Entities

Crowdfunding platform for creative projects. Became a Public Benefit Corporation in 2015. Workers unionized in 2020 as Kickstarter United (OPEIU Local 153).

World's largest independent manufacturer of memory products including DRAM modules, SSDs, USB flash drives, and SD cards.

Swedish fintech company providing buy-now-pay-later payment services. IPO'd in September 2025. Aggressive AI adoption has reduced workforce by 40%.

Clinical-first digital therapeutics company for mental health. Conducts public ethics audits and publishes Ethics Impact Assessment frameworks. Operations in London and Barcelona.

Estonian billionaire entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Wise (formerly TransferWise). Founded the company in 2011 with Taavet Hinrikus. Previously worked at Deloitte and PwC. Fined by HMRC and FCA for tax default and failure to disclose regulatory issues.

Digital healthcare platform operating as Kry in Sweden/Norway and Livi in UK/France. Offers primary care and mental health services including internet CBT. Serves 12 million+ people annually.

Co-founder and CTO of Oracle, one of the world's wealthiest people. Close ally of Donald Trump, appeared at White House for Stargate AI announcement. Hosted Trump fundraiser in 2020.

Co-founder of Google and former CEO of Alphabet. Known for being extremely private, he stepped down from Alphabet in 2019 but remains a board member and controlling shareholder.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and Harvard University president. Served on OpenAI's board from November 2023 until resigning in November 2025 following revelations of extensive email communications with Jeffrey Epstein.

Executive Chairman of Samsung Electronics since 2022. Son of late Chairman Lee Kun-hee. Convicted of bribery in 2017, served 18 months in prison, and was pardoned by President Yoon in 2022. Leads Samsung's global semiconductor expansion.

Co-founder and former CEO of Dangdang.com, one of China's largest e-commerce book retailers. Notably one of the few Chinese tech CEOs who publicly opposed 996 work culture during 2019 protests.

Clinical AI company for mental healthcare providers. Only mental health AI chatbot with UK Class IIa medical device certification. Used by 500,000+ patients across 45% of NHS England regions.

Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (2021-2025). Youngest FTC chair in history. Pursued aggressive antitrust actions against Big Tech including challenging the Microsoft-Activision merger, Amazon Prime practices, and Meta's acquisitions. Author of influential 'Amazon's Antitrust Paradox' paper.

Professional networking platform acquired by Microsoft in 2016 for $26.2 billion. Largest professional social network globally.

Creator of the Linux kernel and Git version control system. Employed by the Linux Foundation as principal developer of Linux. Known for direct communication style and as the archetype of the 'Benevolent Dictator for Life' open source governance model.

Nonprofit technology consortium dedicated to fostering growth of Linux and open source software. Employs Linus Torvalds and hosts hundreds of open source projects.

CEO of AMD since 2014. Taiwanese-American electrical engineer credited with AMD's turnaround. First woman to lead a major semiconductor company.

World's largest live entertainment company, formed from the 2010 merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster. Dominates concert promotion, venue operation, and ticket sales globally.

Swiss-American computer peripherals and software company. Major manufacturer of mice, keyboards, webcams, headsets, and speakers. Pioneer in sustainability with carbon-labeling initiative for consumer electronics. Dual-listed on NASDAQ and SIX Swiss Exchange.

Co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. Previously created reCAPTCHA (sold to Google 2009). MacArthur Fellow 2006. Known for statements about replacing contractors with AI.

Creator of Replika, an AI companion chatbot. Faced congressional investigation in 2025 and €5M Italian GDPR fine. Multiple incidents of chatbot providing harmful mental health advice including encouraging suicide.

Japanese internet company formed in 2023 from merger of Z Holdings, LINE Corporation, and Yahoo! Japan. Operates LINE messaging app (96M users in Japan) and Yahoo! Japan. Joint venture between SoftBank and Korea's Naver Corporation. Facing government pressure to separate from Naver after 2023 data breach.

Ride-sharing company and Uber's primary U.S. competitor. Known for more progressive brand positioning than Uber, including early opposition to Trump's travel ban.

Workplace mental health benefits platform founded by former Meta CFO David Ebersman. Partners with 300+ companies including Meta, Pinterest, and Starbucks, providing mental health care access to over 20 million people.

