Misplaced Pages

Apify

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by KMaster888 (talk | contribs) at 03:57, 1 January 2025 (ce). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Revision as of 03:57, 1 January 2025 by KMaster888 (talk | contribs) (ce)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
An editor has nominated this article for deletion.
You are welcome to participate in the deletion discussion, which will decide whether or not to retain it.Feel free to improve the article, but do not remove this notice before the discussion is closed. For more information, see the guide to deletion.
Find sources: "Apify" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR%5B%5BWikipedia%3AArticles+for+deletion%2FApify%5D%5DAFD
Apify
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded2016
FounderJan Čurn and Jakub Balada
HeadquartersPrague, Czech Republic
Number of locations1
Revenue€6.7 million in 2023
Number of employees25-49
Websitehttps://apify.com/

Apify is a web scraping platform for extracting data from websites and automating workflows a human would otherwise complete manually in a web browser. It has over 3,000 serverless cloud programs called Actors that carry out specific functions, such as a Google Trends scraper and website content crawler. Its clients include Siemens, Decathlon, T-Mobile, Groupon, Accenture, Microsoft, and the European Commission.

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. The company was incorporated as Apifier s.r.o. on February 15, 2016. The company changed its name to Apify in October 2017. In 2021, Apify ranked 14th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe 2021. As of 2022, 60% of Apify's revenue was U.S.-based.

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

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.

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

The company releases an annual Black Friday report on deceptive discounting practices by businesses.

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

Products

Apify's main products are the following:

  • Apify platform
  • Website Content Crawler
  • Crawlee
  • Crawlee for Python

See also

References

  1. "Prague startup Apify raises €2.8M for AI data mining - tech.eu". tech.eu. 15 April 2024. 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.
Categories: