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Buf Technologies, Inc.

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Buf is a comprehensive platform for Protobuf, offering tools to accelerate gRPC adoption and manage API schemas efficiently. Trusted by top enterprises, Buf provides a schema registry, CLI tools, API documentation, and SDK generation, ensuring seamless integration and enforcement of API standards across development environments.

Founded: 2020

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Buf Company Overview

Buf Technologies, founded to address the complexities of managing Protocol Buffers (Protobuf), offers a comprehensive suite of tools that streamline API development. At the heart of Buf’s offerings is the Buf Schema Registry, which provides an efficient way to share, version, and import schemas without the need for cumbersome scripts or file copies. This registry supports continuous integration and development processes, ensuring that best practices are adhered to and that breaking changes are prevented through integrations with popular IDEs and CI systems. Buf also offers automatic generation of API documentation and Software Development Kits (SDKs) with every schema update. This feature allows developers to access ready-to-use SDKs for a variety of programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, and others. By facilitating easier API discovery and implementation, Buf’s tools significantly reduce the time and effort required for development teams to integrate APIs into their applications. Integration capabilities are a standout feature of Buf’s platform, supporting seamless interactions with widely-used tools such as GitHub, Insomnia, Artifactory, Kafka, and major identity providers. These integrations ensure that API standards are consistently enforced throughout the development lifecycle, from initial design to final deployment. This makes Buf an essential tool for enterprises aiming to maintain high-quality API services and reduce the risk of errors and inconsistencies in their API implementations. Buf’s commitment to simplifying the complexities of Protobuf and gRPC has made it a trusted partner for many leading organizations. By providing modern solutions for API management and development, Buf helps companies enhance their API infrastructure, improve efficiency, and deliver robust and reliable API services.

Management Team

Connor Mahony Executive, Operations and Finance
Ben Caggia Head of Talent Acquisitions

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