Apify
Apify is a platform for web data and tools for AI builders, offering a marketplace of ready-made tools called Actors.
Last updated September 15, 2026
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Overview
Apify is a Czech tech startup founded in 2015 by Jan Čurn and Jakub Balada. It operates a platform for web data and tools for AI builders, including a marketplace of ready-made tools called Actors. The company is headquartered in Prague and serves 84,000 customers worldwide.
History
Apify was founded in 2015 by Jan Čurn and Jakub Balada, launched from the Y Combinator Fellowship in Mountain View, California. The original idea was to make it easy for developers to build flexible and scalable web crawlers using front-end JavaScript, leveraging headless browser technology. In 2016, the team moved back to the Czech Republic, raised a seed investment, and started building a company around its product. The company expanded its focus to a full-stack platform for web scraping and browser automation.
Products and positioning
The largest marketplace of trusted tools for AI
TikTok Scraper
Extract data from TikTok videos, hashtags, and users.
Google Maps Scraper
Extract data from thousands of Google Maps locations and businesses.
Instagram Scraper
Extract Instagram posts, reels, profiles, places, hashtags, carousels, and comments.
Website Content Crawler
Crawl websites and extract text content to feed AI models, LLM applications, vector databases, or RAG pipelines.
E-commerce Scraping Tool
Tool for e-commerce scraping.
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