Postman Acquires Akita Software
July 19, 2023
Postman has acquired Akita Software to integrate Akita's API discovery and monitoring capabilities into the Postman platform. The entire Akita team will join Postman as the companies work to deliver integrated API observability tooling, with a first integrated product slated for beta in fall 2023.
- Buyers
- Postman
- Targets
- Akita Software
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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