<s>
ProgrammableWeb	B-Application
was	O
an	O
information	O
and	O
news	O
source	O
about	O
the	O
Web	O
as	O
a	O
programmable	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
and	O
has	O
offices	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
CA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
publishes	O
a	O
repository	O
of	O
web	O
APIs	B-Application
,	O
mashups	O
,	O
and	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
documented	O
over	O
19,000	O
open	O
web	O
APIs	B-Application
and	O
thousands	O
of	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
journal	O
of	O
the	O
API	B-Application
economy	I-Application
"	O
by	O
TechCrunch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ProgrammableWeb	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2005	O
by	O
John	O
Musser	O
and	O
had	O
documented	O
1,000	O
APIs	B-Application
by	O
November	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
Alcatel-Lucent	O
acquired	O
ProgrammableWeb	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
move	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
align	O
themselves	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
developer	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alcatel-Lucent	O
was	O
looking	O
to	O
integrate	O
ProgrammableWeb	B-Application
’s	O
API	B-Application
monitoring	O
services	O
and	O
other	O
API	B-Application
related	O
technologies	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
Open	O
API	B-Application
Service	O
and	O
Developer	O
Platform	O
to	O
strengthen	O
its	O
relationship	O
with	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
ProgrammableWeb	B-Application
’s	O
time	O
with	O
Alcatel-Lucent	O
,	O
they	O
documented	O
over	O
8,000	O
APIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
years	O
later	O
on	O
April	O
13	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
ProgrammableWeb	B-Application
to	O
"	O
become	O
the	O
go-to	O
destination	O
for	O
APIs	B-Application
and	O
Integration	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
3	O
,	O
2023	O
Mulesoft	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
after	O
17	O
years	O
in	O
operation	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
shut	O
down	O
Programmable	B-Application
Web	I-Application
.	O
</s>
