Entities

Chinese e-commerce company specializing in books and media. One of China's earliest online retailers. CEO Li Guoqing notably opposed 996 work culture.

British cybersecurity AI company. Uses machine learning for threat detection. Founded with seed investment from Mike Lynch's Invoke Capital. Acquired by Thoma Bravo for $5.3 billion in October 2024.

AI personal assistant startup founded by Marissa Mayer in 2025. Acquired assets from Sunshine when that company shut down in September 2025. Current venture for Mayer.

British AI research laboratory, subsidiary of Alphabet (Google). Known for AlphaGo, AlphaFold, and Gemini AI models. Founded by Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg, and Mustafa Suleyman. Acquired by Google in 2014.

British food delivery company. Uses self-employed riders for on-demand food delivery. Founded by Will Shu and Greg Orlowski. Listed on London Stock Exchange in 2021.

German multinational online food delivery service. Operates brands including Foodpanda, Talabat, and Glovo (minority stake). One of the largest food delivery platforms globally.

American multinational computer technology company. Founded in 1984 by Michael Dell, headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.

Company behind the Deno JavaScript/TypeScript runtime, founded by Node.js creator Ryan Dahl. Focuses on security-first design with built-in sandboxing and permissions. Leading the legal challenge to free the JavaScript trademark from Oracle.

Communication platform for voice, video, and text, popular with gaming and community groups. Leadership transitioned from founder Jason Citron to Humam Sakhnini in April 2025.

World's largest commercial drone manufacturer. Founded in 2006 by Frank Wang, headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

Food delivery platform and logistics company. Largest food delivery company in the United States by market share.

Privacy-focused search engine and browser company. Does not track users or build advertising profiles. Over 100 million global users. Founded by Gabriel Weinberg.

Indian quick commerce and delivery startup. First Indian startup to receive direct investment from Google (2017). Collapsed in January 2025 after laying off 75% of staff, leaving hundreds of workers, consultants, and vendors unpaid. Valuation crashed from peak to ₹300 crore as Reliance wrote off ₹1,645 crore ($200M) investment.

British-founded technology company known for vacuum cleaners, fans, and hair care products. Headquartered in Singapore since 2019. Founded by James Dyson.

E-commerce platform and online marketplace founded in 1995. Under Meg Whitman's leadership (1998-2008), grew from 30 employees to 15,000 and from $4.7M to $8B in annual revenue. Acquired PayPal in 2002 and Skype in 2005.

Software company best known for the Elasticsearch search and analytics engine. Also produces Kibana, Logstash, and Beats (the Elastic Stack/ELK Stack). Publicly traded on NYSE.

Video game company and publisher known for franchises including FIFA, Madden NFL, The Sims, Battlefield, and Apex Legends.

Swedish multinational telecommunications company providing network infrastructure, software, and services. One of the world's largest telecom equipment makers alongside Nokia.

American computer hardware company formerly known for its NVIDIA-based graphics cards, motherboards, and power supplies. Ended GPU production in September 2022 citing conflicts with NVIDIA over margins and treatment of AIB partners.

Social networking service and flagship product of Meta Platforms. Founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes at Harvard University in February 2004, originally as 'TheFacebook'. Became Facebook, Inc. in 2005. As the world's largest social network, Facebook has over 3 billion monthly active users as of 2024. The platform enables users to share content, connect with friends and family, join groups, and access marketplace features. Despite being part of Meta's portfolio, Facebook remains the company's primary revenue generator through advertising.

Dutch social enterprise producing modular, repairable smartphones with ethically sourced materials. First company to integrate Fairtrade gold. Certified B Corporation. Perfect 10/10 iFixit repairability scores.

Nigerian fintech unicorn valued at $3+ billion. Africa's most valuable startup. Has faced multiple security breaches, money laundering allegations in Kenya, and workplace misconduct allegations.

Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer, also known as Hon Hai Technology Group. World's largest electronics manufacturer, primary assembler of Apple products. Known for worker suicides in 2010 and ongoing labor violations.

Consumer electronics company designing modular, repairable laptops. Founded by Nirav Patel (ex-Apple, ex-Oculus). Products achieve 10/10 iFixit repairability scores. Champion of right to repair.

