Apple
NASDAQ: AAPLCupertino, US · Founded 1976 · Incorporated in California · 6 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.






Investors · 6
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountpre-SeedSep 2026Source ↗
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Founder mafia
The Apple mafia →441 people who came through Apple went on to found or lead other companies.
Related companies · 9
Companies working in the same space as Apple.
Acquisitions · 13
Early investors' stakes continue via these dealsAcquired by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
GPS technology company acquired by Apple.
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 aggregates email, contact, and calendar information to help users view and search across their accounts in one place.
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.
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.
High-bandwidth multilingualism (acquired by Apple)
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.
Novel sensing technology for non-invasive brain-computer interfaces enabling high-performance signal detection without superconducting sensors.
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 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.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.
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, Amplify Partners, Flint Capital, Y Combinator.
- Where is Apple headquartered?
- Apple is headquartered in Cupertino, US.

















