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'''Netlify''' is a [[San Francisco]]-based [[Cloud computing|cloud computing]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.netlify.com/blog/2020/02/21/building-a-jamstack-ecommerce-storefront-with-bigcommerce-netlify/|title=How to Build JAMstack Ecommerce Store - BigCommerce & Netlify|last1=McKemie|first1=Ashley|last2=Rydhan|first2=Sarfaraz|date=2020-02-21|website=Netlify|language=en|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> company that offers [[Internet hosting service|hosting]] and [[Serverless computing|serverless]] [[Platform as a service|backend]] services for [[web application]]s and [[Static web page|static websites]].

The company provides hosting for websites whose source files are stored in the version control system [[Git]] and then generated into static web content files<ref group="b" name="cr">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NFLDgAAQBAJ&pg=155|title=Working with Static Sites: Bringing the Power of Simplicity to Modern Sites|last1=Camden|first1=Raymond|last2=Rinaldi|first2=Brian|publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]]|year=2017|isbn=9781491960943|___location=[[Sebastopol, California|Sebastopol]]|pages=155, 177}}</ref> served via a [[Content Delivery Network]].<ref group="b" name="xpt">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riBBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT79|title=blogdown: Creating Websites with R Markdown|last1=Xie|first1=Yihui|last2=Presmanes Hill|first2=Alison|last3=Thomas|first3=Amber|publisher=[[CRC Press]]|year=2017|isbn=9780815363729|series=The R Series|___location=[[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]]|pages=79|author-link=Yihui Xie}}</ref><ref group="b" name="xag">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=octmDwAAQBAJ&pg=207|title=R Markdown: The Definitive Guide|last1=Xie|first1=Yihui|last2=Allaire|first2=Joseph J.|last3=Grolemund|first3=Garrett|publisher=[[CRC Press]]|year=2018|isbn=9781138359338|series=The R Series|___location=[[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]]|pages=207|author-link=Yihui Xie|author-link2=Joseph J. Allaire}}</ref>. Given the limitations of the purely static model, the company later expanded services to include content management systems, and features of [[Serverless computing]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/20/netlify-wants-to-make-it-easier-for-web-developers-to-use-aws-lambda-event-triggers/|title=Netlify wants to make it easier for web developers to use AWS Lambda event triggers|last=Miller|first=Ron|date=March 20, 2018|work=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=October 5, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> to handle websites with interactive features.<ref name='Deutscher2020'/>.

== History ==

A predecessor to the company was founded in 2014 when [[Denmark|Danish]] entrepreneur Mathias Biilmann noticed the emergence of [[Git]]-centered [[workflow]]s with modern [[Build automation|build tools]] and static sites generators, a shift he described as "a massive change happening in the web development space", while running MakerLoop, a [[content management]] startup based in San Francisco. In 2015, Biilmann invited [[Christian Bach (entrepreneur)|Christian Bach]], his childhood friend who was working as an executive at a creative services agency in Denmark, to join him as co-founder in his new venture.<ref name="Finley 2018" />. In 2017, MakerLoop was rebranded as Netlify.<ref name="sos" />

Beyond the initial focus on hosting for static websites, and attracting many developers with a free basic offer, the company expanded to a broader offering including serverless functions and test and deployment services.<ref name="Deutscher2020">{{cite news | url = https://siliconangle.com/2020/03/04/attracting-800k-web-developers-netlify-wins-53m-funding/ | work = Silicon Angle | first=Maria | last = Deutscher | title = After attracting 800K web developers, Netlify wins $53M in funding |date = March 4, 2020}}</ref>.

=== Financing ===