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Build an API to interact with any website.

Fall 2025Founded 20252 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

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Parse lets developers build APIs for any website. Unlike traditional scraping tools that rely on slow, expensive headless browsers, Parse examines websites' underlying network requests and generates API endpoints automatically. This makes Parse 10-100x faster and cheaper than browser automation,.

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Parse converts any website into a live REST API endpoint based on a plain-English description. It creates a structured API from a target site in minutes without requiring browser interaction, coding, or ongoing maintenance.

Users describe the data they want in plain English, and Parse returns a live REST API endpoint that exposes the requested website data. The service eliminates the need for browser-based scraping or custom code, delivering a maintainable API that reflects the chosen website’s structure and content.

Who it’s for: Developers, product teams, data engineers, and businesses who need quick programmatic access to website content without building custom scrapers.

Features
  • Plain-English input to define data needs
  • Automatic generation of a live REST API
  • No browser or code required
  • No ongoing maintenance for the API
  • Turn any website into a structured API
  • Minute-level API provisioning

Founders · 1

Alex Forman
Alex FormanFounder
Berkeley

I've been obsessed with web automation since I was 12, when I taught myself to code building sneaker bots. That early experience showed me how broken traditional scraping tools were. I launched Parse in August, hit 30K users in 3 weeks, and dropped out of Berkeley Engineering to make it the best way to programmatically interact with the internet.

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Nov 2025
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Build APIs for any website that are 100X faster than browser automation

Parse builds deterministic APIs that reproduce website actions by reverse engineering underlying network requests, enabling scraping and automation without headless browsers. For users needing fast, low-cost interactions, Parse aims to handle dynamic values, IP rotation, and anti-bot challenges, delivering endpoints that execute in seconds at fractions of a cent.

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