Applitools Acquires Preflight

Applitools

Applitools, a San Mateo, CA-based provider of AI-powered test automation tools, acquired Preflight, a Palatine, IL-based test automation platform specializing in low-code test automation.

The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

With the acquisition, Applitools will expand its platform and strengthen its position as a testing platform adding AI to key parts of the testing lifecycle. This includes full support for authoring tests through Preflight low-code solution, as well as tests created with open-source frameworks like Selenium, Playwright or Cypress – enabling users to inject AI to their testing process, regardless of their team’s skill set. Customers will now benefit from enhanced AI-driven test authoring, execution, and analysis capabilities.

Led by Mustafa Bayramoglu, Founder and CEO, Preflight provides a low-code testing solution for organization that regardless of their technical capabilities, can create, run, and maintain automated tests at speed.

Led by CEO Gil Sever and CTO Adam Carmi, Applitools offers a test automation platform, infusing AI for testing lifecycle. Its Eyes automatically spot functional and visual bugs with every release. Via its Ultrafast Test Cloud, Ultrafast Grid, and Execution Cloud, nearly everyone in the organization is integrated into the testing process – from design, development, QA, operations, marketing and product teams.

Applitools is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel.

FinSMEs

04/07/2023