × Reflex Capital". reflexcapital.com. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Veřejný rejstřík a Sbírka listin - Ministerstvo spravedlnosti České republiky". or.justice.cz. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
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- ^ "Technology Fast 50 2021". Deloitte Hungary. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Do Apify přiteklo 70 milionů korun. Pražský startup se chce stát dalším českým jednorožcem". Hrot24.cz (in Czech). 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Prague startup Apify raises €2.8M for AI data mining". Tech.eu. 2024-04-15. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Sedlák, Jan. "Čeští scrapeři webových dat Apify získali od J&T a Fryce desítky milionů na další expanzi". Lupa.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Brejčák, Peter (2024-12-12). "Nepřesvědčili investory, miliardové ambice tak vystřídalo propouštění. Z krize ale udělali příležitost". CzechCrunch (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Loucký, Milan. "CFO pod lupou: Dušan Antoš, Apify - CFOworld.cz". CFOworld (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Kilby, Nathalie (2023-03-01). "FT 1000: the seventh annual ranking of Europe's fastest-growing companies". ft.com. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "5. Apify - StartupAwards 2024". CzechCrunch (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Bedřich, Václav (2019-09-23). "Sázka na data. Miliardář Fryc kupuje za desítky milionů korun další podíl v českém startupu Apify". CzechCrunch (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Apify - Qdrant". qdrant.tech. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Web Scraping with Crawlee: Step-By-Step Tutorial". Bright Data. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Crawlee for Python Tutorial with Examples | ScrapingAnt". scrapingant.com. 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-12-23.