sync.labs
Seed Round in 2024
We’re a team of artists, engineers, and researchers building controllable AI video editing tools to unbound human creative potential. Our research team build AI video models to understand and affect fine-grained, controllable edits over any human in any video. Our product team makes these models accessible to editors, animators, developers, and businesses to edit and repurpose any video for any audience. Our technology is used to automate lip-dubbing in localization processes in entertainment, create dynamic marketing campaigns personalized to individuals or communities, animate new characters to life in minutes instead of days, affect word-level edits in studio-grade videos to fix mistakes in post-production avoiding having to rerecord entire scenes, and more. Our models are used by everyday people, prosumers, developers, and businesses large and small to tell outstanding stories. In just the last year we graduated at the top of our YC batch (W24), raised a $5.5M seed backed by GV, won the AI grant from Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, scaled to millions in revenue – and this is only the beginning.
Rust Foundation
Grant in 2024
Rust is a large and ambitious project, with over 200 folks in leadership positions and even more contributors.
Flutterflow
Series A in 2024
FlutterFlow, founded in 2020, is an innovative low-code, visual development platform that facilitates the creation of native mobile and web applications. With a user base exceeding 400,000 and thousands of applications successfully deployed to app stores, the platform allows product teams to design appealing user interfaces and produce clean code efficiently. It features a one-click deployment option that significantly reduces launch times while maintaining the ability to incorporate custom code. FlutterFlow's capabilities include seamless integration with Firebase and the ability to download generated Flutter code, enabling developers to build cross-platform applications quickly. This advanced platform streamlines the application development process, allowing businesses to scale rapidly and effectively.
Keploy
Non Equity Assistance in 2023
Keploy is a company specializing in API testing platforms. Their technology automatically generates unit test cases with dependency mocks from real-world production traffic, achieving comprehensive coverage without requiring manual effort or separate test environments. This approach allows developers to test APIs and their dependencies efficiently by automating the creation of test cases, thereby reducing the need for external dependencies and streamlining the development process.
DhiWise
Non Equity Assistance in 2023
DhiWise is a company focused on transforming software development through its innovative visual programming platform. By offering AI-powered and promptless Generative AI solutions, DhiWise enhances collaboration among teams involved in software planning and development. Its platform streamlines the entire process, from initial client requirements to code generation, resulting in faster time-to-market for both web and mobile applications. Key features include team collaboration tools, an integrated development environment with version control, and reverse code syncing, which together improve development efficiency and provide greater flexibility in managing source code. DhiWise addresses common industry challenges such as resource allocation, inconsistent coding practices, and miscommunication, establishing itself as a pivotal player in the software development landscape.
Warp is a developer of a Rust-based coding terminal aimed at enhancing productivity in coding and application development. Its software innovatively transforms the traditional command-line interface by dividing the terminal output into a sequence of commands, rather than presenting it as a single buffer. This approach replaces the standard character buffer with a comprehensive text editor, allowing software developers to efficiently navigate, copy, save, and share their work. Warp's terminal redefines the user experience by evolving from a single-user utility into a collaborative platform, where sessions, blocks, and environments are persistent, searchable, and easily shared via links.
Jetpack
Seed Round in 2023
Jetpack creates scalable cloud backend software for engineers to help them with coding and cloud services. The platform develops software that builds scalable web backends for the cloud and creates images and configurations directly from annotated python code.
Alter is a platform SDK consisting of a real-time 3D avatar system and motion capture built from scratch for web3 interoperability and the open metaverse. Developers can pipe avatars into their apps, games, and websites. They offer computer vision, 3d technology, web3, machine learning, avatars, rendering engines, blockchain, and NFTs.
Zeet is a developer-focused application platform founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in streamlining code deployment, allowing developers to deploy applications seamlessly across various cloud providers, including AWS and GCP. Zeet's platform offers an all-in-one DevOps solution that simplifies the deployment process, enabling users to manage self-hosted open-source projects while maintaining a cloud-native DevOps setup. This approach allows clients to concentrate on product development and release, enhancing their overall efficiency in managing complex deployment tasks.
Doppler Technologies, Inc., established in 2018, specializes in developing and operating a secret management software solution. The company's flagship product, Doppler, securely stores and manages software secrets such as API keys, credentials, environment variables, and database URLs. It caters to developers, enhancing productivity by working across diverse languages, stacks, and infrastructures, while fortifying overall security. Doppler's platform creates references to frequently used secrets, intelligently fetching them based on the project directory, and provides security alerts to keep secrets and application configurations secure across devices, environments, and team members.
