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Burstly

The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.

Founded2008
Event year2014
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT

What the company did

Burstly was a mobile developer-tools company founded in 2008. Its best-known product was TestFlight, a popular platform that let developers distribute beta builds of their apps to testers before release in the App Store. It also offered FlightPath, a mobile analytics solution, and SkyRocket, an ad monetization service. Apple acquired Burstly in February 2014 and integrated TestFlight into its own developer ecosystem.

02 / FAILURE REASONS

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03 / EVENT HISTORY

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  1. Founded

    Burstly was founded, building mobile developer tools including the TestFlight beta-testing platform.

  2. Acquired by Apple

    Apple acquired Burstly in February 2014. TestFlight dropped Android support in March 2014, discontinued its SDK and shut down FlightPath, while Apple built TestFlight into its iOS 8 developer tools.

  3. Legacy TestFlight shut down

    On 26 February 2015 Apple shut down the original independent TestFlight platform (TestFlightApp.com), directing developers to the new TestFlight service integrated into iTunes Connect; Burstly's SkyRocket ad service had already been shut down in 2014.

04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT

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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH

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