<s>
Paribus	B-Application
is	O
an	O
American	O
company	O
and	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
price	O
tracking	O
app	B-Application
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
which	O
syncs	O
with	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
email	O
account	O
to	O
scan	O
for	O
receipts	O
and	O
negotiates	O
with	O
online	O
companies	O
to	O
refund	O
the	O
difference	O
if	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
price	O
drop	O
shortly	O
after	O
a	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paribus	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2014	O
by	O
Eric	O
Glyman	O
and	O
Karim	O
Atiyeh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
Latin	O
phrase	O
ceteris	O
paribus	B-Application
,	O
meaning	O
"	O
all	O
others	O
things	O
being	O
equal.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Glyman	O
built	O
Paribus	B-Application
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
receiving	O
a	O
refund	O
following	O
a	O
price	O
drop	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
complicated	O
to	O
track	O
and	O
often	O
go	O
unclaimed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
launching	O
in	O
beta	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
app	B-Application
launched	O
publicly	O
at	O
TechCrunch	O
Disrupt	O
New	O
York	O
on	O
May	O
5	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paribus	B-Application
released	O
its	O
iOS	B-Application
app	B-Application
on	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
Android	B-Application
app	B-Application
on	O
April	O
28	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
Paribus	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
raised	O
$2.1	O
million	O
in	O
seed	O
funding	O
,	O
following	O
its	O
participation	O
in	O
the	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
summer	O
program	O
and	O
Startup	O
Battlefield	O
at	O
TechCrunch	O
Disrupt	O
NY	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
funding	O
round	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
General	O
Catalyst	O
Partners	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
included	O
Greylock	O
Partners	O
,	O
Foundation	O
Capital	O
,	O
Soma	O
Capital	O
and	O
Mick	O
Johnson	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
former	O
director	O
of	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Paribus	B-Application
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Capital	O
One	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
Paribus	B-Application
has	O
continued	O
to	O
launch	O
new	O
products	O
to	O
help	O
save	O
users	O
time	O
and	O
money	O
and	O
has	O
reportedly	O
found	O
more	O
than	O
$	O
20,000,000	O
in	O
savings	O
for	O
their	O
over	O
3,000,000	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paribus	B-Application
connects	O
to	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
email	O
account	O
to	O
scan	O
messages	O
for	O
receipts	O
from	O
e-commerce	O
retailers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
tracks	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
purchases	O
and	O
,	O
if	O
an	O
item	O
goes	O
on	O
sale	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
purchase	O
,	O
Paribus	B-Application
contacts	O
customer	O
service	O
departments	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
name	O
to	O
file	O
a	O
price	O
adjustment	O
claim	O
and	O
request	O
a	O
refund	O
of	O
the	O
difference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
is	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
acquisition	O
closed	O
with	O
Capital	O
One	O
,	O
Paribus	B-Application
users	O
now	O
keep	O
100%	O
of	O
the	O
difference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
,	O
and	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
smartphones	O
and	O
tablets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
the	O
service	O
worked	O
with	O
18	O
major	O
retailers	O
,	O
including	O
Amazon.com,	O
Best	O
Buy	O
,	O
Walmart	O
,	O
Target	O
,	O
Macy	O
's	O
and	O
Newegg	O
.	O
</s>