Stackblitz
Seed Round in 2022
StackBlitz is a software development company that provides an integrated platform designed for computer programmers. Its software features a source code editor, build automation tools, and a debugger, facilitating the creation and sharing of live projects. This platform allows developers to initiate projects using popular frameworks like Angular and React without the hassle of installing dependencies. Additionally, StackBlitz enables offline editing and real-time application adjustments, maintaining the application's state without requiring a page refresh. This combination of tools streamlines the development process, making it more efficient and user-friendly for programmers.
Dbt Labs is a developer of an open-source analytics engineering tool founded in 2016 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company focuses on empowering data analysts to create and disseminate organizational knowledge through its innovative platform. By enabling users with SQL knowledge to build data transformation workflows, Dbt Labs provides a transformation workflow tool that facilitates quick and collaborative deployment of analytics code. This tool emphasizes software engineering practices such as modularity, portability, and documentation, thereby allowing teams to streamline their analytics processes and enhance their ability to derive insights from data.
Upbound, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a multi-cloud platform aimed at helping organizations manage and optimize operations across various cloud environments. Founded in 2017 and based in Seattle, Washington, Upbound's platform enables users to build, deploy, and operate internal developer platforms with enhanced control and self-service capabilities. Powered by Crossplane, the platform facilitates automation, cost optimization, and policy enforcement while supporting scalability in both public and private cloud settings. Upbound also offers Universal Crossplane, which includes security features, support, and official providers, further enhancing its multi-cloud services.
Oatfin
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Oatfin is a company that specializes in automating cloud application delivery, focusing on enhancing developer productivity in complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments. By replacing manual processes with self-service automation, Oatfin allows developers to efficiently manage and deploy applications. The company's platform integrates seamlessly with leading code repositories and container registries, enabling users to define build artifacts like Docker containers. Oatfin's intelligent infrastructure automatically generates the necessary resources and deploys applications to the cloud, significantly accelerating the development process. Recognized as one of the top cloud computing startups and featured in lists of emerging cloud vendors, Oatfin is committed to simplifying the management of cloud applications through innovative automation solutions.
PostHog is an open-source product analytics platform founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, California. The company provides a comprehensive suite of tools designed for developers, enabling them to understand product usage, automate event tracking, and collect user data. Its software integrates various functionalities, including product analytics, session recording, funnels, feature flags, and experimentation, allowing engineering teams to analyze user behavior effectively. By auto-capturing product events and providing insights into feature usage, PostHog empowers developers to build applications that are better tailored to their users' needs.
Doppler
Venture Round in 2021
Doppler Technologies, Inc., established in 2018, specializes in developing and operating a secret management software solution. The company's flagship product, Doppler, securely stores and manages software secrets such as API keys, credentials, environment variables, and database URLs. It caters to developers, enhancing productivity by working across diverse languages, stacks, and infrastructures, while fortifying overall security. Doppler's platform creates references to frequently used secrets, intelligently fetching them based on the project directory, and provides security alerts to keep secrets and application configurations secure across devices, environments, and team members.
Warp is a developer of a Rust-based coding terminal aimed at enhancing productivity in coding and application development. Its software innovatively transforms the traditional command-line interface by dividing the terminal output into a sequence of commands, rather than presenting it as a single buffer. This approach replaces the standard character buffer with a comprehensive text editor, allowing software developers to efficiently navigate, copy, save, and share their work. Warp's terminal redefines the user experience by evolving from a single-user utility into a collaborative platform, where sessions, blocks, and environments are persistent, searchable, and easily shared via links.
PostHog is an open-source product analytics platform founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, California. The company provides a comprehensive suite of tools designed for developers, enabling them to understand product usage, automate event tracking, and collect user data. Its software integrates various functionalities, including product analytics, session recording, funnels, feature flags, and experimentation, allowing engineering teams to analyze user behavior effectively. By auto-capturing product events and providing insights into feature usage, PostHog empowers developers to build applications that are better tailored to their users' needs.
Ursa Computing
Seed Round in 2020
Ursa Computing is a developer of data-science tools focused on enhancing productivity and performance in the field of data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The company creates enterprise products and services designed to empower data teams by advancing the state of the art in high-performance, cross-language software solutions. Ursa Computing offers open-source developer tools that facilitate essential tasks in the data science lifecycle, including data access, preparation, cleaning, analytics, and feature engineering. By improving the capabilities of open-source software, Ursa Computing aims to support data scientists in their work and streamline the processes involved in data-driven decision-making.
