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Apple

NASDAQ: AAPL

Cupertino, US · Founded 1976 · Incorporated in California · 4 known investors

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Apple designs and manufactures consumer electronics, computing devices, and digital services including smartphones, tablets, computers, wearables, and streaming content platforms.

Founders & leadership

Apple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.

SJSteve Jobs
Steve JobsFounderuntil 2011Co-founder of Apple, NeXT and Pixar
SWSteve Wozniak
Steve WozniakFounderuntil 1985Co-founder of Apple
RWRonald Wayne
Ronald WayneFounderuntil 1976Ronald Wayne is an engineer and designer who co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, where he drafted the initial partnership agreement and designed the company's first logo. Prior to Apple, he worked in electronics and product development roles at Atari, Thor Electronics, and other firms, and holds multiple U.S. patents in gaming technology and electrical connectors.
TCTim Cook
Tim CookChief Executive Officer
KPKevan Parekh
Kevan ParekhChief Financial Officer
ABAlexandra Botez
Alexandra BotezFounderFounder at FameGame
RMRuben Mayer-Hirshfeld
Ruben Mayer-HirshfeldFounderFounder at FameGame
INInaz Novin
Inaz NovinFounderFounder at TypeLess
MMMilad Morgan
Milad MorganFounderFounder at TypeLess
JT
John TernusCEOHe joined Apple in 2001, following four years as an engineer at Virtual Research Inc., where he worked from 1997. His hardware engineering work at the company spans more than two decades.

Investors · 4

Funding

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Founder mafia

448 people who came through Apple went on to found or lead other companies.

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Acquisitions · 13

Early investors' stakes continue via these deals
Camerai

Acquired by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)

Coherent

GPS technology company acquired by Apple.

CommonGround

Stealth mode startup providing real-time software solutions for human interaction over digital using computer vision, deep learning, and 3D compression; acquired by Apple.

Cue

Cue (formerly Greplin) is a free service that connects a user's email, contacts, and calendar to surface relevant information at the right time. It lets people view their day at a glance or search across all their linked accounts at once.

Drishti

iDrishti is a social impact enterprise operating 12 eye care hospitals across districts in Karnataka, India, combining surgical hospitals, tele-ophthalmology vision centers, and mobile clinics to serve rural and lower-income patients. It uses a cross-subsidy model where paying walk-in patients help fund free and subsidised consultations, glasses, diagnostics, and cataract surgeries for underserved communities.

NextVR
PrimeSense

PrimeSense was a Tel Aviv-based fabless semiconductor company that designed 3D depth-sensing chips and middleware, best known for powering Microsoft's original Kinect sensor.

Q

High-bandwidth multilingualism (acquired by Apple)

Siri

Siri, Inc. was a spinoff of SRI International that built a voice-controlled virtual assistant app for iPhone, using natural language processing to help users complete tasks like booking restaurants or finding local businesses.

Sonera Magnetics

Novel sensing technology for non-invasive brain-computer interfaces enabling high-performance signal detection without superconducting sensors.

Turi

Turi Create is an open-source Python library for building custom machine learning models such as recommenders, image classification, object detection, and activity classification without requiring ML expertise. It is aimed at app developers and can export trained models to Core ML for use in iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS applications.

Vilynx

Vilynx developed AI and computer-vision technology that analyzed a video's visual, audio, and text content to generate metadata, tags, and preview clips, helping publishers make video content more searchable and engaging.

Xnor

Xnor.ai developed energy-efficient edge AI software enabling deep learning models like object and person detection to run on low-power devices such as phones, cameras, and drones without cloud connectivity. The company was spun off from the Allen Institute for AI in 2017.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Apple do?
Apple designs and manufactures consumer electronics, computing devices, and digital services including smartphones, tablets, computers, wearables, and streaming content platforms.
Who founded Apple?
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne in 1976.
Who are Apple's investors?
Apple's investors include Matrix, Sequoia Capital, Venrock, Flint Capital.
Where is Apple headquartered?
Apple is headquartered in Cupertino, US.