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BrowserStack
BrowserStack is a cloud-based software testing platform founded in 2011. It provides tools for testing websites and mobile applications across multiple devices, browsers, and operating systems. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, and Ireland.
BrowserStack was co-founded in 2011 by Ritesh Arora and Nakul Aggarwal, alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. The company provides access to thousands of real devices and browsers for software testing. The concept for the company developed while the founders were working on a consulting project called Downcase. During this time, they began working on a tool to simplify software testing. A beta version of BrowserStack was released after four months of development and attracted approximately 10,000 users. A commercial version followed, and the company became profitable within six months of launch. The platform was originally started as a service to let developers test their websites on Internet Explorer. In October 2015, BrowserStack was recognised as a Bootstrap Champ in The Economic Times Startup Awards.
In January 2018, BrowserStack raised $50 million in Series A funding from Accel. In July 2020, it acquired Percy, a San Francisco-based visual testing platform. A $200 million Series B funding round in June 2021, led by BOND with participation from Insight Partners and Accel, valued the company at $4 billion. That year, it was described as one of several Indian SaaS companies to achieve unicorn status. The company adopted a remote-first work model in 2021.
In December 2021, BrowserStack acquired Nightwatch.js, an open-source test automation framework. In August 2024, the company acquired Bird Eats Bug, a bug reporting and debugging platform, for $20 million. In May 2025, it acquired Requestly, an HTTP interception and mocking tool backed by Y Combinator, for an undisclosed amount. In June 2025, BrowserStack announced the addition of AI-based tools to its software testing platform.
As of 2025, BrowserStack is reported to support over three million tests daily for over seven million developers and testers and 50,000 teams, including clients such as Amazon, Microsoft, and NVIDIA.
In January 2026, the company announced a $125 million employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and a share repurchase programme. The company described the transaction as its third share buyback and said it was available to current and former employees and early investors.
BrowserStack's products include Live, App Live, Automate, App Automate and Percy.
The platform integrates with other software testing frameworks such as Selenium IDE, Testim, Katalon and Playwright, and is used in 135 countries and the company operates 21 global data centers.
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BrowserStack
BrowserStack is a cloud-based software testing platform founded in 2011. It provides tools for testing websites and mobile applications across multiple devices, browsers, and operating systems. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, and Ireland.
BrowserStack was co-founded in 2011 by Ritesh Arora and Nakul Aggarwal, alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. The company provides access to thousands of real devices and browsers for software testing. The concept for the company developed while the founders were working on a consulting project called Downcase. During this time, they began working on a tool to simplify software testing. A beta version of BrowserStack was released after four months of development and attracted approximately 10,000 users. A commercial version followed, and the company became profitable within six months of launch. The platform was originally started as a service to let developers test their websites on Internet Explorer. In October 2015, BrowserStack was recognised as a Bootstrap Champ in The Economic Times Startup Awards.
In January 2018, BrowserStack raised $50 million in Series A funding from Accel. In July 2020, it acquired Percy, a San Francisco-based visual testing platform. A $200 million Series B funding round in June 2021, led by BOND with participation from Insight Partners and Accel, valued the company at $4 billion. That year, it was described as one of several Indian SaaS companies to achieve unicorn status. The company adopted a remote-first work model in 2021.
In December 2021, BrowserStack acquired Nightwatch.js, an open-source test automation framework. In August 2024, the company acquired Bird Eats Bug, a bug reporting and debugging platform, for $20 million. In May 2025, it acquired Requestly, an HTTP interception and mocking tool backed by Y Combinator, for an undisclosed amount. In June 2025, BrowserStack announced the addition of AI-based tools to its software testing platform.
As of 2025, BrowserStack is reported to support over three million tests daily for over seven million developers and testers and 50,000 teams, including clients such as Amazon, Microsoft, and NVIDIA.
In January 2026, the company announced a $125 million employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and a share repurchase programme. The company described the transaction as its third share buyback and said it was available to current and former employees and early investors.
BrowserStack's products include Live, App Live, Automate, App Automate and Percy.
The platform integrates with other software testing frameworks such as Selenium IDE, Testim, Katalon and Playwright, and is used in 135 countries and the company operates 21 global data centers.