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Stamplay.

IFTTT meets Heroku

Acquired · as of 2026-09-28

What it does

Only a directory excerpt of the listing survives. It pitched Stamplay as IFTTT meets Heroku, arguing that companies like Uber are assembled from specialized APIs such as maps, payments and texting, and offering developers a way to piece those services together.

What happened next

In March 2019, 9to5Mac, citing Il Sole 24 Ore, reported that Apple had bought Stamplay for about 5 million euros. That August, Apple's FileMaker subsidiary renamed itself Claris and announced the acquisition, saying Stamplay's technology would power a new product, Claris Connect, with former Stamplay CEO Giuliano Iacobelli heading the integration team. Claris still offers Claris Connect today.

Based on acquisition: Acquired (2019-08-06).

What’s on record

  1. Acquired

    FileMaker, an Apple subsidiary, renamed itself Claris and announced its acquisition of Stamplay, whose technology would underpin a new product, Claris Connect.

    Acquisition · Announced
  2. Acquired

    9to5Mac, citing Il Sole 24 Ore, reported that Apple had acquired Stamplay for about 5 million euros.

    Acquisition · Announced
  3. Site check

    The domain showed something unrelated.

On the old Stompstart

  1. Stompstart listing

    Only a directory excerpt of the listing survives. It pitched Stamplay as IFTTT meets Heroku, arguing that companies like Uber are assembled from specialized APIs such as maps, payments and texting, and offering developers a way to piece those services together.

    Stamplay

    IFTTT meets Heroku

    Uber isn’t just Uber. It’s Google Maps, Braintree payments, Twilio texts and much more. The best way to do business isn’t to build it all in-house. Top companies are increasingly piecing together a composite of specialized APIs. That lets them concentrate on their unique ...

    Captured 2019-09-21 from a directory page

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