# Zapier

> Zapier is the automation platform that connects more than 8,000 apps so people can build workflows - called Zaps - without writing code. Founded in 2011 by Wade Foster, Bryan Helmig and Mike Knoop, the fully remote company has grown from a Y Combinator side project into a roughly $5 billion business serving millions of users, and it is now reorienting around AI agents that don't just move data between apps but make decisions inside the workflow.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States (fully remote)
- **Founders:** Wade Foster (Co-founder & CEO), Bryan Helmig (Co-founder & CTO), Mike Knoop (Co-founder (former Chief Product Officer))
- **Team size:** ~800-1,500 employees (fully distributed across dozens of countries)
- **Products:** Zaps, Zapier Integrations, Zapier Agents, Zapier MCP, Tables, Interfaces & Canvas
- **Notable:** Built the largest app-integration ecosystem in automation with 8,000+ connected apps., Reached profitability in 2014 on just $1.3M of outside capital., Hit a ~$5 billion valuation in 2021 without raising a traditional growth round.

## Products & services

- **Zaps** — Automated workflows that link a trigger in one app to actions in others, no code required.
- **Zapier Integrations** — A library of 8,000+ connected apps, the largest such ecosystem in the automation space.
- **Zapier Agents** — AI agents that reason over data and take actions across apps, reaching general availability in 2025 with agent-to-agent orchestration.
- **Zapier MCP** — A Model Context Protocol endpoint that lets AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini call into Zapier's integration library.
- **Tables, Interfaces & Canvas** — Built-in databases, custom app front-ends and visual workflow mapping tools that turn Zapier into a lightweight app builder.

## Achievements

- Built the largest app-integration ecosystem in automation with 8,000+ connected apps.
- Reached profitability in 2014 on just $1.3M of outside capital.
- Hit a ~$5 billion valuation in 2021 without raising a traditional growth round.
- Grew to 3 million+ users and 100,000+ paying customers.
- Pioneered fully remote operations years before it became mainstream.
- Shipped generally available AI Agents in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Zapier Agents reached general availability, letting AI take actions across connected apps.
- **2025-08** — Added agent-to-agent orchestration so multiple AI agents can coordinate within workflows.
- **2025-12** — Shipped product updates expanding AI Agents, admin controls and enterprise governance.

## Links

- Website: https://zapier.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zapier
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/zapier
- GitHub: https://github.com/zapier
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/zapier
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zapier/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZapierApp

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Last updated: 2026-06-01