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Companies based in San Francisco

  • IGNOn the 29th of September 1996, a new website called IGN launched under the name Imagine Games Network. Media entrepreneur Chris Anderson created this…
  • InstagramOn the 6th of October 2010, the Burbn Beta app appeared on the App Store as a prototype created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.
  • RedditSteve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian launched Reddit in June 2005 while they were roommates at the University of Virginia. The pair attended a lecture by Paul…
  • DoorDashIn January 2013, four students from Stanford University walked into a Palo Alto office to launch their new venture. Tony Xu, Stanley Tang, Andy Fang, and…
  • Salon.comDavid Talbot launched Salon.com in November 1995, emerging from the ashes of the San Francisco newspaper strike of 1994.
  • Bleacher ReportFour high school classmates from Menlo School in Atherton, California gathered to build a sports website in 2005. Dave Finocchio, Zander Freund, Bryan…
  • GoodreadsOtis Chandler and Elizabeth Khuri Chandler met while studying at Stanford University, where he pursued engineering and she studied English.
  • LucasfilmGeorge Lucas established Lucasfilm on the 10th of December 1971 in San Rafael, California. The company began with just five employees working out of a small…
  • AirbnbIn August 2008, the website Airbedandbreakfast.com launched with a simple promise. It offered short-term living quarters and breakfast for travelers unable…
  • Visa Inc.On the 18th of September 1958, Bank of America officially launched its BankAmericard credit card program in Fresno, California.
  • AnthropicIn 2021, seven former employees of OpenAI gathered in San Francisco to establish a new artificial intelligence company. Among them were siblings Daniela…
  • The AthleticAlex Mather and Adam Hansmann launched The Athletic in January 2016 as an independent subscription-based online sports magazine.
  • MasterClassDavid Rogier stood in a Stanford University classroom while still a student, sketching the idea for what would become Yanka Industries.
  • Business WireLorry I. Lokey established Business Wire in 1961 to solve a specific problem for California businesses. The new company began operations by sending press…