Parse

Document extraction tool that converts files into structured, citation-ready JSON.

Also known as Z-Stack

Key facts

Founded by: Tikhon Bernstam
Alumni: Charity Majors, Infrastructure (about 3.5 years, before and after the Facebook acquisition)
Launched by: Meta, open-sourced the entire project
Capabilities: Handled backend and server-side work for mobile apps so developers could focus on native client code
Acquired by: Meta

Results and examples shared in single talks

Roughly 10 times faster to make mobile applications 14:33 The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces
Raised $1.5 million in seed funding and $5.5 million in Series A funding; $7 million total 21:50 The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces

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20172 events

as of Sep 2017Launch
Meta launched Parse
open-sourced the entire project
“Facebook finally open-sourced the entire project” 25:19
Unverified1 source· Talk
as of Sep 2017Capability
Handled backend and server-side work for mobile apps so developers could focus on native client code
“Parse took care of that whole second part of the stack” 14:33
Unverified1 source· Talk

20131 event

2013Acquired
Meta acquired Parse
“Facebook acquired the company in 2013” 22:21
Unverified1 source· Talk

20111 event

2011Founded
Tikhon Bernstam founded Parse
“James and I ... were coding and working on the prototype” 8:19
Unverified1 source· Talk

Undated1 event

undatedPeople
Charity Majors previously at Parse
Infrastructure (about 3.5 years, before and after the Facebook acquisition)
Verified1 source· Web· archived

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