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MicrosoftPublic
$3.87T▲10.9%$346B11.2x$17M$1.6M▲17.8%223,000Satya NadellaBill GatesPaul Allen1975DesktopITRedmond, WA
2
AlphabetPublic
$3.61T▼6.7%$471B7.7x$18M$2.3M▲15.1%204,757Sundar PichaiLarry PageSergey Brin1998InternetMarketingMountain View, CA
3
AmazonPublic
$2.88T▲17.5%$797B3.6x$1.8M$487K▲12.4%1,638,000Andy JassyJeff Bezos1994InternetSoftware EngineeringSeattle, WA
4
BroadcomPublic
$1.65T▼0.1%$89.1B18.5x$50M$2.7M▲23.9%33,000Hock E. TanHenry SamueliHenry Nicholas III1991Client–ServerITPalo Alto, CA
5
OpenAIPrivate
$1.25T--$41.3B30.3x$278M$9.2M--4,500Sam AltmanSam AltmanGreg BrockmanIlya SutskeverWojciech ZarembaJohn SchulmanElon MuskTrevor BlackwellVicki CheungAndrej KarpathyDurk KingmaPamela Vagata2015AISoftware EngineeringSan Francisco, CA
6
AnthropicPrivate
$965B--$65.0B14.8x$193M$13M--5,000Dario AmodeiDario AmodeiDaniela AmodeiJared KaplanJack ClarkChris OlahBenjamin MannSam McCandlishTom Brown2021AISoftware EngineeringSan Francisco, CA
7
Palantir TechnologiesPublic
$415B▲2.7%$7.29B57.0x$90M$1.6M▲56.2%4,634Alexander KarpPeter ThielJoe LonsdaleAlex KarpStephen CohenNathan Gettings2003InternetDataDenver, CO
8
OraclePublic
$400B▼33.5%$71.8B5.6x$2.8M$509K▲17.3%141,000Clay MagouyrkMike SiciliaLarry EllisonBob MinerEd Oates1977MinicomputerITAustin, TX
9
Cisco SystemsPublic
$397B▲34.2%$63.3B6.3x$4.2M$662K▲11.8%95,612Charles H. RobbinsLeonard BosackSandy Lerner1984InternetCyber SecuritySan Jose, CA
10
Palo Alto NetworksPublic
$274B▲86.5%$11.5B23.8x$12M$524K▲24.5%21,921Nikesh AroraNir ZukRajiv Batra2005CloudCyber SecuritySanta Clara, CA
11
SAPPublic
sap.com · Founded 1972
$271B▲5.7%$43.8B6.2x$2.4M$388K▲7.7%113,076Christian KleinDietmar HoppHasso PlattnerClaus WellenreutherKlaus TschiraHans-Werner Hector1972MinicomputerFinanceWalldorf, Germany
12
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
13
Dell TechnologiesPublic
$238B▲195.5%$151B1.6x$2.4M$1.6M▲18.8%97,000Michael DellMichael Dell1984DesktopITRound Rock, TX
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SiemensPublic
siemens.com · Founded 1847
$236B▲15.0%$90.3B2.6x$743K$285K▲3.9%317,000Roland BuschWerner von SiemensJohann Georg Halske1847MainframeManufacturingMunich, Germany
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International Business MachinesPublic
ibm.com · Founded 1911
$235B▼12.5%$69.9B3.4x$888K$264K▲7.6%264,300Arvind KrishnaCharles Ranlett FlintHerman HollerithThomas J. Watson1911MainframeITArmonk, NY
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CrowdStrike HoldingsPublic
$235B▲102.0%$5.40B43.5x$20M$461K▲21.7%11,706George KurtzGeorge KurtzDmitri AlperovitchGregg Marston2011CloudCyber SecurityAustin, TX
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ShopifyPublic
$192B▼5.1%$14.2B13.6x$25M$1.9M▲30.1%7,600Tobias LütkeTobias LütkeDaniel WeinandScott Lake2004InternetRetail & E-commerceOttawa, Canada
18
DatabricksPrivate
$190B--$7.00B27.1x$21M$778K--9,000Ali GhodsiAli GhodsiAndy KonwinskiIon StoicaPatrick WendellReynold XinMatei ZahariaArsalan Tavakoli2013CloudDataSan Francisco, CA
19
SalesforcePublic
$179B▼13.5%$43.9B4.1x$2.2M$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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AccenturePublic
$150B▲0.4%$74.2B2.0x$184K$91K▲6.5%814,000Julie Sweet--1989DesktopITDublin, Ireland
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AppLovinPublic
$134B▼34.5%$7.61B17.6x$149M$8.5M▲70.0%898Adam ForoughiAdam ForoughiAndrew KaramJohn Krystynak2012CloudMarketingPalo Alto, CA
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Automatic Data ProcessingPublic
adp.com · Founded 1949
$121B▲23.9%$22.3B5.4x$1.8M$332K▲6.7%67,000Maria BlackHenry TaubJoe Taub1949MainframeHRRoseland, NJ
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RevolutPrivate
$115B--$6.00B19.2x$9.6M$500K--12,000Nik StoronskyNik StoronskyVlad Yatsenko2013CloudFinTechLondon, United Kingdom