Political movement associated with Donald Trump and the slogan "Make America Great Again".

Cybersecurity firm specializing in incident response and threat intelligence. Acquired by Google in 2022 for $5.4B. Now part of Google Cloud.

Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz. Created Mosaic and Netscape browsers. Major Trump donor and advisor spending 'half his time' at Mar-a-Lago.

Co-founder and CEO of Salesforce. Owner of Time magazine. Known for corporate activism on social issues. Historically a Democratic donor.

Former Yahoo CEO (2012-2017). Google employee #20, first female engineer at Google. Led Yahoo through massive data breaches, NSA surveillance controversy, and sale to Verizon. Known for work-from-home ban.

Co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook). One of the world's wealthiest individuals.

Swedish programmer and video game designer, creator of Minecraft and founder of Mojang. Sold Mojang to Microsoft in 2014 for $2.5 billion. Subsequently became controversial for inflammatory social media posts, leading Microsoft to distance itself from him.

Estonian entrepreneur. Founder and CEO of Bolt. Europe's youngest self-made billionaire (age 27). Donated €220K+ to Estonian political parties while lobbying against EU worker protections. Strong Ukraine supporter.

Founder, Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group. Known for early investment in Alibaba and creation of Vision Fund. Chairman of the Stargate Project AI infrastructure joint venture with OpenAI and Oracle.

Owner of dating platforms including Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Match.com, and others. Faced multiple safety failures, FTC enforcement for deceptive practices, and age discrimination lawsuits.

Co-creator of WordPress and CEO of Automattic. Controls WordPress.org and the WordPress Foundation. Central figure in the 2024-2025 WP Engine legal dispute over open source governance and trademark control.

Co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare. Advocates for content creator rights against AI scraping and publisher compensation. Owns Park Record newspaper in Park City, Utah.

Global management consulting firm. One of the 'Big Three' strategy consulting firms. Sheryl Sandberg worked as Management Consultant (1995-1996) after earning her MBA from Harvard.

Former eBay CEO (1998-2008), HP/HPE CEO (2011-2018), Quibi CEO (2018-2020). US Ambassador to Kenya (2022-present). Ran for California Governor (2010), spending record $144M. Known for housekeeper scandal, mass HP layoffs.

Co-founder and CEO of Canva. Along with husband Cliff Obrecht, pledged 80% of equity (~$6B+) to philanthropy through Giving Pledge and Canva Foundation.

Argentine e-commerce and fintech company. Largest online marketplace in Latin America. Public company on NASDAQ. Has faced criticism over warehouse labor conditions.

Parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads. Major player in social media, virtual reality (Meta Quest), and AI research.

Y Combinator's first Black partner (2014), former Managing Director and CEO (2016-2024), now Partner Emeritus. Co-founded Justin.tv which became Twitch. Board member at Reddit and Dropbox. Known for significantly increasing diversity at YC.

American semiconductor company producing memory and storage solutions including DRAM, NAND flash, and NOR flash. One of only three major DRAM manufacturers globally alongside Samsung and SK Hynix. Received $6.1B in CHIPS Act funding.

Technology giant known for Windows, Office, Azure cloud platform, and major AI investments including partnership with OpenAI. Also owns LinkedIn, GitHub, and Xbox.

AI image generation company that produces photorealistic images from text prompts. Faced multiple copyright lawsuits from Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. for training on copyrighted works without consent. Reported $300M revenue in 2024.

Co-founder and Co-CEO of Atlassian. Major climate activist who became largest shareholder in AGL to accelerate coal plant closures. Named to TIME100 Climate 2023.

Online therapy and mental health app owned by Schoen Klinik Group. Originated from acquisition of Berlin-based Aurora Health (Moodpath app) in 2019.

Sweden's largest digital psychologist clinic offering online therapy. Acquired Ieso Digital Health (UK) in August 2025 and Finnish app Medified.

Australian government-funded free online mental health service providing evidence-based CBT. Completed 121,000+ assessments with large effect sizes (d=1.40-1.45), 50% symptom reduction, and 95% user recommendation rate.

Former CTO of OpenAI (2018-2024). Served as interim CEO during Sam Altman's brief ouster in November 2023. Left OpenAI in September 2024 to start her own AI company.