TaskPipes (YC W15) Is SaaS to Simplify Using SaaS Platforms

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If anyone from taskpipes is reading this, check your CSS in windows 7/chrome. Your fonts are virtually unreadable[0].

It looks fine in firefox/IE.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw0zdexz9ic19gs/taskpipes.png?dl=0

Thanks for sharing!

Would love to know more about what the use cases for this are currently? Who are your current users? What kind of data sets are they using this for and at what kind of scale? I think it sounds like a really promising idea and the proliferation of software-as-a-service products with an "export to csv" button is really crazy.

Our users really are across a bunch of different industries. That's the thing - this is such a widespread problem that it's not constrained to one space. Data from Saleforce -> Mixpanel; eBay -> Shopify; NationBuilder -> centralised data warehouses are some examples.

This is very cool, I started building such a tool last year believing there was a need in the market. I think the "un-api" style of smart integrations is definitely the future. Segment's success certainly touches on that. Currently applying my tool and this philosophy to our startup. Wish you all the best!

Can I start a company that simplifies the use of TaskPipes and other SaaSaaS tools?

How would this handle differences in data models between two companies? Would a non-technical person compare docs and define rules to map the data across?

What is your differentiator from IFTTT?

Thanks for asking.

We're very much focussed on automating the process of getting rows and rows of data out of one system and into another. (e.g. transfer all of today's sales data from one platform to another)

IFTTT is much more event-based (e.g. when I receive an email from person x, send me a text)

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