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Discovering the legendary software innovators.

Discovering the legendary software innovators.

Discovering the legendary software innovators.

2,399Best Companies
$28.4TCombined value
7.8MEmployees

Software companies founded inAll Years

2399
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$28.4T
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AlphabetPublic
$4.30T▲11.8%$446B9.6x$22M$2.2M▲15.1%198,933Sundar PichaiLarry PageSergey Brin1998InternetMarketingMountain View, CA
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MicrosoftPublic
$3.97T▲13.9%$332B12.0x$18M$1.5M▲17.8%223,000Satya NadellaBill GatesPaul Allen1975DesktopITRedmond, WA
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AmazonPublic
$2.83T▲15.9%$776B3.6x$1.8M$486K▲12.4%1,595,000Andy JassyJeff Bezos1994InternetSoftware EngineeringSeattle, WA
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BroadcomPublic
$1.73T▲4.6%$89.1B19.4x$52M$2.7M▲23.9%33,000Hock E. TanHenry SamueliHenry Nicholas III1991Client–ServerITPalo Alto, CA
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AnthropicPrivate
$965B--$47.0B20.5x$193M$9.4M--5,000Dario AmodeiDario AmodeiDaniela AmodeiJared KaplanJack ClarkChris OlahBenjamin MannSam McCandlishTom Brown2021AISoftware EngineeringSan Francisco, CA
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OpenAIPrivate
$852B--$41.3B20.6x$189M$9.2M--4,500Sam AltmanSam AltmanGreg BrockmanIlya SutskeverWojciech ZarembaJohn SchulmanElon MuskTrevor BlackwellVicki CheungAndrej KarpathyDurk KingmaPamela Vagata2015AISoftware EngineeringSan Francisco, CA
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Palantir TechnologiesPublic
$502B▲24.5%$6.16B81.6x$114M$1.4M▲56.2%4,401Alexander KarpPeter ThielJoe LonsdaleAlex KarpStephen CohenNathan Gettings2003InternetDataDenver, CO
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Cisco SystemsPublic
$467B▲57.7%$63.3B7.4x$4.9M$662K▲11.8%95,612Charles H. RobbinsLeonard BosackSandy Lerner1984InternetCyber SecuritySan Jose, CA
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OraclePublic
$429B▼27.1%$71.8B6.0x$3.0M$509K▲17.3%141,000Clay MagouyrkMike SiciliaLarry EllisonBob MinerEd Oates1977MinicomputerITAustin, TX
10
Dell TechnologiesPublic
$373B▲362.8%$151B2.5x$3.8M$1.6M▲18.8%97,000Michael DellMichael Dell1984DesktopITRound Rock, TX
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Palo Alto NetworksPublic
$343B▲133.5%$11.5B29.8x$16M$524K▲24.5%21,921Nikesh AroraNir ZukRajiv Batra2005CloudCyber SecuritySanta Clara, CA
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CrowdStrike HoldingsPublic
$282B▲142.6%$5.40B52.2x$24M$461K▲21.7%11,706George KurtzGeorge KurtzDmitri AlperovitchGregg Marston2011CloudCyber SecurityAustin, TX
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xAIAcq
$250B--$3.20B78.1x$45M$576K--5,559Elon MuskElon MuskIgor BabuschkinYuhuai WuKyle KosicGreg YangZihang DaiToby PohlenChristian SzegedyGuodong ZhangRoss NordeenJimmy BaManuel Kroiss2006AISoftware EngineeringPalo Alto, CA
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SAPPublic
sap.com · Founded 1972
$248B▼7.0%$42.8B5.8x$2.2M$382K▲7.7%112,019Christian KleinDietmar HoppHasso PlattnerClaus WellenreutherKlaus TschiraHans-Werner Hector1972MinicomputerFinanceWalldorf, Germany
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SiemensPublic
siemens.com · Founded 1847
$233B▲11.9%$90.9B2.6x$736K$287K▲3.9%317,000Roland BuschWerner von SiemensJohann Georg Halske1847MainframeManufacturingMunich, Germany
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ShopifyPublic
$220B▲8.7%$13.3B16.6x$29M$1.7M▲30.1%7,600Tobias LütkeTobias LütkeDaniel WeinandScott Lake2004InternetRetail & E-commerceOttawa, Canada
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International Business MachinesPublic
ibm.com · Founded 1911
$214B▼20.5%$69.1B3.1x$810K$261K▲7.6%264,300Arvind KrishnaCharles Ranlett FlintHerman HollerithThomas J. Watson1911MainframeITArmonk, NY
