Optic

Overview

Optic is a company focused on making APIs developer-friendly [1]. Founded in 2018, the company went through Y Combinator's Summer 2018 batch [3]. According to Y Combinator's directory, Optic operates with a team size of 5 [4] and maintains locations in New York City, NY, USA and remote work arrangements [2]. The company provides open source tools that enable developers to document API changes, review API modifications during code review processes, and identify breaking changes before production deployment [5]. Optic's approach applies version control concepts similar to Git and code review practices to API descriptions and related artifacts [5]. The company's tools are used by engineers at Snyk [5].

We help developers collaborate at scale and build better APIs. Optic’s open source tools makes it easy for developers to document API changes, review each other’s API changes during code review, and catch breaking changes before they reach production. tl;dr It’s version control but for behavior not code. We are taking the really successful ideas from Git / Code Review / CI and applying them to API descriptions and (future) other non-code artifacts. Engineers at Snyk use Optic daily to make the new Snyk API great. Read their engineering blog: Snyk's shift left approach to API development | Snyk [5]

Y Combinator's directory lists the company location as New York City, NY, USA; New York, NY, USA; Remote. [2]

Growth & traction

Y Combinator lists a team size of 5. [4]