Crashlytics
Crashlytics was a Boston, Massachusetts-based software company founded in May 2011 by entrepreneurs Wayne Chang and Jeff Seibert. Crashlytics helps collecting, analyzing and organizing app crash reports.
| Industry | Software industry |
|---|---|
| Founded | May 13, 2011 |
| Founders | Wayne Chang, Jeff Seibert |
| Fate | Acquired by Twitter, Inc. |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, San Francisco, California |
| Products | Crashlytics for iOS, Crashlytics for Android, Crashlytics for OSX, Crashlytics for Apple tvOS, Crashlytics for Unity, Beta by Crashlytics, Answers, Fabric, SecureUDID |
| Members | 2+ billion devices, 1+ million apps |
| Parent | Google (previously Twitter, Inc.) |
| Website | firebase |
Its main product is a software development kit for crash reporting, application logging, online review and statistical analysis of application logs. It supports iOS, Android and Unity.
In January 2013, Twitter acquired Crashlytics for over $100 million. Most of the package was in stock vesting over four years with an upfront payment of $38.2 million in common Twitter stock.
In January 2017, Google announced that it signed an agreement to acquire Crashlytics and its offspring creations including Fabric and Answers. The acquisition would bolster its existing efforts in mobile by becoming part of the Firebase platform and known as Firebase Crashlytics.