In 2014, Abhinav Asthana was working as a developer and noticed something missing: the tools for testing APIs were fragmented, painful, and broken. Developers were struggling with scattered workflows, lost context, and collaboration headaches. So he created Postman - first as a simple Chrome extension to solve his own frustration with API testing. When usage exploded from a handful of users to thousands overnight, Abhinav realized he had uncovered a fundamental gap in how the world built software.
What started as a side project quickly transformed into a movement. Abhinav recruited his former colleagues Ankit Sobti and Abhijit Kane, and together they built Postman into the world's leading API platform. Today, Postman powers the API-first world, serving more than 40 million developers across 500,000 organizations - including 98% of the Fortune 500. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Bangalore and Tokyo, Postman has grown from a humble debugging tool into a comprehensive platform that unifies the entire API lifecycle. The company raised $225 million in Series D funding at a $5.6 billion valuation, proving that solving a real developer pain point can build extraordinary value.