Weaveworks
Venture Round in 2020
Weaveworks Limited is a software company founded in 2014, specializing in open-source solutions that enhance the management of containerized applications. Based in London with an additional office in San Francisco, Weaveworks offers a range of products designed to facilitate the operation of Kubernetes workloads. Its key offerings include Weave Net, a portable software-defined networking solution, and Weave Scope, which provides real-time visibility and interaction with distributed applications. Additionally, Weave Flux automates the deployment of microservices, while Weave Cloud serves as a Software-as-a-Service platform that helps DevOps teams connect, monitor, and deploy containers efficiently. The company is also recognized for its contributions to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and various open-source projects, aiming to simplify the complexities of cloud-native application delivery for developers and operations teams.
Pixie Labs Inc. specializes in developing tools that enhance application management within Kubernetes environments. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a zero-touch, unsampled edge monitoring system that enables developers to instantly debug applications without altering code or manually configuring dashboards. Its platform seamlessly integrates with any Kubernetes environment through a single command, automatically collecting baseline performance data and presenting it in pre-configured live views. This functionality allows developers to efficiently explore, monitor, secure, and manage their applications, providing essential insights into production environments.
Harness, Inc. is a technology company that develops a Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service platform aimed at simplifying the software delivery process for engineering and DevOps teams. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform leverages machine learning to automate various aspects of code deployment, including test prioritization, cloud cost management, and continuous verification. Key features of Harness's platform include a pipeline builder, workflow wizard, automated rollback capabilities, secrets management, audit trails, and real-time delivery analytics. By streamlining these processes, Harness enables organizations to accelerate their cloud initiatives and enhance their adoption of modern containerization and orchestration technologies.
CTRL-Labs
Venture Round in 2019
CTRL-Labs Corporation, founded in 2015 and based in New York City, specializes in non-invasive neural interface technology that transforms human-machine interaction. The company has developed CTRL-kit, a wristband equipped with sensors that captures and translates neural signals into control inputs for digital devices. This innovative platform addresses key challenges in virtual and augmented reality, robotics, productivity, and clinical research by allowing developers to integrate neural control into their applications through an SDK and API. CTRL-Labs aims to establish a new paradigm in human-computer collaboration, positioning itself for future consumer adoption of technology that enables seamless interaction between users and machines. Through its scientific initiatives and partnerships, CTRL-Labs is paving the way for advanced applications of its neural interface technology across various industries.
Dandelion
Series A in 2019
Dandelion is a developer and provider of a marketing platform designed to facilitate the seamless discovery of content and commerce. The company enables sellers and service providers to utilize existing content, such as product catalogs and marketplace listings, to create effective advertisements. These ads can be deployed across social media channels, thereby enhancing marketing efforts. Dandelion's vision is to empower individuals and businesses to easily engage in marketing activities, fostering an environment where anyone can participate as a marketer in addition to being a seller.
CTRL-Labs
Series B in 2018
CTRL-Labs Corporation, founded in 2015 and based in New York City, specializes in non-invasive neural interface technology that transforms human-machine interaction. The company has developed CTRL-kit, a wristband equipped with sensors that captures and translates neural signals into control inputs for digital devices. This innovative platform addresses key challenges in virtual and augmented reality, robotics, productivity, and clinical research by allowing developers to integrate neural control into their applications through an SDK and API. CTRL-Labs aims to establish a new paradigm in human-computer collaboration, positioning itself for future consumer adoption of technology that enables seamless interaction between users and machines. Through its scientific initiatives and partnerships, CTRL-Labs is paving the way for advanced applications of its neural interface technology across various industries.
Upbound, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a multi-cloud platform aimed at helping organizations manage and optimize operations across various cloud environments. Founded in 2017 and based in Seattle, Washington, Upbound's platform enables users to build, deploy, and operate internal developer platforms with enhanced control and self-service capabilities. Powered by Crossplane, the platform facilitates automation, cost optimization, and policy enforcement while supporting scalability in both public and private cloud settings. Upbound also offers Universal Crossplane, which includes security features, support, and official providers, further enhancing its multi-cloud services.
