Parse, Inc.: Difference between revisions

| location_city = [[Menlo Park, CACalifornia]], USAU.S.

| parent = [[Facebook, Inc.]]

| homepage = {{URL|http://parseplatformparse.orgcom/}}

'''Parse, Inc.''' was a [[mobilecompany backendacquired asby a[[Meta servicePlatforms|Meta]] platform(then originally developed by the provider Parse, Inc. The company was acquired bynamed Facebook) in 2013 and shut down in January 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Facebook Parse now lets you easily deploy mobile apps to Heroku|url = https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/22/facebook-parse-now-lets-you-easily-deploy-apps-to-heroku/|website = VentureBeat|accessdate = 2015-11-14|last = Novet|first = Jordan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Miners|first=Zach|title=Facebook buys Parse, gets into development tools business|url=httphttps://newswww.idgcio.nocom/cwarticle/art.cfm?id=A57A230F2386383/facebook-BB7Cbuys-8121parse-7AD251EE551AF741-gets-into-development-tools-business.html}}</ref> They developed a [[MBaaS]] platform, Parse. Following the announcement in 2016 of the impending shutdown, the platform was subsequently [[open sourced]].

SinceAfter the hosted service was shut down, Parsethe open Platformsource hasversion growngrew into an open source community with its own blog, documentation, and community forum.

Parse was founded in 2011 by [[Tikhon Bernstam]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Kincaid|first=Jason|title=YC-Funded Parse: A Heroku For Mobile Apps|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/04/yc-funded-parse-a-heroku-for-mobile-apps/|publisher=Techcrunch|accessdate=4 August 2011}}</ref> Ilya Sukhar, [[James Yu]], and Kevin Lacker, previously at Google and [[Y Combinator (company)|Y Combinator]]. The firm produces back-end tools for mobile developers that help mobile developers store data in the cloud, manage identity log-ins, handle push notifications and run custom code in the cloud.

On November 9, 2011, it raised $5.5 million in venture capital funding.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Parse, The ‘Heroku'Heroku For Mobile’Mobile', Raises $5.5 Million Series A|url = https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/09/parse-the-heroku-for-mobile-raises-5-5-million-series-a/|website = TechCrunch|accessdate = 2015-10-28|first = Jason|last = Kincaid}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Parse raises $5.5M to give any mobile app a home in the cloud|url = https://gigaom.com/2011/11/09/parse-funding/|date = 2011-11-09|accessdate = 2015-10-28|first = Colleen|last = Taylor}}</ref> In 2012, its tools were being used by 20,000 mobile developers and that number was growing at 40% monthly.<ref>{{Cite web|title = This Startup Could Literally Change The Way The Entire App Industry Works|url = http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-most-important-startup-of-2012-2012-7|website = Business Insider|accessdate = 2015-11-14|last = Lynley|first = Matt}}</ref> On Sept 11, 2012, it added the ability to create custom code on the back end.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Hey, mobile app developers, get on the Parse cloud|url = https://venturebeat.com/2012/09/11/hey-you-mobile-app-developers-get-on-parses-cloud/|website = VentureBeat|accessdate = 2015-10-28|last = Grant|first = Rebecca}}</ref>

[[Facebook, Inc.|Facebook]] acquired the firm for $85 million in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rusli|first=Evelyn|title=Facebook to Buy Mobile Startup Parse in Cash-and-Stock Deal|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323789704578445311737656822|publisher=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cutler|first=Kim-Mai|title=Facebook Buys Parse To Offer Mobile Development Tools As Its First Paid B2B Service|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/25/facebook-parse/|publisher=Techcrunch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hickey|first=Matt|title=Facebook Buys Mobile App Platform Parse|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthickey/2013/04/25/facebook-buys-mobile-app-platform-parse/|publisherwork=Forbes|accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Purdy|first=Doug|title=Welcoming Parse to Facebook|url=https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2013/04/25/welcoming-parse-to-facebook/|work=Facebook|publisher=Facebook blog}}</ref>

In 2014, Parse was reported to power 500,000 mobile apps.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Devs have built 500K apps on Facebook’sFacebook's Parse, with Asia seeing 90% growth in first half of 2014|url = https://venturebeat.com/2014/12/01/facebook-parse-asia/|website = VentureBeat|accessdate = 2015-11-14|last = Novet|first = Jordan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Facebook Buys Its Way Into the Heart of the App World|url = https://www.wired.com/2013/09/facebook-and-parse/|website = Wired|publisher = |accessdate = 2015-11-14|language = en-US|last = Metz|first = Cade}}</ref>

On 28 January 2016, Facebook announcedopen that it will Open Sourcesourced Parse Platform<ref>{{Cite web| title = Parse Platform

| url = https://parseplatform.org/}}</ref> and announced that it will close its Parse Hosting Service,<ref>{{Cite web| title = Facebook's Parse May Be Dead But It Continues To Live Within The FOSS Community

| url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2016/01/29/facebooks-parse-may-be-dead-but-it-continues-to-live-within-the-foss-community/#5e8c01a57d2c}}</ref>, with services effectively shutting down on 28 January 2017.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Moving On

| url = http://blog.parse.com/announcements/moving-on/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title =Facebook to Shut Down Parse, Its Platform for Mobile Developers | url =https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/facebook-to-shut-down-parse-its-platform-for-mobile-developers/ |author= Mike Isaac and Quentin Hardy |date= January 28, 2016}}</ref> The service operated until 30 January 2017, at which point all users needed to have self hosted their applications<ref>{{Cite web| title = Migration Guide

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