2013
Prismic founded
Sadek Drobi and Guillaume Bort founded Prismic in Paris in 2013 — a SaaSSoftware as a Service — applications delivered over the internet on a subscription basis. headless CMSContent management system — software for building and publishing websites without hand-writing every page. with a visual page builder and slice-based content model.
What it was for
Prismic's Slices let developers define reusable page sections in code while marketers compose layouts visually — integrated with Next.js, Nuxt, and SvelteKit. It became a mainstream headless CMSContent management system — software for building and publishing websites without hand-writing every page. for marketing sites and landing pages.
Why it's here
Prismic's slice model bridged developer-defined components and marketer-friendly editing.
Why it mattered
Reusable content slices influenced page-builder patterns across headless CMSs.
What it solved
Marketing teams needed visual page building without abandoning modern JavaScript frontends.
Media
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