NVIDIA Corporation was established by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem in April 1993. NVIDIA, for example, is a combination of “invidia” (Latin for envy) and “NV” (next vision).…
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple in 1976. Their first creation, the Apple I microcomputer, quickly gained attention. Success grew with the Apple II in 1977, which…
Microsoft's story began in 1975 when Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded their startup in Albuquerque. Starting with BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, the company's future changed dramatically through…
Adobe Inc. was founded in 1982 by Charles Geschke and John Warnock. The company initially focused on developing PostScript, a programming language for printers. Over the years, Adobe has expanded…
Oracle was founded in 1977 by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates, initially under the name Software Development Laboratories. The company's early focus was on developing database management systems,…
In 1984, ASML Holding N.V. began when Philips and ASM International formed a partnership in the Netherlands, establishing ASM Lithography to advance chip manufacturing technology. A key change occurred in…
In 1987, Morris Chang founded TSMC as the world's first dedicated semiconductor foundry in Taiwan. Through a partnership between the Taiwanese government and Philips, the company set out to revolutionize…
Broadcom Inc.'s origins trace back to 1961 when it was established as HP Associates, a semiconductor division of Hewlett-Packard. Through various corporate restructurings and acquisitions, it evolved into Avago Technologies…
C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE: AI), founded in 2009 by Thomas Siebel and Patricia House, evolved from C3 Energy to C3 IoT, and finally to C3.ai in 2019. The company shifted focus…
Palantir Technologies Inc., founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, and ex-PayPal employees, aimed to transform data analysis for government and commercial sectors. Inspired by Tolkien's "seeing stones," Palantir…