Netlify is a remote-first cloud computing company that offers a development platform that includes build, deploy, and serverless backend services for web applications and dynamic websites.

[9] The company was founded in 2014 when Danish entrepreneur Mathias Biilmann noticed the emergence of Git-centered workflows with modern build tools and static site generators, a shift he described as "a massive change happening in the web development space", while running Webpop, a content management startup based in San Francisco.

[10] In 2015, Biilmann invited Christian Bach, his childhood friend who was working as an executive at a creative services agency in Denmark, to join him as co-founder in his new venture.

[8][12] On May 19, 2021, Netlify announced the acquisition of FeaturePeek, a Y Combinator and Matrix Partners backed startup that enables developer teams to preview frontend content.

[14] On February 1, 2022, Netlify announced the acquisition of Quirrel, an open-source solution and service for managing and scheduling the execution of serverless functions and jobs.

[36] JAMstack[a] is a cloud-native web development architecture based on client-side JavaScript code, reusable APIs, and markup content.

[37][38] In its purest form, the idea of JAMstack is that a web application is pre-built into static pages, using content and code to generate the output.

[41] On July 10, 2018, GitHub founder and former CEO Tom Preston-Werner predicted that "within 5 years, you'll build your next large scale, fully featured web app with JAMstack and deploy on Netlify.

"[42] Netlify customers include Google, Facebook, Verizon, NBC, Samsung, Nike, Cisco, Atlassian, LiveChat, TriNet, Loblaw, Wieden+Kennedy, Vue.js, Citrix, Peloton, Kubernetes, Lodash, Smashing Magazine, Sequoia Capital, VMware,[27] UW Health, Pan Macmillan,[43] Victoria Beckham Beauty, Twilio,[44] and Unilever.