Assertion Contradicted AI assessment confidence: 85% certainty 4/5 debate potential 1/5

148,000 projects connect to Slack's API via RapidAPI

Ido Gino · EP 628: RapidAPI w/ 19 YO Founder Raises $3.5M, Helping You Connect to API's Faster with CEO Iddo Gino · Apr 13, 2017 · at 5:42

Ido Gino, founder and CEO of RapidAPI, breaks down platform developer adoption numbers with host Nathan Latka.

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“It means a 148 thousand apps or projects are using that to connect.”

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The claim, plainly

RapidAPI has 148,000 apps or projects using its service to connect to Slack's API.

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Assessment

On April 13, 2017, then-CEO Iddo Gino stated that RapidAPI had 148,000 apps or projects using its service to connect to Slack's API. However, official disclosures and contemporary reporting show that RapidAPI's entire user base across all APIs was well below 148,000 at the time. In late 2016, RapidAPI had approximately 20,000 total users across all 100 APIs on its platform. It was only after acquiring the Mashape Marketplace in late May 2017 that the combined platform reached 370,000 total developers across 7,500+ APIs combined. Consequently, having 148,000 apps or projects using RapidAPI specifically for Slack's API in April 2017 is contradicted by the platform's total developer metrics.

Retrospective reporting from TechCrunch indicated RapidAPI had approximately 20,000 total users across all 100 APIs at the time of its late-2016 Seed round.
Following the Mashape Marketplace acquisition in May 2017, RapidAPI reported a combined total of 370,000 developers across all 7,500+ APIs on the entire platform.
No official disclosures or API directory records from April 2017 corroborate 148,000 apps or projects connected specifically to Slack's API on RapidAPI.

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[1] venturebeat.com [2] siliconangle.com [3] crunchbase.com [4] calcalistech.com [5] stackoverflow.com [6] stackoverflow.com [7] globes.co.il [8] globes.co.il

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