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CloudflarePublic
$113B▲60.7%$2.73B41.3x$21M$498K▲29.8%5,483Matthew PrinceMatthew PrinceMichelle ZatlynLee Holloway2009CloudCyber SecuritySan Francisco, CA
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ServiceNowPublic
$107B▼30.3%$15.4B6.9x$3.7M$529K▲20.9%29,187Bill McDermottFred Luddy2003CloudITSanta Clara, CA
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SnowflakePublic
$106B▲39.0%$5.43B19.6x$12M$600K▲29.2%9,060Sridhar RamaswamyBenoît DagevilleThierry CruanesMarcin Żukowski2012CloudDataMenlo Park, CA
28
BloombergPrivate
$100B--$14.9B6.7x$3.8M$573K--26,000Vlad KliatchkoMichael BloombergThomas SecundaDuncan MacMillanCharles Zegar1981DesktopCapital MarketsNew York, NY
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FortinetPublic
$94.1B▲64.5%$7.88B11.9x$6.1M$507K▲14.2%15,540Ken XieKen XieMichael Xie2000InternetCyber SecuritySunnyvale, CA
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AdobePublic
$92.5B▼28.7%$26.0B3.6x$2.9M$828K▲10.5%31,360Shantanu NarayenCharles GeschkeJohn Warnock1982DesktopMarketingSan Jose, CA
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IntuitPublic
$91.6B▼44.8%$21.4B4.3x$4.9M$1.2M▲13.9%18,600Sasan GoodarziScott CookTom Proulx1983DesktopFinanceMountain View, CA
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Cadence Design SystemsPublic
$90.3B▲6.1%$6.13B14.7x$6.5M$444K▲14.1%13,800Anirudh DevganRichard NewtonJames Solomon1988DesktopManufacturingSan Jose, CA
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SynopsysPublic
$88.6B▼3.8%$9.42B9.4x$3.2M$339K▲15.1%27,809Sassine GhaziAart de GeusDavid GregoryAlberto Sangiovanni-VincentelliBill Krieger1986DesktopSoftware EngineeringSunnyvale, 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
36
Hewlett Packard EnterprisePublic
hpe.com · Founded 1939
$66.7B▲110.4%$41.9B1.6x$996K$625K▲13.8%67,000Antonio NeriBill HewlettDavid Packard1939MainframeITSpring, TX
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DatadogPublic
$66.6B▲37.8%$4.28B15.6x$8.2M$528K▲27.7%8,100Olivier PomelOlivier PomelAlexis Lê-Quôc2010CloudSoftware EngineeringNew York, NY
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RampPrivate
$60.0B--$2.00B30.0x$24M$810K--2,469Eric GlymanEric GlymanKarim AtiyehGene Lee2019CloudFinanceNew York, NY
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CursorAcq
$60.0B--$4.00B15.0x$86M$5.7M--700Michael TruellMichael TruellSualeh AsifArvid LunnemarkAman Sanger2022AISoftware EngineeringSan Francisco, CA
40
AutodeskPublic
$54.3B▼9.3%$7.79B7.0x$3.8M$545K▲17.5%14,300Andrew AnagnostJohn Walker1982DesktopManufacturingSan Francisco, CA
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ThalesPublic
thalesgroup.com · Founded 1968
$52.7B▲0.4%$25.4B2.1x$665K$320K▲7.6%79,263Patrice CaineElihu ThomsonEdwin Houston1968MainframeCyber SecurityMeudon, France
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BlockPublic
$51.8B▲31.6%$25.6B2.0x$8.6M$4.3M▲0.3%6,000Jack DorseyJack DorseyJim McKelvey2009CloudRetail & E-commerceOakland, CA
43
Constellation SoftwarePublic
$51.4B▲6.8%$13.2B3.9x$883K$227K▲15.5%58,254Mark MillerMark LeonardJames D. Foy1995InternetITToronto, Canada
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PayPal HoldingsPublic
$49.4B▲3.2%$34.3B1.4x$2.1M$1.4M▲4.3%23,800Enrique LoresMax LevchinPeter ThielLuke Nosek1998InternetSoftware EngineeringSan Jose, CA
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Veeva SystemsPublic
$49.3B▲38.9%$3.46B14.3x$6.2M$436K▲16.3%7,928Peter GassnerPeter GassnerMatt WallachDoug Ostler2007CloudBiotechPleasanton, 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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Thomson ReutersPublic
thomsonreuters.com · Founded 1850
$47.2B▼7.4%$8.01B5.9x$1.7M$296K▲3.0%27,100Steve HaskerPaul Julius Reuter1850MainframeLegalToronto, Canada
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WorkdayPublic
$46.1B▼7.1%$10.2B4.5x$2.2M$486K▲13.1%20,896Aneel BhusriAneel BhusriDave Duffield2005CloudHRPleasanton, CA
