MuleSoft Founder Connects with Salesforce in Massive Acquisition
MuleSoft Inc. is eyeing a broader role in corporate technology, from helping firms connect individual business software tools, to creating entire networks of reusable, integrated applications available to workers companywide, says founder Ross Mason.
The San Francisco-based API company, which was acquired by Salesforce.com Inc. in a $6.5 billion deal that closed last week, is best known for developing the pieces of software that enable firms to connect different data sources in their own data centers, the cloud, or both.
Delivered over a web-based service, MuleSoft’s APIs – which stands for application-programming interfaces – help companies stitch together a growing array of business applications and services, while unlocking valuable data trapped in older systems for use in newer tools, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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