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Dropbox
Sign in to saveDropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Dropbox was founded in 2007 by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi as a startup company, with initial funding from seed accelerator Y Combinator.
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Dropbox, Inc. is a software entity with the version identifier 356.2. It was established in 2007. The company is legally registered in the United States, specifically under the jurisdiction of Delaware. Its operational base is located in San Francisco.
The organization maintains an active status. It holds an Alexa rank of 88. These details define the current structural and operational profile of the subject.
Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Dropbox, Inc.
- Company.former_name
- Evenflow, Inc. (2007–2009)
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.revenue
- (2024)
- Company.operating_income
- (2024)
- Company.net_income
- (2024)
- Company.assets
- (2024)
- Company.equity
- (2024)
- Company.num_employees
- 2,204 (2024)
- Network service provider.child
- yes
- Network service provider.asn
- 19679
- Software.name
- Dropbox
- Software.logo
- 200px|class=skin-invert
- Software.developer
- Dropbox, Inc.
- Software.ver layout
- stacked
- Software.operating system
- Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone
- Software.language
- Chinese (traditional and simplified), English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Malaysian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal's and Brazilian), Russian, Spanish (Castilian and Latin American), Ukrainian
- Software.language count
- 22
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Company
- Country
- United States
- Industry
- cloud storage
- Legal form
- Delaware corporation
- Creator
- Arash Ferdowsi
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Official website
- www.dropbox.com
- Image
- Dropbox (7463062672).jpg
- Has use
- file synchronization
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- business model
- freemium
- service status information URL
- status.dropbox.com
- software version identifier
- 213.4.4597
- operating system
- Symbian
- Commons category
- Dropbox
- social media followers
- 60600
- programmed in
- Python
- GUI toolkit or framework
- wxWidgets
- inception
- 2007-00-00
- Alexa rank
- 87
- official blog URL
- blog.dropbox.com
- investor
- Y Combinator
- search formatter URL
- www.dropbox.com/search/personal?query=$1
- described at URL
- marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/dKjNo9
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Concept
- History
- User growth
- Acquisitions
- Remote workforce
- Workforce reductions
- Platforms
- Financials
- Business model
- Company partnerships
- Technology
- Mailbox
- Carousel
- Dropbox Paper
- User-created projects
- Reception
- Privacy and security concerns
- Offices
- See also
- References
- External links
Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Dropbox was founded in 2007 by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi as a startup company, with initial funding from seed accelerator Y Combinator.
Dropbox has experienced criticism and generated controversy for issues including security breaches and privacy concerns.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dropbox” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.