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IQVIAPublic
$45.2B▲21.8%$17.3B2.6x$532K$204K▲5.9%85,002Ari BousbibDennis Gillings1982DesktopBiotechDurham, NC
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NebiusPublic
$42.1B▲72.0%$1.36B31.0x$27M$878K▲479.0%1,543Arkady VolozhArkady VolozhRoman Chernin2024AISoftware EngineeringAmsterdam, Netherlands
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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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HCL TechnologiesPublic
$40.3B▼9.9%$14.8B2.7x$172K$63K▲11.2%234,496C. VijayakumarShiv NadarAjai Chowdhry1976MinicomputerITNoida, India
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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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Thinking Machines LabPrivate
$40.0B------$219M----183Mira MuratiMira MuratiBarret ZophLilian WengAndrew TullochJohn SchulmanLuke Metz2025AIDataSan Francisco, CA
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AtlassianPublic
$38.6B▼1.5%$6.91B5.6x$2.9M$520K▲26.0%13,301Mike Cannon-BrookesMike Cannon-BrookesScott Farquhar2002InternetSoftware EngineeringSydney, Australia
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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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Dassault SystemesPublic
$37.1B▲9.4%$7.01B5.3x$1.4M$270K▲0.4%25,967Pascal DalozFrancis Bernard1981DesktopManufacturingVélizy-Villacoublay, France
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NetAppPublic
$36.0B▲73.8%$7.39B4.9x$3.1M$632K▲5.4%11,700George KurianDavid HitzJames LauMichael Malcolm1992Client–ServerITSan Jose, CA
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EverpurePublic
$35.5B▲54.3%$4.26B8.3x$5.5M$666K▲15.6%6,400Charles GiancarloJohn 'Coz' Colgrove2009CloudDataSanta Clara, CA
62
AnsysAcq
ansys.com · Founded 1970
$35.0B------$5.2M----6,703Ajei GopalJohn A. Swanson1970MinicomputerManufacturingCanonsburg, PA
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Red HatAcq
$34.0B------$1.8M----19,000Matt HicksMarc EwingBob Young1993Client–ServerITRaleigh, NC
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FiservPublic
fiserv.com · Founded 1971
$34.0B▼2.6%$21.2B1.6x$895K$558K▲3.6%38,000Takis GeorgakopoulosGeorge DaltonLeslie Muma1971MinicomputerBankingMilwaukee, WI
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TwilioPublic
$34.0B▲58.6%$5.83B5.8x$6.0M$1.0M▲13.7%5,625Khozema ShipchandlerJeff LawsonEvan CookeJohn Wolthuis2008CloudCustomer SupportSan Francisco, CA
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CoreWeavePublic
$33.5B▼23.4%$9.89B3.4x$13M$3.7M▲167.9%2,637Michael IntratorMichael IntratorBrian VenturoBrannin McBee2017AISoftware EngineeringLivingston, NJ
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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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OktaPublic
$31.9B▲117.9%$3.07B10.4x$5.0M$483K▲11.8%6,366Todd McKinnonTodd McKinnonFrederic Kerrest2009CloudITSan Francisco, CA
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ZscalerPublic
$31.6B▼12.1%$3.35B9.4x$3.6M$385K▲25.4%8,700Jay ChaudhryJay ChaudhryK. Kailash2007CloudCyber SecuritySan Jose, CA
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CrusoePrivate
$30.9B------$17M----1,800Chase LochmillerChase LochmillerCully Cavness2018CloudSoftware EngineeringDenver, CO
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AdyenPublic
$30.7B▼37.5%$2.88B10.7x$6.1M$573K▲18.9%5,020Pieter van der DoesPieter van der DoesArnout Schuijff2006CloudRetail & E-commerceAmsterdam, Netherlands
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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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HexagonPublic
$29.5B▲0.4%$6.17B4.8x$1.8M$383K▲0.4%16,117Anders SvenssonBörje Andersson1975MinicomputerManufacturingStockholm, Sweden
