Optic

Optic is a developer tools company in New York, United States, founded in 2018. It has raised $11.2M across 2 rounds, most recently an $11.0M Seed in July 2022.

Making APIs developer-friendly

Headquarters
New York, New York
Employees
1–10
Founded
2018
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$11.2M
Last Round
$11.0M SeedJul 2022
Rounds
2

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About

Optic is a New York-based developer tools company founded in 2018 by Aidan Cunniffe. The platform observes live API traffic to generate accurate documentation and diffs API changes to detect breaking changes before they reach production. Optic's tools help engineering teams maintain up-to-date OpenAPI specifications without manual authoring. The company raised $11.15M in funding and was acquired by Atlassian in April 2024, where its technology was integrated into Atlassian Compass, Atlassian's developer experience platform.

Summary

It lists 1–10 employees. It has raised $11.2M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $11.0M Seed round in Jul 2022. Investors include Kleiner Perkins, Pantera Capital and Y Combinator.

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Funding History

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SeedSeed Round (NFT Auth)Jul 2022
$11.0M

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Investors

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