Semiconductor company spun off from Motorola in 2004, specializing in embedded processors. Lisa Su served as CTO and SVP/GM (2007-2011). Acquired by NXP Semiconductors in 2015.

British video game developer founded by David Braben. Created Elite Dangerous, Planet Coaster, and F1 Manager series. Listed on London Stock Exchange (AIM). Faced criticism for layoff process in 2023-2024.

American multinational automotive manufacturing corporation. Parent company of Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC, Buick, and formerly the Cruise autonomous vehicle division.

Taiwanese manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, laptop computers, and hardware peripherals. One of the world's largest motherboard manufacturers alongside ASUS and MSI.

DevOps platform providing source code management, CI/CD, and collaboration tools. All-remote company. Maintains strong DEI commitment.

Subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Operates the world's largest search engine, Google Cloud, YouTube, Android, and major AI research through DeepMind and Google AI.

Indonesian tech conglomerate formed by merger of Gojek (ride-hailing) and Tokopedia (e-commerce) in 2021. Public company on IDX. Has faced mass layoffs and accusations of suppressing worker organizing.

Singapore-based ride-hailing and delivery superapp. Largest such platform in Southeast Asia, operating in 8 countries. Public company on NASDAQ. Has faced driver protests over pay cuts and working conditions.

Medical technology company developing hand-stabilizing gloves (GyroGlove) for people with Parkinson's disease and hand tremors. Backed by Foxconn, UK Government Future Fund, and recognized by TIME's Best Inventions of 2024.

Infrastructure automation company known for Terraform, Vault, Consul, and other DevOps tools. Co-founded by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar. Controversially switched from open source to Business Source License in 2023. Acquired by IBM for $6.4 billion in 2025.

Online mental health, autism, and ADHD assessment and treatment services for children and young people. Provides outsourced CAMHS services for the NHS.

Digital therapeutics company for mental health, spun out of EU research project at Leuphana University. Six programmes certified as Digital Health Applications (DiGA) by German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices. Backed by 33 randomized controlled trials.

Enterprise IT company providing servers, storage, networking, and cloud services. Split from original Hewlett-Packard in 2015.

AI-powered hiring and video interviewing platform. Founded in 2004, headquartered in South Jordan, Utah.

Japanese multinational conglomerate. Businesses include IT services, infrastructure systems, railway systems, and industrial equipment. Recognized as one of World's Most Ethical Companies 2025. Only Japanese company in WEF DEI Lighthouses 2024 report.

Personal computer and printer manufacturer. Split from original Hewlett-Packard in 2015. One of the founding companies of Silicon Valley.

Chinese multinational technology corporation specializing in telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, and 5G infrastructure. Faces international scrutiny over security concerns and surveillance technology.

Multinational technology company providing cloud computing, AI, and enterprise software services. One of the world's largest technology employers.

NHS CBT therapy provider with network of 600+ therapists. Built world's largest outcomes-indexed mental health dataset from 145,000+ patients. Acquired by Mindler (Sweden) in August 2025.

Repair advocacy company and wiki-based platform providing free repair guides, tools, and parts. Created the widely-used repairability scoring system. Leading voice in the global right-to-repair movement.

Food technology company developing plant-based meat substitutes using heme protein. Products include the Impossible Burger. Founded by Stanford biochemistry professor Pat Brown with goal of eliminating animal agriculture.

Indian multinational information technology company providing business consulting, information technology, and outsourcing services. Second-largest Indian IT company by revenue. Major employer of H-1B visa workers in the United States.

Company co-founded by Tim Berners-Lee to commercialize and deploy the Solid Protocol, giving individuals control over their personal data through decentralized 'Pods'. Partners include NHS, BBC, NatWest, and governments of Flanders, Sweden, and others.

Photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. Founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in October 2010. Acquired by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012 when it had 13 employees and 30 million users. As of 2024, Instagram has over 2 billion monthly active users and is a major platform for visual content, influencer marketing, and e-commerce through Instagram Shopping. Features include Stories, Reels, IGTV, and direct messaging.

Semiconductor company and one of the world's largest chip manufacturers. Pioneer of the x86 microprocessor architecture.

Asia's largest mental health platform with 3.7 million users across 40 languages. Y Combinator and Tiger Global backed. Serves enterprise clients across Southeast Asia with culturally-adapted mental health support.