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Parse

Defunct company

Parse, Inc. was a company acquired by Meta (then named Facebook) in 2013 and shut down in January 2017.2 It was founded by Tikhon Bernstam.1 It is part of Meta Platforms.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2011Founded1
  • Industrymobile backend as a service1
  • HeadquartersMenlo Park1
  • Websiteparse.com

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Parse, Inc. was a company acquired by Meta (then named Facebook) in 2013 and shut down in January 2017.2

Corporate structure

Parse is part of a group headed by Meta Platforms. 49 entities, 9 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Meta Platforms Menlo Park, California, United States
    • Parse Menlo Park
    • Beat Games Subsidiary · Prague, Czech Republic
    • Face.com Subsidiary · תל אביב-יפו
    • Facebook Subsidiary
      • Facebook Developer Circles Subsidiary
    • Facebook (Israel) Subsidiary · Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Facebook Sweden Subsidiary · Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
    • Mapillary Subsidiary · Malmö
    • Novi Financial Subsidiary · Menlo Park, United States
    • Parakey Subsidiary · Mountain View
    • Pinnacle Sweden Subsidiary · Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
    • PlayGiga Subsidiary · Madrid, Spain
    • PrivateCore Subsidiary · Palo Alto
    • Reality Labs Subsidiary · California
    • Sanzaru Games Subsidiary · California
    • Workplace from Meta Subsidiary
    • Cassin Networks ApS Subsidiary · Denmark
    • CTRL-labs Subsidiary
    • Facebook AI Research Subsidiary · Montreal, Canada
    • Facebook France Subsidiary
    • Facebook Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • FACEBOOK INDIA ONLINE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Hyderabad, India
    • Facebook International Operations Limited Subsidiary · Ireland
    • FACEBOOK INTERNATIONAL TREASURY OPERATIONS LIMITED Subsidiary · Dublin, Ireland
    • Facebook Ireland Limited Subsidiary · Ireland
    • FACEBOOK OPERATIONS, LLC Subsidiary · Menlo Park, California, United States
    • and 21 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Tikhon Bernstam in 2011.1

Leadership

Who has led Parse, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2011Founded Founded1

Sources

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