Apple
NASDAQ: AAPLCupertino, US · Founded 1976 · Incorporated in California · 3 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 · 3
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountpre-SeedSep 2026Source ↗
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Founder mafia
The Apple mafia →306 people who came through Apple went on to found or lead other companies.
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Competitors · 8
by search overlapCompanies competing with Apple for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
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, formerly Greplin, was an iOS and web app that scanned a user's email, calendar, and social accounts to compile a personalized daily information summary.
Drishti Technologies built AI-based computer vision software that analyzed factory assembly-line video to track worker activity and identify manufacturing bottlenecks.
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 developed a machine-learning software platform enabling developers to build apps for recommendations, fraud detection, churn prediction, and sentiment analysis. It was formerly known as GraphLab and Dato before rebranding as Turi.
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.
In the news
Apple raises iPhone 17 price by 10% in Japan as yen stays weak - The Japan Timesjapantimes.co.jp · Jul 2026Frequently 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.
- Where is Apple headquartered?
- Apple is headquartered in Cupertino, US.