Bugsnag, Inc. is a software company founded in 2012 that specializes in automated crash detection for web and mobile applications. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Bath, United Kingdom, Bugsnag provides developers with a platform that enables them to detect, diagnose, and prioritize application crashes across various environments. The company's offerings include the Stability Center, which delivers insights into application stability trends, and a range of tools designed to enhance application performance and reliability. Bugsnag's platform has successfully processed billions of crashes for numerous leading technology firms, helping them maintain the stability of their software products.
Fastlane
Acquisition in 2017
Fastlane is a technology company that specializes in developing continuous delivery solutions for iOS and Android applications. Founded in 2014 by Felix Krause, the company focuses on automating the deployment and release processes for mobile applications, thereby streamlining workflows for developers. Fastlane's tools manage essential tasks such as generating screenshots, handling code signing, and facilitating beta deployments. Based in the United States, Fastlane became a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc. in October 2015, further enhancing its capabilities within the mobile application development landscape.
Dialogflow
Acquisition in 2016
Dialogflow is a platform that specializes in creating conversational user experiences, allowing brands to engage in natural language interactions across various devices, applications, and services. The company offers tools for speech recognition, natural language processing, and conversation management, which help developers enhance customer satisfaction and streamline business processes without extensive coding. Dialogflow's technology can understand a wide range of user requests by leveraging pre-built knowledge packages derived from billions of user queries, making it accessible for users to interact with mobile phones and tablets in a conversational manner.
Launchkit
Acquisition in 2016
Launch Kit is an online platform designed to empower creators by providing them with essential resources, technology, and community support. Focused on serving streamers, user-generated content creators, influencers, and other digital creators, Launch Kit aims to be the go-to destination for individuals seeking to establish and grow their online presence. In addition to its community-driven approach, the company develops mobile applications and offers a suite of developer tools that assist app creators in building, launching, and monitoring their applications effectively. Through its comprehensive offerings, Launch Kit seeks to facilitate sustainable online livelihoods for a diverse range of creators.
Launchkit
Venture Round in 2016
Launch Kit is an online platform designed to empower creators by providing them with essential resources, technology, and community support. Focused on serving streamers, user-generated content creators, influencers, and other digital creators, Launch Kit aims to be the go-to destination for individuals seeking to establish and grow their online presence. In addition to its community-driven approach, the company develops mobile applications and offers a suite of developer tools that assist app creators in building, launching, and monitoring their applications effectively. Through its comprehensive offerings, Launch Kit seeks to facilitate sustainable online livelihoods for a diverse range of creators.
Weaveworks
Series B in 2016
Weaveworks Limited is a software company founded in 2014, specializing in open-source solutions that enhance the management of containerized applications. Based in London with an additional office in San Francisco, Weaveworks offers a range of products designed to facilitate the operation of Kubernetes workloads. Its key offerings include Weave Net, a portable software-defined networking solution, and Weave Scope, which provides real-time visibility and interaction with distributed applications. Additionally, Weave Flux automates the deployment of microservices, while Weave Cloud serves as a Software-as-a-Service platform that helps DevOps teams connect, monitor, and deploy containers efficiently. The company is also recognized for its contributions to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and various open-source projects, aiming to simplify the complexities of cloud-native application delivery for developers and operations teams.
Divshot
Acquisition in 2015
Divshot is a browser-based platform designed for front-end development, specializing in the creation of responsive web applications. It enables users to prototype HTML5 interfaces quickly, offering tools that streamline the design process and enhance efficiency. Divshot's innovative approach allows professionals to generate high-quality, clean, and semantic markup and CSS, comparable to manually written code. By simplifying the interface design workflow, Divshot helps users create web pages faster while minimizing wasted resources.
Pixate
Acquisition in 2015
Pixate, Inc. is a Palo Alto-based company that operates a native application development platform designed for mobile interaction design. Founded in 2012, Pixate provides tools that allow designers and developers to create sophisticated animations and interactions for mobile applications without the need for coding. Its flagship product, Pixate Engine for iOS, serves as a user interface platform that enables the development of 100% native prototypes for both iOS and Android. In addition to its software solutions, Pixate offers consulting services to assist clients in refining their designs and enhancing user experiences. The company has been a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. since July 2015.
