<s>
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
,	O
LLC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Started	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Anypoint	O
Platform	O
of	O
integration	O
products	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
integrate	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
on-premises	B-General_Concept
software	I-General_Concept
,	O
legacy	B-Device
systems	I-Device
and	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
2	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
acquired	O
Mulesoft	B-General_Concept
for	O
$6.5	O
billion	O
in	O
a	O
cash	O
and	O
stock	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
mule	B-Language
"	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
comes	O
from	O
the	O
drudgery	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
donkey	O
work	O
,	O
"	O
of	O
data	O
integration	O
that	O
the	O
platform	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
escape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
changed	O
the	O
name	O
to	O
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
originally	O
provided	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
and	O
messaging	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
expanded	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
integration	B-General_Concept
platform	I-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
service	I-General_Concept
(	O
iPaaS	B-General_Concept
)	O
approach	O
for	O
companies	O
through	O
its	O
main	O
product	O
,	O
Anypoint	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
startup	O
announced	O
$37	O
million	O
in	O
Series	O
E	O
financing	O
in	O
a	O
round	O
led	O
by	O
New	O
Enterprise	O
Associates	O
,	O
with	O
participation	O
from	O
new	O
strategic	O
investor	O
Salesforce.com,	O
and	O
existing	O
investors	O
Hummer	O
Winblad	O
Venture	O
Partners	O
,	O
Morgenthaler	O
Ventures	O
,	O
Lightspeed	O
Venture	O
Partners	O
,	O
Meritech	O
Capital	O
Partners	O
,	O
Sapphire	O
Ventures	O
(	O
formerly	O
SAP	O
Ventures	O
)	O
and	O
Bay	O
Partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
round	O
brought	O
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
's	O
total	O
financing	O
,	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
seven	O
funding	O
rounds	O
,	O
to	O
$259	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
ProgrammableWeb	B-Application
,	O
a	O
website	O
used	O
by	O
developers	O
to	O
help	O
build	O
web	O
,	O
mobile	O
and	O
other	O
connected	O
applications	O
through	O
APIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
was	O
ranked	O
#20	O
on	O
the	O
Forbes	O
Cloud	O
100	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
Salesforce.com	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
was	O
buying	O
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
in	O
a	O
deal	O
reported	O
to	O
be	O
worth	O
US	O
$6.5	O
B	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
completed	O
acquisition	O
of	O
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
's	O
Anypoint	O
Platform	O
includes	O
various	O
components	O
such	O
as	O
Anypoint	O
Design	O
Center	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
API	O
developers	O
to	O
design	O
and	O
build	O
APIs	O
;	O
Anypoint	O
Exchange	O
,	O
a	O
library	O
for	O
API	O
providers	O
to	O
share	O
APIs	O
,	O
templates	O
,	O
and	O
assets	O
;	O
and	O
Anypoint	O
Management	O
Center	O
,	O
a	O
centralized	O
web	O
interface	O
to	O
analyze	O
,	O
manage	O
,	O
and	O
monitor	O
APIs	O
and	O
integrations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
also	O
offers	O
the	O
Mule	B-Language
runtime	I-Language
engine	I-Language
,	O
a	O
runtime	O
solution	O
for	O
connecting	O
enterprise	O
applications	O
on-premises	B-General_Concept
and	O
to	O
the	O
cloud	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
eliminate	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
custom	O
point-to-point	O
integration	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
has	O
over	O
1,400	O
employees	O
and	O
1,600	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
