<s>
Apigee	B-General_Concept
Corp	O
.	O
was	O
an	O
API	B-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
predictive	B-General_Concept
analytics	I-General_Concept
software	I-General_Concept
provider	O
before	O
its	O
merger	O
into	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2004	O
as	O
Sonoa	B-General_Concept
Systems	I-General_Concept
before	O
being	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Apigee	B-General_Concept
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apigee	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
a	O
deal	O
worth	O
$625	O
million	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sonoa	B-General_Concept
Systems	I-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2004	O
in	O
Santa	O
Clara	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
by	O
Raj	O
Singh	O
and	O
Ravi	O
Chandra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
the	O
company	O
developed	O
a	O
router-like	O
appliance	O
for	O
XML	O
/	O
SOA	O
Governance	O
,	O
but	O
over	O
time	O
branched	O
into	O
application	O
platforms	O
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Sonoa	O
released	O
a	O
public	O
beta	O
of	O
an	O
API	B-Application
management	I-Application
tool	O
called	O
Apigee	B-General_Concept
,	O
providing	O
app	O
developers	O
with	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
Cloud-based	B-Architecture
platform	O
for	O
providing	O
security	O
and	O
analytics	O
for	O
their	O
APIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Sonoa	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Apigee	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
the	O
API	B-Application
Management	I-Application
platform	O
became	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
business	O
,	O
with	O
premium	O
features	O
added	O
shortly	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apigee	B-General_Concept
quickly	O
expanded	O
its	O
corporate	O
customer	O
base	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
likes	O
of	O
Netflix	O
and	O
Walgreens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Apigee	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
Mobile	O
API	B-Application
company	O
Usergrid	O
and	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
acquired	O
Predictive	B-General_Concept
Analytics	I-General_Concept
company	O
InsightsOne	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
,	O
Apigee	B-General_Concept
raised	O
$87	O
million	O
through	O
a	O
public	O
IPO	O
on	O
the	O
NASDAQ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Apigee	B-General_Concept
became	O
a	O
founding	O
member	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
and	O
IBM	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
OpenAPI	B-Architecture
initiative	I-Architecture
,	O
under	O
the	O
sponsorship	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
purchase	O
Apigee	B-General_Concept
for	O
$625	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
deal	O
was	O
completed	O
in	O
November	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apigee	B-General_Concept
revenues	O
are	O
generated	O
through	O
subscriptions	O
to	O
its	O
API	B-Application
management	I-Application
platform	O
and	O
through	O
professional	O
services	O
to	O
subscribing	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apigee	B-General_Concept
offers	O
free	O
tiers	O
of	O
its	O
products	O
,	O
with	O
premium	O
features	O
reserved	O
for	O
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apigee	B-General_Concept
also	O
sells	O
additional	O
functionality	O
to	O
subscribing	O
customers	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
monetize	O
APIs	B-Application
,	O
PCI-DSS	O
compliance	O
,	O
multi-region	O
deployment	O
in	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
and	O
traffic	O
isolation	O
.	O
</s>
