Requestly
AcquiredYC W22San Francisco, US · Founded 2021 · 19 employees · 3 known investors
Requestly is a Git-native API client for teams to design, build, and test APIs in a single local-first application. It serves software developers at Fortune 500 companies and offers features like REST and GraphQL support, environment management, and collaboration tools with enterprise-grade security.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSOpen SourceAPIUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaFully Remote
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W22)
Requestly was founded in 2021 by Sachin Jain and Sagar Soni.
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Sachin Jainin𝕏Co-Founder & CEO2021–2025Sachin Jain is co-founder and CEO of Requestly, a product he initially developed as a side project before transitioning to full-time. He has previously held roles at Google, Adobe, and Grofers, with over a decade of industry experience.
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Investors · 3
The YC application· Winter 2022 batch
What they told YC
- Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.
- A developer tool for debugging and testing APIs.
- How long have each of you been working on this? How much of that has been full-time? Please explain.
- One founder began Requestly as a side project alongside a full-time job, using that time to learn the use case and assess the market. Both founders now work on it full-time.
Alumni Q&A
- How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)
- Sachin built a Chrome extension in his spare time to test local JavaScript changes against live production sites while working at a tech company, and it gained traction with other developers as he added features like URL matching, request blocking, and script injection. Sagar, then pursuing a master's degree, reached out and the two met at a co-working space to build a debugging platform together; Sachin left his job to focus on it, and they were accepted into YC's W22 batch.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
Competitors · 4
by search overlap
Postman852 shared keywordsPostman is an API platform that helps developers build, test, and manage APIs throughout their lifecycle. It serves organizations across industries, including 98% of the Fortune 500, and provides tooling for API development, quality assurance, and organizational governance.
Netezza727 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
BrowserStack529 shared keywordsBrowserStack provides a cloud-based software testing platform for scaling test automation across 3,500+ browser-device combinations on a real device cloud, aimed at development and QA teams. Its offerings cover cross-browser and browser automation testing, WCAG accessibility compliance testing, AI-driven test management, and visual testing, with integrations for major frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
Cloudflare Turnstile402 shared keywordsCloudflare provides a global cloud network platform delivering security, performance, and development services through sixty-plus integrated services including SASE, application security, and full-stack development infrastructure.
Companies competing with Requestly for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
In the news
Frequently asked questions
- What does Requestly do?
- Requestly is a Git-native API client for teams to design, build, and test APIs in a single local-first application. It serves software developers at Fortune 500 companies and offers features like REST and GraphQL support, environment management, and collaboration tools with enterprise-grade security.
- Who founded Requestly?
- Requestly was founded by Sachin Jain, Sagar Soni in 2021.
- Who are Requestly's investors?
- Requestly's investors include Y Combinator, Neon, Titan Capital.
- Where is Requestly headquartered?
- Requestly is headquartered in San Francisco, US.