It's also unclear just how much IFTTT influenced that start of Zapier. IFTTT was announced only about 10 months earlier than Zapier. Zapier announced right arou

It's also unclear just how much IFTTT influenced that start of Zapier. IFTTT was announced only about 10 months earlier than Zapier. Zapier announced right around when IFTTT has a live prototype. REST APIs were really hitting popularity at that point, so services like these were becoming more & more obvious-- simultaneous invention is a thing. [0] Also, years earlier, there had been a relatively similar offering from Yahoo, Yahoo Pipes, [1] so the idea was pretty much out there before both of these companies. The rise of REST APIs really just made it much more feasible. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Pipes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Pipes