Pulse.io
Acquisition in 2015
Pulse.io, Inc. is a company that specializes in mobile application performance monitoring, assisting developers in identifying and resolving issues that may hinder the efficiency of their applications. The company provides a monitoring solution featuring a drop-in SDK that automatically instruments critical components of an application to evaluate excessive wait times and network access. Its platform enables developers to track response times, network errors, and key performance metrics, including download time and latency, across various domains and endpoints. Users benefit from detailed code-level diagnostics, which can be filtered by application version, device type, operating system, carrier, and location. Additionally, Pulse.io's solution allows for the analysis of spinner times, framerates, and memory terminations, helping to identify and eliminate network bottlenecks. Founded in 2011 and based in San Mateo, California, Pulse.io was acquired by Alphabet Inc. in May 2015.
Apportable
Acquisition in 2015
Apportable Inc. is a software development company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2010. The company specializes in technology that enables iOS developers to automatically port their games to Android without the need for extensive modifications to the original Objective-C or C++ code. Apportable's platform allows for seamless conversion, which has successfully helped numerous apps reach the top of various app charts, delighting millions of users across multiple distribution channels, including the Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore. Additionally, Apportable offers SpriteBuilder, an environment designed for creating native cross-platform 2D games using Objective-C or Swift, further enhancing its commitment to simplifying the app development process for cross-platform compatibility.
Dark Blue Labs
Acquisition in 2014
Dark Blue Labs, headquartered in Hyde, UK, specializes in advanced machine learning techniques, focusing primarily on natural language processing tasks such as translation, summarization, sentiment analysis, and question answering. Their team comprises experts in deep learning for various modalities like images, video, speech, and reinforcement learning. The company aims to develop innovative algorithms to create intelligent AI products, particularly in the realm of natural language understanding.
Bowery Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in providing a cloud-based automated development environment for web developers. The company focuses on simplifying the web development process by streamlining the setup and configuration of developers' tools, software, and applications. By automating time-intensive and repetitive tasks, Bowery enables programmers to quickly initiate their work without the burden of establishing complex coding environments. This innovative approach aims to enhance productivity and efficiency within development teams.
Appurify
Acquisition in 2014
Appurify is a company based in San Francisco that offers mobile test automation services on real devices, catering to mobile development teams at leading companies. Its platform facilitates the testing, debugging, and performance optimization of native, hybrid, and mobile web applications on iOS and Android devices, allowing developers to simulate real user conditions. By providing tools for actionable test outputs, scriptless testing, and framework tests, Appurify helps enhance app performance and accelerates launch cycles. This results in better applications and improved reviews in app stores. The company has received funding from prominent investors, including Google Ventures.
Hack the Hood
Grant in 2014
Hack the Hood is a nonprofit organization that introduces low-income youth to careers in technology by hiring and training them to build websites for small businesses in their own communities. During boot camps young people gain hands-on experiences, builds portfolios, and learn about opportunities in the tech industry, as well as building technical, leadership, entrepreneurship, and life skills with mentorship from staff and tech professionals working in the field. It is a diverse community of people who are passionate about making sure technology is used for good and it supports the youth to harness their creativity and hone their talents, while also contributing to the vitality of their communities. Partners of the company are COLLECTIVE IMPACT, EMPOWER Program, Project YES, TEENFORCE, and Digital NEST. Google, OFCY, Infosys, ebay, THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION, and nVIDIA supports the company to achieve their targets. Hack the Hood is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2013 by Mary Fuller, Susan Mernit, and Zakiya Harris.
Apportable
Seed Round in 2014
Apportable Inc. is a software development company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2010. The company specializes in technology that enables iOS developers to automatically port their games to Android without the need for extensive modifications to the original Objective-C or C++ code. Apportable's platform allows for seamless conversion, which has successfully helped numerous apps reach the top of various app charts, delighting millions of users across multiple distribution channels, including the Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore. Additionally, Apportable offers SpriteBuilder, an environment designed for creating native cross-platform 2D games using Objective-C or Swift, further enhancing its commitment to simplifying the app development process for cross-platform compatibility.
Apportable
Venture Round in 2013
Apportable Inc. is a software development company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2010. The company specializes in technology that enables iOS developers to automatically port their games to Android without the need for extensive modifications to the original Objective-C or C++ code. Apportable's platform allows for seamless conversion, which has successfully helped numerous apps reach the top of various app charts, delighting millions of users across multiple distribution channels, including the Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore. Additionally, Apportable offers SpriteBuilder, an environment designed for creating native cross-platform 2D games using Objective-C or Swift, further enhancing its commitment to simplifying the app development process for cross-platform compatibility.
