Entities

Medical doctor and founder/CEO of GyroGear, developing hand-stabilizing devices for Parkinson's patients. Earned medical degree at Imperial College London, conducted research at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-MIT's Health Science and Technology Division. GyroGlove recognized by TIME's Best Inventions of 2024.

CEO and co-founder of Unmind. Clinical Psychologist, former NHS. Left NHS after experiencing burnout in his team, volunteered with Samaritans and Mind charity before founding Unmind.

Founder and CEO of Limbic. PhD in Computational Neuroscience. Built the only Class IIa certified mental health AI chatbot in the UK.

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.

CEO of OrCam Technologies, assistive technology company that collapsed 2022-2024, laying off 90% of workforce and abandoning vision assistance products for blind users.

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.

Leading nonprofit defending civil liberties in the digital world. Litigates on encryption, privacy, free speech, and digital rights. Built tools like HTTPS Everywhere and Privacy Badger. 100% Charity Navigator rating.

Founder and former CEO of Theranos. Convicted of wire fraud in January 2022 for defrauding investors about the capabilities of Theranos blood testing technology. Sentenced to 11+ years in federal prison.

CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Owner of X (formerly Twitter). Co-founder of xAI. Major political donor and Trump administration advisor heading DOGE.

Former CEO and co-founder of Stability AI. Resigned in March 2024 amid investor pressure, credibility controversies, and financial mismanagement allegations. Gave up controlling shares by October 2024.

Former CEO of Google (2001-2011) and Executive Chairman of Alphabet (2011-2017). Major Democratic donor and advisor on AI policy to the Pentagon. Founded defense AI companies including White Stork and backs Rebellion Defense.

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

The executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing and enforcing EU legislation including GDPR, Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, and the AI Act.

Co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. Known for limiting Trump's content on Snapchat in 2020, earning criticism from Trump campaign. Democratic donor.

Creator of Vue.js and Vite. Pioneer of sustainable independent open source development, funding his full-time work through community sponsorship since 2016. Founded VoidZero Inc in 2023 to build next-generation JavaScript tooling.

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.

Chinese-American computer scientist, Stanford professor. Former VP and Chief Scientist of AI/ML at Google Cloud. Known for ImageNet dataset and advocacy for human-centered AI.

Nonprofit media organization founded by Pierre Omidyar in October 2013 as a venue for original, independent journalism. Launched The Intercept in February 2014 with Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, and Laura Poitras. Omidyar pledged $250 million in initial funding but ceased financial support in 2022.

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.

Venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek. Notable investments include SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook, Airbnb, and Stripe.

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.

Former Facebook product manager who leaked internal documents (the 'Facebook Papers') to the SEC and Wall Street Journal in 2021. Testified before US Congress and European Parliament about Meta's knowledge of platform harms. Previously worked at Google, Pinterest, and Yelp.

Nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting free software. Founded by Richard Stallman. Stewards of the GNU General Public License and advocates for software freedom.

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.

Co-founder and President of Valve Corporation, creator of Steam platform and Half-Life franchise. Known for private company structure and innovative gaming business model.

CEO of Y Combinator since January 2023. Previously co-founded Initialized Capital and was an early employee (#10) at Palantir. Active in San Francisco politics, funding moderate candidates and recall campaigns. Controversial for 2024 social media post directed at SF supervisors.

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

British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist known as the 'Godfather of AI'. Won 2018 Turing Award and 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on deep neural networks. Left Google in 2023 to warn about AI risks.

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.

Co-founder of Intel Corporation and author of Moore's Law. Created the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which has donated over $5 billion to science, environmental conservation, and healthcare. Died March 24, 2023.

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.

Co-founder and President of OpenAI. Previously CTO of Stripe. Major political donor and co-founder of the Leading the Future super PAC focused on AI policy.

Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Notable investments include LinkedIn, Facebook, Airbnb, Discord.

Creator of the Python programming language. Served as Python's 'Benevolent Dictator for Life' until stepping down in 2018. Currently Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft. Known advocate for diversity in tech and open source sustainability.

Swiss billionaire entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Checkout.com. Net worth approximately $7.8 billion. Moved residency from UK to Monaco in May 2025 to avoid tax changes. Known for strict return-to-office policy.

Founder and CEO of Vercel. Creator of Socket.IO and other open source projects. Argentine-American entrepreneur.

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.

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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.