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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] Its clients include Siemens, Decathlon, T-Mobile, Groupon, Accenture, Microsoft, and the European Commission.[6][7][8]

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.[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] As of 2022, 60% of Apify's revenue was U.S.-based.[13]

From 2019 to 2024, Apify bootstrapped its growth.[14] In 2024, Apify received €2.8 million in funding from J&T Ventures and others.[15] [16]

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.[17]

With the public release of ChatGPT, companies using Apify's tools for AI training has become one of its key markets.[18][19]

The company releases an annual Black Friday report on deceptive discounting practices by businesses.[20][21][22]

In 2023, Apify was ranked as the 187th fastest-growing European company in the Financial Times ranking.[23] In 2024, CzechCrunch named it as one of its "10 Hot Startups" for 2024.[24]

Products

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Apify's main products are the following:

  • Apify platform[25]
  • Website Content Crawler[26]
  • Crawlee[27]
  • Crawlee for Python[28]

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. ^ Brejčák, Peter (2024-12-12). "Nepřesvědčili investory, miliardové ambice tak vystřídalo propouštění. Z krize ale udělali příležitost". CzechCrunch (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "E-shopy s falešnými slevami bude v EU hlídat český program". e15.cz (in Czech). 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  9. ^ "Jakub and Honza × Reflex Capital". reflexcapital.com. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  10. ^ "Veřejný rejstřík a Sbírka listin - Ministerstvo spravedlnosti České republiky". or.justice.cz. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  11. ^ "Veřejný rejstřík a Sbírka listin - Ministerstvo spravedlnosti České republiky". or.justice.cz. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  12. ^ "Technology Fast 50 2021". Deloitte Hungary. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  13. ^ "Hlavne to nepokaziť. Startupy Apify, Yieldigo a Memsource to majú našliapnuté do elitného klubu". www.trend.sk (in Slovak). 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Prague startup Apify raises €2.8M for AI data mining". Tech.eu. 2024-04-15. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Brejčák, Peter (2024-12-12). "Nepřesvědčili investory, miliardové ambice tak vystřídalo propouštění. Z krize ale udělali příležitost". CzechCrunch (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  18. ^ Loucký, Milan. "CFO pod lupou: Dušan Antoš, Apify - CFOworld.cz". CFOworld (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  19. ^ "Na Slovensku je regulácia umelej inteligencie mizivá. Prečo to tak je a aké sú pre a proti?". FonTech.sk (in Slovak). 2024-11-21. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  20. ^ "Fiktivní slevy: Nečistá hra se zákazníky". BusinessInfo.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  21. ^ "Pravda o slevách během Black Friday: e-shopy čarovaly s cenou, zjistila analýza | Aktuálně.cz". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (in Czech). 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  22. ^ Václavík, Lukáš. "Největší e-shopy na Černý pátek opět podváděly se slevami". Cnews.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  23. ^ Kilby, Nathalie (2023-03-01). "FT 1000: the seventh annual ranking of Europe's fastest-growing companies". ft.com. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  24. ^ "5. Apify - StartupAwards 2024". CzechCrunch (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ "Apify - Qdrant". qdrant.tech. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  27. ^ "Web Scraping with Crawlee: Step-By-Step Tutorial". Bright Data. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  28. ^ "Crawlee for Python Tutorial with Examples | ScrapingAnt". scrapingant.com. 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
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