<s>
Zapier	B-Application
is	O
a	O
product	O
that	O
allows	O
end	O
users	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
they	O
use	O
and	O
automate	O
workflows	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zapier	B-Application
provides	O
workflows	B-Operating_System
to	O
automate	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
often	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
translator	O
between	O
web	B-General_Concept
APIs	I-General_Concept
,	O
helping	O
to	O
increase	O
worker	O
productivity	O
by	O
saving	O
time	O
through	O
automation	O
of	O
recurring	O
tasks	O
,	O
and	O
business	O
processes	O
such	O
as	O
lead	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
an	O
interface	O
in	O
which	O
users	O
can	O
set	O
up	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
rules	O
to	O
determine	O
how	O
its	O
automations	O
function	O
,	O
it	O
orchestrates	O
flow	O
of	O
data	O
between	O
tools	O
and	O
online	O
services	O
that	O
would	O
n't	O
otherwise	O
communicate	O
with	O
one	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
new	O
business	O
lead	O
is	O
added	O
to	O
a	O
Google	B-Language
Sheets	I-Language
spreadsheet	O
,	O
that	O
lead	O
can	O
be	O
automatically	O
entered	O
in	O
Salesforce	B-Application
and	O
assigned	O
to	O
a	O
sales	O
representative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
team	O
members	O
can	O
be	O
alerted	O
through	O
Slack	B-Protocol
and	O
the	O
team	O
lead	O
can	O
receive	O
an	O
email	O
notification	O
when	O
the	O
new	O
lead	O
has	O
been	O
contacted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zapier	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
Columbia	O
,	O
Missouri	O
by	O
Wade	O
Foster	O
,	O
Bryan	O
Helmig	O
,	O
and	O
Mike	O
Knoop	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Startup	O
Weekend	O
Columbia	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Zapier	B-Application
received	O
a	O
$1.3	O
million	O
seed	O
funding	O
round	O
led	O
by	O
global	O
venture	O
investment	O
firm	O
Bessemer	O
Venture	O
Partners	O
,	O
its	O
only	O
venture	O
capital	O
funding	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zapier	B-Application
reached	O
profitability	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sequoia	O
Capital	O
and	O
Steadfast	O
Financial	O
bought	O
shares	O
from	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
original	O
investors	O
in	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
raising	O
Zapier	B-Application
's	O
valuation	O
to	O
$5	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zapier	B-Application
has	O
been	O
a	O
fully	O
remote	O
company	O
since	O
it	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
Covid-19	O
pandemic	O
spread	O
,	O
Zapier	B-Application
set	O
up	O
a	O
$1	O
million	O
small	O
business	O
assistance	O
fund	O
for	O
struggling	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Zapier	B-Application
announced	O
National	O
No-Code	B-Architecture
Day	O
,	O
and	O
launched	O
a	O
no-code	B-Architecture
competition	O
with	O
a	O
$	O
25,000	O
cash	O
prize	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
fintech	O
company	O
Brex	O
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Zapier	B-Application
,	O
allowing	O
easy	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
automation	O
between	O
their	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
acquired	O
Makerpad	O
,	O
a	O
no-code	B-Architecture
education	O
service	O
and	O
community	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