Appurify is a company based in San Francisco that offers mobile test automation services on real devices, catering to mobile development teams at leading companies. Its platform facilitates the testing, debugging, and performance optimization of native, hybrid, and mobile web applications on iOS and Android devices, allowing developers to simulate real user conditions. By providing tools for actionable test outputs, scriptless testing, and framework tests, Appurify helps enhance app performance and accelerates launch cycles. This results in better applications and improved reviews in app stores. The company has received funding from prominent investors, including Google Ventures.
Talaria Technologies
Acquisition in 2013
Talaria Technologies is a developer of a dynamic web application server that enables users to build and operate websites more efficiently. The company focuses on supporting various dynamic programming languages, including PHP, Ruby, and Python, providing a versatile platform for web development. Through its innovative technology, Talaria Technologies aims to enhance the performance and scalability of web applications, catering to the needs of developers and businesses in the digital landscape.
Appurify
Seed Round in 2012
Appurify is a company based in San Francisco that offers mobile test automation services on real devices, catering to mobile development teams at leading companies. Its platform facilitates the testing, debugging, and performance optimization of native, hybrid, and mobile web applications on iOS and Android devices, allowing developers to simulate real user conditions. By providing tools for actionable test outputs, scriptless testing, and framework tests, Appurify helps enhance app performance and accelerates launch cycles. This results in better applications and improved reviews in app stores. The company has received funding from prominent investors, including Google Ventures.
SweetLabs
Series C in 2011
SweetLabs Inc. is an application development company that specializes in app distribution platforms for Windows and Android developers, as well as device manufacturers. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Diego, California, with an additional office in Seattle, the company provides a range of products including Assisty, a virtual assistant that predicts user needs; Pokki, a Windows 8 start menu replacement; and App Explorer, which facilitates app personalization and discovery. SweetLabs’ Assist Platform allows users to find and access apps and information efficiently, while the Assist Platform SDK enables developers to enhance their applications with search and suggestion features. The company operates two primary distribution channels: an online channel that recommends apps during downloads and installations, and an OEM channel that integrates app recommendations directly on devices during setup and throughout their usage. By driving over one million daily app installs and collaborating with major partners, SweetLabs enhances app visibility and monetization for developers while improving the customer experience for users.
zynamics
Acquisition in 2011
Zynamics is a developer of reverse engineering tools based in Bochum, Germany, specializing in security and malware analysis software. The company's solutions are designed to enhance both offensive and defensive security measures. Zynamics creates tools such as BinDiff, which aids in understanding security updates and identifying free and open-source software (FOSS) code within binaries. BinNavi is utilized to uncover flaws in closed-source software and develop inputs to exploit these vulnerabilities. Additionally, VxClass automatically clusters malicious software and generates signatures for identification purposes. BinCrowd facilitates information sharing among geographically dispersed reverse engineers, while PDFDissector is focused on analyzing malicious documents. Through its innovative products, Zynamics addresses critical security vulnerabilities and supports the broader cybersecurity community.
SweetLabs
Series B in 2010
SweetLabs Inc. is an application development company that specializes in app distribution platforms for Windows and Android developers, as well as device manufacturers. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Diego, California, with an additional office in Seattle, the company provides a range of products including Assisty, a virtual assistant that predicts user needs; Pokki, a Windows 8 start menu replacement; and App Explorer, which facilitates app personalization and discovery. SweetLabs’ Assist Platform allows users to find and access apps and information efficiently, while the Assist Platform SDK enables developers to enhance their applications with search and suggestion features. The company operates two primary distribution channels: an online channel that recommends apps during downloads and installations, and an OEM channel that integrates app recommendations directly on devices during setup and throughout their usage. By driving over one million daily app installs and collaborating with major partners, SweetLabs enhances app visibility and monetization for developers while improving the customer experience for users.
AppJet
Acquisition in 2009
AppJet is an online programming tool designed to simplify the creation of web applications, founded by former MIT students and initially funded by Y Combinator. The platform enables users to write applications using a web-based text editor, employing the JavaScript programming language for both server and client-side operations. AppJet provides bundled code libraries, including resources for database management and integration with the Facebook API. To enhance user experience, the company developed a proprietary application virtualization system that efficiently allocates processor time for active applications while limiting resource use by overly demanding applications. Although AppJet's development platform appears to be inactive now, it aimed to facilitate collaborative programming and streamline the web app development process.