• Company Type For Profit
  • Phone Number 706-366-8000

Parakey was founded in early 2006 by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt of Mozilla/Firefox fame. Little has been revealed about what Parakey will actually do, but it has been touted as both a platform and set of applications that will merge the desktop environment with the Web. It has also been described as a Web-based operating system. Great emphasis

has been placed on Parakey's potential to make tasks on the computer more intuitive for the average Joe.

Parakey was acquired by Facebook on July 19, 2007.

Sequoia Capital seeded Parakey's operations in early 2005.

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on Jul 1, 2007. This deal was done in Cash.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Parakey's headquarters? Parakey is located in Mountain View, California, United States.Who invested in Parakey? Parakey is funded by Y Combinator.When was the last funding round for Parakey? Parakey closed its last funding round on Mar 1, 2007 from a Seed round.Who are Parakey's competitors? Alternatives and possible competitors to Parakey may include MestdyQwipIt, and Umbria.