Entities

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.

Japanese healthtech company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (4480). Operates the CLINICS telemedicine platform, the @link clinic management system used primarily by OB/GYN practices, and the Jobmedley caregiving job marketplace.

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.

French AI company founded by former Google DeepMind researchers. Develops open-weight large language models. Positioned as European alternative to US AI giants.

Former CEO and Chair of Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. Led Mozilla from 2005 to 2024. Stepped down as CEO in February 2024, left Mozilla entirely in February 2025. Her compensation ($6.9M in 2022) became controversial amid mass layoffs and Firefox's decline from 32% to under 3% market share.

Co-founder of HashiCorp, creator of Vagrant, Terraform, and other infrastructure tools. Served as CEO (2012-2016) then CTO (2016-2021). Departed HashiCorp in December 2023, four months after the controversial BSL license switch. Now an independent developer working on the Ghostty terminal emulator.

Mental wellness platform for employers combining clinically validated assessments, behavioral health coaching, and licensed therapy. Fastest female-founded company in US to reach unicorn status ($1.2B valuation).

AI infrastructure company co-founded by Chris Lattner (creator of LLVM, Swift) and Tim Davis. Building the Mojo programming language and MAX platform for AI development. Valued at $1.6 billion.

Swedish video game studio, creator of Minecraft. Founded by Markus 'Notch' Persson, acquired by Microsoft in 2014 for $2.5 billion. Now operates as Mojang Studios under Xbox Game Studios.

Nigerian fintech unicorn (formerly TeamApt) providing business banking, POS/payments infrastructure and personal banking via Moniepoint Microfinance Bank; reached $1B+ valuation in October 2024. Operates primarily in Nigeria with expansion across Africa; legally incorporated in the UK with primary operations based in Lagos.

British digital bank and challenger bank. Known for its coral-colored debit card and mobile-first approach. Founded by Tom Blomfield and others. One of the UK's largest neobanks.

Chinese AI lab based in Beijing, founded by Yang Zhilin, and maker of the Kimi chatbot and Kimi K-series open-weight models. Regarded as one of China's leading 'AI tiger' startups and reportedly filed confidentially for a Hong Kong IPO in 2026.

Open source software community and Mozilla Corporation, maker of Firefox web browser. Known for advocacy of open web standards, privacy, and internet health.

Taiwanese multinational electronics company specializing in motherboards, graphics cards, gaming laptops, and desktop PCs. Known for gaming-oriented hardware and ROG competitor products.

Swedish privacy-focused VPN service. 100% founder-owned, no external investors. Uses anonymous account numbers (no email/username). Police raid in 2023 confirmed no user data existed. Powers Mozilla VPN.

CEO of Microsoft AI. Co-founder of DeepMind (acquired by Google) and Inflection AI. Joined Microsoft in March 2024. Author of 'The Coming Wave' on AI risks.

Polish medical software company providing electronic health record (EDM) and clinic management systems used by over 10,000 medical facilities in Poland; owned by DocPlanner Group.

German digital bank and neobank. Mobile-first banking across Europe. Founded by Valentin Stalf and Maximilian Tayenthal. Backed by Allianz, GIC, Tencent. Valued at $3-6 billion.

Malaysian digital therapeutics company and clinical research leader. Built largest Malaysian mental health dataset (20,000+ adults). TELUS-backed with government partnerships and rigorous clinical research program.

South African global consumer-internet and media conglomerate listed on the JSE; majority shareholder of Prosus and direct owner of South African e-commerce group Takealot.

Co-founder of AngelList. Influential angel investor in tech startups including Twitter, Uber, and crypto companies. Known for philosophical tweets on wealth and happiness.

CEO of YouTube since February 2023, succeeding Susan Wojcicki. Previously served as YouTube's Chief Product Officer. Oversaw major content moderation policy changes in 2024-2025.

Saudi Arabian $500 billion megaproject and smart city development on the Red Sea coast, part of Saudi Vision 2030. Includes The Line, Trojena ski resort, and Oxagon industrial city.

Global streaming entertainment service. Pioneer of streaming video on demand. Has expanded into original content production.

Neurotechnology company developing implantable brain-computer interfaces. Founded by Elon Musk and others. Aims to help treat neurological conditions and eventually enable human-AI symbiosis.

South Korean video game developer and publisher best known for MapleStory and Dungeon & Fighter, a subsidiary of Nexon Group (Japan-listed holding company NXC).

Co-founder and CEO of Revolut. Born in Russia with Ukrainian heritage. Renounced Russian citizenship in October 2022 in opposition to Ukraine war. Moved residency to UAE in October 2025.