BrowserStack acquires Y Combinator-backed Requestly to strengthen developer tools stack
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The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The acquisition will add to Accel-backed BrowserStack's efforts to strengthen its developer productivity suite by integrating Requestly's open-source solution. Requestly has raised a total of $125,000 in funding to date.
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