9 8 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 7 7 ▁death s ▁Category : American ▁women ▁psych olog ists ▁Category : American ▁end ocr in olog ists ▁Category : Col umb ia ▁University ▁al umn i ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁California , ▁Ber keley <0x0A> </s> ▁Light b end , ▁formerly ▁known ▁as ▁Types a fe , ▁is ▁a ▁company ▁founded ▁by ▁Martin ▁Od ers ky , ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁the ▁Scala ▁programming ▁language , ▁Jon as ▁Bon ér , ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁the ▁Ak ka ▁middle ware , ▁and ▁Paul ▁Phill ips ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁It ▁provides ▁an ▁open - source ▁platform ▁for ▁building ▁re active ▁applications ▁for ▁the ▁JVM , ▁consisting ▁of ▁the ▁Play ▁Framework , ▁Ak ka ▁middle ware ▁and ▁Scala ▁programming ▁language , ▁with ▁additional ▁supporting ▁products ▁and ▁development ▁tools ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁S lick ▁database ▁library ▁for ▁Scala ▁and ▁the ▁s bt ▁build ▁tool . ▁Light b end ▁also ▁provides ▁training , ▁consult ing ▁and ▁commercial ▁support ▁on ▁the ▁platform . ▁ ▁Light b end ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁contrib utors ▁of ▁Re active ▁Stream s . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁renamed ▁from ▁Types a fe ▁to ▁Light b end ▁and ▁adopted ▁a ▁new ▁logo . ▁ ▁Le ad ership ▁The ▁company ' s ▁CE O ▁is ▁Mark ▁Bre wer ▁and ▁the ▁C TO ▁is ▁Jon as ▁Bon ér . ▁ ▁In vest ors ▁Light b end ▁initially ▁raised ▁$ 3