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729 articles decelerating

API has appeared in 729 articles since 2014-12. Coverage peaked in 2023Q2 with 44 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Twitter, Google, Apple, Facebook.

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Claudeonomics
Meta engineers compete on an internal leaderboard tracking Claude API spending. When your competitor gamifies their dependence on you, you're not a competitor a...

Coverage Timeline

2025-04-20
Axios 3 related

API-based background check provider Checkr acquires income and employment verification startup Truework, which had raised $125M+ and was last valued at ~$480M

Ryan Lawler / Axios :

2025-04-19
Axios 3 related

API-based background check provider Checkr acquires income and employment verification startup Truework, which had raised $125M+ and was last valued at ~$480M

Checkr, an API-based background check provider, is acquiring income and employment verification startup Truework, Checkr CEO Daniel Yanisse tells Axios exclusively.

2025-03-14
The Block 12 related

Crypto payments company MoonPay acquires Iron, an API-focused stablecoin infrastructure company, a source says for $100M+, after acquiring Helio in January 2025

They just string words together and pretend their money laundering facilitation companies are doing something tech-esque.  [embedded post] X: @moonpay : breaking news: we've acquired @iron, an API-fir...

2024-05-07
TechCrunch 5 related

Akamai agrees to acquire Noname Security, which finds and fixes API vulnerabilities, for ~$450M, closing in Q2 2024; Noname was valued at $1B in December 2021

A couple of weeks ago, TechCrunch broke the news that Akamai was in discussions to acquire Noname Security, a specialist in API security, for around $500 million.

2024-05-05
TechCrunch 3 related

Sources: Swedish PE firm EQT acquires a “significant majority” stake in WSO2, valuing the enterprise API and identity management company at “more than” $600M

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch :

2024-05-04
TechCrunch 3 related

Sources: Swedish PE firm EQT acquires a “significant majority” stake in WSO2, valuing the enterprise API and identity management company at “more than” $600M

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch :

2024-04-14
TechCrunch 1 related

Source: Akamai is in advanced talks to buy Noname Security, which finds and fixes API vulnerabilities, for $500M; the startup was valued at $1B in December 2021

~$200M series B+C 1x preference will leave $300m for seed and series A investors plus employees. …

2024-04-13
TechCrunch 1 related

Source: Akamai is in advanced talks to buy Noname Security, which finds and fixes API vulnerabilities, for $500M; the startup was valued at $1B in December 2021

~$200M series B+C 1x preference will leave $300m for seed and series A investors plus employees. …

2023-08-29
CNBC 7 related

Docs: Google plans to sell mapping API access to companies making products that use solar, energy, and air quality data, targeting ~$100M in revenue in year one

Jennifer Elias / CNBC :

2022-10-25
TechCrunch

Merge, an API integration service focused on HR and accounting systems, raised a $55M Series B led by Accel and says 2,500+ companies use it in their SaaS apps

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API has appeared in 709 Techmeme articles since January 2015, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include Facebook says that between Sept. 13 and Sept. 25 a photo API bug gave user-approved apps... and Facebook limits data available from Pages API, Events API, Groups API, and Facebook.... Frequently covered alongside Google, Twitter, Apple, TechCrunch, and Facebook. Coverage has shifted toward enterprise themes and away from consumer.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise -7pts; consumer +17pts; research +8pts
2024Q3enterprise -16pts; consumer +6pts; research +11pts
2024Q4enterprise +5pts; safety +5pts; research +9pts

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