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Parakey

Acquired

About

Parakey was founded in early 2006 by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt of Mozilla/Firefox fame. Little has been revealed about what Parakey will actually do, but it has been touted as both a platform and set of applications that will merge the desktop environment with the Web. It has also been described as a Web-based operating system. Great emphasis has been placed on Parakey's potential to make tasks on the computer more intuitive for the average Joe.

Parakey was acquired by Facebook on July 19, 2007.

Sequoia Capital seeded Parakey's operations in early 2005.

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Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Team size
2 employees
YC batch
Winter 2007
Status
Acquired
Stage
Early stage

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Questions and answers

What does Parakey do?

Parakey was founded in early 2006 by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt of Mozilla/Firefox fame. Little has been revealed about what Parakey will actually do, but it has been touted as both a platform and set of applications that will merge the…

Where is Parakey based?

San Francisco, CA, United States

How many people work at Parakey?

2 employees, according to the company profile.

Has Parakey raised money?

There are no funding rounds for Parakey in our data.

What are the alternatives to Parakey?

Similar startups: Fivetran, Mixpanel, and Rescale.