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Apify

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Apify
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded2016
FounderJan 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]
Websitehttps://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]

History

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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.[6] The company was incorporated as Apifier s.r.o. on February 15, 2016.[7] The company changed its name to Apify in October 2017.[8] In 2024, Apify received €2.8 million in funding from J&T Ventures and others.[9] In 2021, Apify ranked 14th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe 2021.[10] In 2023, Apify was ranked as the 187th fastest-growing European company in the Financial Times ranking.[11]

Products

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Apify's main products are the following:

  • Apify platform[12]
  • Website Content Crawler[13]
  • Crawlee[14]
  • Crawlee for Python[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Prague startup Apify raises €2.8M for AI data mining - tech.eu". tech.eu. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  2. ^ "Apify Technologies s.r.o." Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  3. ^ "Apify Review & Alternatives (2024)". AI Agents Directory. 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  4. ^ "7 Best Pytrends Alternatives & Competitors". Exploding Topics. 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  5. ^ "Apify - Qdrant". qdrant.tech. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  6. ^ "Jakub and Honza × Reflex Capital". reflexcapital.com. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  7. ^ "Veřejný rejstřík a Sbírka listin - Ministerstvo spravedlnosti České republiky". or.justice.cz. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  8. ^ "Veřejný rejstřík a Sbírka listin - Ministerstvo spravedlnosti České republiky". or.justice.cz. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  9. ^ "Prague startup Apify raises €2.8M for AI data mining". Tech.eu. 2024-04-15. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  10. ^ "Technology Fast 50 2021". Deloitte Hungary. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  11. ^ Kilby, Nathalie (2023-03-01). "FT 1000: the seventh annual ranking of Europe's fastest-growing companies". ft.com. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Apify - Qdrant". qdrant.tech. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  14. ^ "Web Scraping with Crawlee: Step-By-Step Tutorial". Bright Data. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  15. ^ "Crawlee for Python Tutorial with Examples | ScrapingAnt". scrapingant.com. 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-12-23.