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RevolutPrivate
$200B--$6.00B33.3x$17M$500K--12,000Nik StoronskyNik StoronskyVlad Yatsenko2013CloudFinTechLondon, United Kingdom
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DatabricksPrivate
$190B--$7.00B27.1x$21M$778K--9,000Ali GhodsiAli GhodsiAndy KonwinskiIon StoicaPatrick WendellReynold XinMatei ZahariaArsalan Tavakoli2013CloudDataSan Francisco, CA
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SalesforcePublic
$189B▼9.0%$43.9B4.3x$2.3M$527K▲9.6%83,334Marc BenioffMarc BenioffParker HarrisDave MoellenhoffFrank Dominguez1999CloudSalesSan Francisco, CA
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StripePrivate
$159B------$16M----10,000Patrick CollisonJohn CollisonPatrick Collison2010CloudFinanceSouth San Francisco, CA
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ServiceNowPublic
$146B▼4.5%$14.7B9.9x$5.0M$505K▲20.9%29,187Bill McDermottFred Luddy2003CloudITSanta Clara, CA
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FortinetPublic
$143B▲150.1%$7.53B19.0x$9.2M$487K▲14.2%15,472Ken XieKen XieMichael Xie2000InternetCyber SecuritySunnyvale, CA
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SnowflakePublic
$130B▲70.2%$5.43B23.9x$14M$600K▲29.2%9,060Sridhar RamaswamyBenoît DagevilleThierry CruanesMarcin Żukowski2012CloudDataMenlo Park, CA
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CloudflarePublic
$129B▲84.1%$2.51B51.2x$23M$458K▲29.8%5,483Matthew PrinceMatthew PrinceMichelle ZatlynLee Holloway2009CloudCyber SecuritySan Francisco, CA
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AccenturePublic
$128B▼17.9%$74.2B1.7x$157K$91K▲7.4%814,000Julie Sweet--1989DesktopITDublin, Ireland
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Automatic Data ProcessingPublic
adp.com · Founded 1949
$107B▲9.5%$21.9B4.9x$1.6M$328K▲6.7%67,000Maria BlackHenry TaubJoe Taub1949MainframeHRRoseland, NJ
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DatadogPublic
$105B▲119.2%$3.97B26.5x$13M$490K▲27.7%8,100Olivier PomelOlivier PomelAlexis Lê-Quôc2010CloudSoftware EngineeringNew York, NY
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BloombergPrivate
$100B--$14.9B6.7x$3.8M$573K--26,000Vlad KliatchkoMichael BloombergThomas SecundaDuncan MacMillanCharles Zegar1981DesktopCapital MarketsNew York, NY
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SynopsysPublic
$97.7B▲6.2%$9.42B10.4x$3.5M$339K▲15.1%27,809Sassine GhaziAart de GeusDavid GregoryAlberto Sangiovanni-VincentelliBill Krieger1986DesktopSoftware EngineeringSunnyvale, CA
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Hewlett Packard EnterprisePublic
hpe.com · Founded 1939
$97.5B▲207.6%$41.9B2.3x$1.5M$625K▲13.8%67,000Antonio NeriBill HewlettDavid Packard1939MainframeITSpring, TX
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Cadence Design SystemsPublic
$97.2B▲13.7%$5.84B16.6x$6.3M$378K▲14.1%15,445Anirudh DevganRichard NewtonJames Solomon1988DesktopManufacturingSan Jose, CA
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AdobePublic
$94.3B▼27.3%$26.0B3.6x$3.0M$828K▲10.5%31,360Shantanu NarayenCharles GeschkeJohn Warnock1982DesktopMarketingSan Jose, CA
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AppLovinPublic
$93.1B▼55.2%$6.83B13.6x$104M$7.6M▲70.0%898Adam ForoughiAdam ForoughiAndrew KaramJohn Krystynak2012CloudMarketingPalo Alto, CA
35
IntuitPublic
$80.9B▼51.2%$21.4B3.8x$4.3M$1.2M▲13.9%18,600Sasan GoodarziScott CookTom Proulx1983DesktopFinanceMountain View, CA
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Epic SystemsPrivate
$70.0B------$4.7M----15,000Judith FaulknerJudith Faulkner1979MinicomputerHealthcare ProvidersVerona, WI
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VMwareAcq
$69.0B------$4.3M----16,000Raghu RaghuramDiane GreeneMendel RosenblumEdouard BugnionScott DevineEdward Wang1998InternetITPalo Alto, CA
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NebiusPublic
$60.1B▲145.8%$1.36B44.4x$39M$878K▲479.0%1,543Arkady VolozhArkady VolozhRoman Chernin2024AISoftware EngineeringAmsterdam, Netherlands
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CursorAcq
$60.0B--$4.00B15.0x$86M$5.7M--700Michael TruellMichael TruellSualeh AsifArvid LunnemarkAman Sanger2022AISoftware EngineeringSan Francisco, CA
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AtlassianPublic
$52.3B▲33.6%$6.57B8.0x$3.9M$494K▲26.0%13,301Mike Cannon-BrookesMike Cannon-BrookesScott Farquhar2002InternetSoftware EngineeringSydney, Australia
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EverpurePublic
$51.5B▲123.9%$4.26B12.1x$8.0M$666K▲15.6%6,400Charles GiancarloJohn 'Coz' Colgrove2009CloudDataSanta Clara, CA
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ThalesPublic
thalesgroup.com · Founded 1968
$50.3B▼7.0%$25.6B2.0x$635K$323K▲7.6%79,263Patrice CaineElihu ThomsonEdwin Houston1968MainframeCyber SecurityMeudon, France
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AutodeskPublic
$49.2B▼17.9%$7.79B6.3x$3.4M$545K▲17.5%14,300Andrew AnagnostJohn Walker1982DesktopManufacturingSan Francisco, CA
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CognitionPrivate
$48.0B--$1.00B48.0x$137M$2.9M--350Scott WuScott WuSteven HaoWalden Yan2023AISoftware EngineeringNew York, NY
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Veeva SystemsPublic
$47.9B▲34.9%$3.46B13.9x$6.0M$436K▲16.3%7,928Peter GassnerPeter GassnerMatt WallachDoug Ostler2007CloudBiotechPleasanton, CA
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PayPal HoldingsPublic
$47.5B▼3.6%$34.1B1.4x$2.0M$1.4M▲4.3%23,800Enrique LoresMax LevchinPeter ThielLuke Nosek1998InternetSoftware EngineeringSan Jose, CA
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NetAppPublic
$46.6B▲124.6%$7.39B6.3x$4.0M$632K▲5.4%11,700George KurianDavid HitzJames LauMichael Malcolm1992Client–ServerITSan Jose, CA
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BlockPublic
$46.4B▲18.6%$25.0B1.9x$7.7M$4.2M▲0.3%6,000Jack DorseyJack DorseyJim McKelvey2009CloudRetail & E-commerceOakland, CA
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CoreWeavePublic
$45.3B▲3.5%$7.59B6.0x$17M$2.9M▲167.9%2,637Michael IntratorMichael IntratorBrian VenturoBrannin McBee2017AISoftware EngineeringLivingston, NJ
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WorkdayPublic
$45.0B▼9.3%$10.2B4.4x$2.2M$486K▲13.1%20,896Aneel BhusriAneel BhusriDave Duffield2005CloudHRPleasanton, CA
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Thomson ReutersPublic
thomsonreuters.com · Founded 1850
$44.9B▼12.0%$7.83B5.7x$1.7M$289K▲3.0%27,100Steve HaskerPaul Julius Reuter1850MainframeLegalToronto, Canada
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Constellation SoftwarePublic
$44.7B▼7.1%$12.6B3.5x$768K$217K▲15.5%58,254Mark MillerMark LeonardJames D. Foy1995InternetITToronto, Canada
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TwilioPublic
$44.5B▲109.2%$5.57B8.0x$8.1M$1.0M▲13.7%5,492Khozema ShipchandlerJeff LawsonEvan CookeJohn Wolthuis2008CloudCustomer SupportSan Francisco, CA
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RampPrivate
$44.0B--$1.50B29.4x$18M$608K--2,469Eric GlymanEric GlymanKarim AtiyehGene Lee2019CloudFinanceNew York, NY
55
IQVIAPublic
$42.8B▲15.3%$17.0B2.5x$503K$200K▲5.9%85,002Ari BousbibDennis Gillings1982DesktopBiotechDurham, NC
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CanvaPrivate
$42.0B--$4.00B10.5x$7.9M$755K--5,300Melanie PerkinsMelanie PerkinsCliff ObrechtCameron Adams2012CloudMarketingSurry Hills, Australia
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PrometheusPrivate
$41.0B------$273M----150Jeff BezosVik BajajJeff BezosVik Bajaj2025AIManufacturingSan Francisco, CA
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OktaPublic
$40.6B▲177.5%$3.07B13.2x$6.4M$483K▲11.8%6,366Todd McKinnonTodd McKinnonFrederic Kerrest2009CloudITSan Francisco, CA
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Checkout.comPrivate
$40.0B------$17M----2,292Guillaume PousazGuillaume Pousaz2012CloudRetail & E-commerceLondon, United Kingdom
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KalshiPrivate
$40.0B--$4.00B10.0x$267M$27M--150Tarek MansourTarek MansourLuana Lopes Lara2018CloudCapital MarketsNew York, NY
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First DataAcq
firstdata.com · Founded 1971
$38.3B------$2.0M----19,000Frank BisignanoPerry "Bill" EspingMike LiddyJack Weekly1971MinicomputerRetail & E-commerceAtlanta, GA
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ZscalerPublic
$38.1B▲6.0%$3.35B11.4x$4.4M$385K▲25.4%8,700Jay ChaudhryJay ChaudhryK. Kailash2007CloudCyber SecuritySan Jose, CA
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AnsysAcq
ansys.com · Founded 1970
$35.0B------$5.2M----6,703Ajei GopalJohn A. Swanson1970MinicomputerManufacturingCanonsburg, PA
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HCL TechnologiesPublic
$34.0B▼25.3%$14.8B2.3x$145K$63K▲11.2%234,496C. VijayakumarShiv NadarAjai Chowdhry1976MinicomputerITNoida, India
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Red HatAcq
$34.0B------$1.8M----19,000Matt HicksMarc EwingBob Young1993Client–ServerITRaleigh, NC
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Dassault SystemesPublic
$32.0B▼6.5%$6.95B4.6x$1.2M$268K▲0.4%25,967Pascal DalozFrancis Bernard1981DesktopManufacturingVélizy-Villacoublay, France
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WizAcq
$32.0B--$1.00B32.0x$10M$318K--3,149Assaf RappaportAssaf RappaportYinon CosticaRoy ReznikAmi Luttwak2020CloudCyber SecurityNew York, NY
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SSI / Safe SuperintelligencePrivate
$32.0B------$1.5B----21Ilya SutskeverIlya SutskeverDaniel GrossDaniel Levy2024AISoftware EngineeringPalo Alto, CA
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AdyenPublic
$31.3B▼38.3%$2.90B10.8x$6.2M$577K▲18.9%5,020Pieter van der DoesPieter van der DoesArnout Schuijff2006CloudRetail & E-commerceAmsterdam, Netherlands
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MongoDBPublic
$31.0B▼3.4%$2.78B11.2x$5.4M$481K▲22.8%5,783Chirantan "CJ" DesaiDwight MerrimanEliot HorowitzKevin Ryan2007CloudSoftware EngineeringNew York, NY
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CrusoePrivate
$30.9B------$17M----1,800Chase LochmillerChase LochmillerCully Cavness2018CloudSoftware EngineeringDenver, CO
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VAST DataPrivate
$30.0B--$500M60.0x$25M$415K--1,206Renen HallakRenen HallakShachar FienblitJeff DenworthAlon Horev2016AIITNew York, NY
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PerplexityPrivate
$30.0B--$450M66.7x$21M$321K--1,400Aravind SrinivasAravind SrinivasDenis YaratsJohnny HoAndy Konwinski2022AIITSan Francisco, CA
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CernerAcq
$29.8B------$1.1M----28,000David FeinbergNeal PattersonPaul GorupCliff Illig1980DesktopHealthcare ProvidersKansas City, MO
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Scale AIAcq
$29.0B------$22M----1,300Jason DroegeAlexandr WangLucy Guo2016AIDataSan Francisco, CA
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Zoom CommunicationsPublic
$28.5B▲17.3%$4.99B5.7x$3.8M$671K▲4.4%7,438Eric YuanEric Yuan2011CloudITSan Jose, CA
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HexagonPublic
$28.1B▼5.2%$6.13B4.6x$1.7M$382K▲0.4%16,036Anders SvenssonBörje Andersson1975MinicomputerManufacturingStockholm, Sweden
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SplunkAcq
$28.0B------$3.0M----9,231Gary SteeleMichael BaumRob DasErik Swan2003InternetCyber SecuritySan Jose, CA
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VeriSignPublic
$27.5B▲27.5%$1.71B16.1x$30M$1.8M▲6.4%926D. James BidzosJames Bidzos1995InternetITReston, VA
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F5Public
