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Founded by Reed Hastings on Oct 1991.1
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Pure Software
American software tools company founded by Reed Hastings
Pure Software was an American software development tools company founded in October 1991 by Reed Hastings, Raymond Peck and Mark Box. Its flagship product was Purify, a debugging and memory leak detection tool for Unix software applications written in C. The company is notable as the first significant venture of Reed Hastings, who later co-founded Netflix.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
Oct 1991Founded1
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Pure Software was an American software development tools company founded in October 1991 by Reed Hastings, Raymond Peck and Mark Box. Its flagship product was Purify, a debugging and memory leak detection tool for Unix software applications written in C. The company is notable as the first significant venture of Reed Hastings, who later co-founded Netflix.2
Leadership
Who has led Pure Software, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- FounderReed Hastings1
Timeline
- Oct 1991Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaPure Software
- WikidataQ7261130
Sources
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- 1WikidataPure Software on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPure Software on Wikipedia