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Scale AIAcq
$29.0B------$22M----1,300Jason DroegeAlexandr WangLucy Guo2016AIDataSan Francisco, CA
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Cognizant Technology SolutionsPublic
$28.8B▼19.3%$21.9B1.3x$83K$63K▲7.0%345,049Ravi Kumar SingisettiKumar MahadevaFrancisco D'Souza1994Client–ServerITTeaneck, NJ
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Shield AIPrivate
$28.8B------$15M----1,890Gary SteeleBrandon TsengRyan TsengAndrew Reiter2015AIPublic SectorSan Diego, CA
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Zoom CommunicationsPublic
$28.6B▲17.7%$4.99B5.7x$3.8M$671K▲4.4%7,438Eric YuanEric Yuan2011CloudITSan Jose, CA
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VeriSignPublic
$28.2B▲31.8%$1.73B16.3x$30M$1.9M▲6.4%926D. James BidzosJames Bidzos1995InternetITReston, VA
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SplunkAcq
$28.0B------$3.0M----9,231Gary SteeleMichael BaumRob DasErik Swan2003InternetCyber SecuritySan Jose, CA
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MongoDBPublic
$27.2B▼15.4%$2.78B9.8x$4.7M$481K▲22.8%5,783Chirantan "CJ" DesaiDwight MerrimanEliot HorowitzKevin Ryan2007CloudSoftware EngineeringNew York, NY
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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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Bending SpoonsPublic
$26.6B0.0%$2.04B13.0x$15M$1.2M▲288.7%1,743Luca FerrariLuca FerrariFrancesco PatarnelloMatteo DanieliLuca QuerellaTomasz Greber2013CloudProductMilan, Italy
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Global PaymentsPublic
globalpayments.com · Founded 1967
$26.5B▲34.0%$11.5B2.3x$1.0M$442K▼0.4%26,000Cameron BreadyGeorge W. Thorpe1967MainframeRetail & E-commerceAtlanta, GA
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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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Reflection AIPrivate
$25.0B------$123M----203Misha LaskinMisha LaskinIoannis Alexandros Antonoglou2024AISoftware EngineeringNew York, NY
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SamsaraPublic
$24.7B▲24.5%$1.85B13.4x$6.0M$451K▲29.6%4,100Sanjit BiswasSanjit BiswasJohn Bicket2015CloudSupply ChainSan Francisco, CA
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WorldpayAcq
$24.3B------$2.5M----9,632Charles DruckerNick Ogden1993Client–ServerRetail & E-commerceCincinnati, OH
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Mistral AIPrivate
$24.0B--$400M60.0x$69M$1.1M--350Arthur MenschArthur MenschGuillaume LampleTimothée Lacroix2023AISoftware EngineeringParis, France
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RubrikPublic
$22.7B▲44.8%$1.54B14.7x$6.0M$406K▲48.5%3,797Bipul SinhaBipul SinhaArvind NithrakashyapSoham MazumdarArvind JainMukeash Rawat2014CloudITPalo Alto, CA
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Unity SoftwarePublic
$22.0B▲12.2%$2.18B10.1x$5.0M$494K▲2.0%4,412Matthew BrombergDavid HelgasonNicholas FrancisJoachim Ante2004InternetMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, CA
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ElevenLabsPrivate
$22.0B--$600M36.7x$28M$750K--800Mati StaniszewskiPiotr DabkowskiMati Staniszewski2022AIMedia & EntertainmentNew York, NY
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Wolters KluwerPublic
wolterskluwer.com · Founded 1836
$21.9B▲3.5%$6.79B3.2x$1.1M$327K▲3.5%20,771Stacey CaywoodJan Berend Wolters1836MainframeFinanceAlphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
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WhatsAppAcq
$21.8B------$396M----55Jan KoumJan KoumBrian Acton2009CloudMedia & EntertainmentMenlo Park, CA
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PTCPublic
$21.3B▲15.3%$2.73B7.8x$3.0M$390K▲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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