$27.2B▲87.0%$3.31B8.2x$4.2M$508K▲9.7%6,512François Locoh-DonouJeff Hussey1996InternetCyber SecuritySeattle, WA
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LinkedInAcq
$27.1B------$1.6M----17,500Daniel ShaperoReid HoffmanAllen BlueKonstantin GuerickeEric LyJean-Luc Vaillant2002InternetSalesSunnyvale, CA
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SlackAcq
$27.1B------$9.2M----2,935Rob SeamanStewart ButterfieldCal HendersonSerguei Mourachov2009CloudITSan Francisco, CA
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Cognizant Technology SolutionsPublic
$26.7B▼25.8%$21.6B1.2x$77K$63K▲7.0%345,049Ravi Kumar SingisettiKumar MahadevaFrancisco D'Souza1994Client–ServerITTeaneck, NJ
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CyberArkAcq
$26.2B--$1.44B18.2x$6.6M$360K--4,000Matt CohenUdi Mokady1999InternetCyber SecurityNewton, MA
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BasetenPrivate
$26.0B------$98M----266Tuhin SrivastavaTuhin SrivastavaPhilip HowesAmir HaghighatPankaj Gupta2019AISoftware EngineeringSan Francisco, CA
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RubrikPublic
$25.9B▲65.8%$1.54B16.8x$6.8M$406K▲48.5%3,797Bipul SinhaBipul SinhaArvind NithrakashyapSoham MazumdarArvind JainMukeash Rawat2014CloudITPalo Alto, CA
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Reflection AIPrivate
$25.0B------$123M----203Misha LaskinMisha LaskinIoannis Alexandros Antonoglou2024AISoftware EngineeringNew York, NY
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SamsaraPublic
$24.3B▲22.5%$1.85B13.2x$5.9M$451K▲29.6%4,100Sanjit BiswasSanjit BiswasJohn Bicket2015CloudSupply ChainSan Francisco, CA
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FiservPublic
fiserv.com · Founded 1971
$24.3B▼30.4%$21.2B1.1x$639K$558K▲3.6%38,000Takis GeorgakopoulosGeorge DaltonLeslie Muma1971MinicomputerBankingMilwaukee, WI
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WorldpayAcq
$24.3B------$2.5M----9,632Charles DruckerNick Ogden1993Client–ServerRetail & E-commerceCincinnati, OH
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Bending SpoonsPublic
$24.1B▼6.1%$2.04B11.8x$14M$1.2M▲288.7%1,743Luca FerrariLuca FerrariFrancesco PatarnelloMatteo DanieliLuca QuerellaTomasz Greber2013CloudProductMilan, Italy
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Mistral AIPrivate
$24.0B--$400M60.0x$69M$1.1M--350Arthur MenschArthur MenschGuillaume LampleTimothée Lacroix2023AISoftware EngineeringParis, France
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WhatsAppAcq
$21.8B------$396M----55Jan KoumJan KoumBrian Acton2009CloudMedia & EntertainmentMenlo Park, CA
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Global PaymentsPublic
globalpayments.com · Founded 1967
$21.8B▲9.9%$10.2B2.1x$837K$393K▼0.4%26,000Cameron BreadyGeorge W. Thorpe1967MainframeRetail & E-commerceAtlanta, GA
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CirclePublic
$21.5B▲1.2%$2.91B7.4x$20M$2.6M▲63.9%1,100Jeremy AllaireJeremy AllaireSean Neville2013CloudWeb3 / Crypto InfraNew York, NY
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PTCPublic
$21.1B▲14.3%$2.95B7.2x$3.0M$422K▲19.2%7,000Neil BaruaSamuel GeisbergMike Payne1985DesktopManufacturingBoston, MA
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GenesysPE
$21.0B--$3.00B7.0x$2.4M$345K--8,684Tony BatesAlec MiloslavskyGregory Shenkman1990Client–ServerCustomer SupportMenlo Park, CA
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PolymarketPrivate
$21.0B------$105M----200Shayne CoplanShayne Coplan2020AIWeb3 / Crypto InfraNew York, NY
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VismaPE
$20.7B--$3.49B5.9x$1.4M$232K--15,000Merete Hverven--1996InternetFinanceOslo, Norway
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Unity SoftwarePublic
$20.6B▲5.9%$2.03B10.2x$4.7M$460K▲2.0%4,412Matthew BrombergDavid HelgasonNicholas FrancisJoachim Ante2004InternetMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, CA
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