Dropbox
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For other uses, see Dropbox (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Box (company).
Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, U.S. 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.[13]
Quick Facts Formerly, Company type ...
Formerly | Evenflow, Inc. (2007–2009) |
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Company type | Public |
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Founded | May 2007; 17 years ago (2007-05) |
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Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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Revenue | US$2.50 billion (2023) |
US$539 million (2023) | |
US$454 million (2023) | |
Total assets | US$2.98 billion (2023) |
Total equity | US$−166 million (2023) |
Number of employees | 2,693 (2023) |
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Quick Facts Developer(s), Initial release ...
Developer(s) | Dropbox, Inc. | ||||||||
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Initial release | September 2008; 15 years ago (2008-09) | ||||||||
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Operating system | Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone[12] | ||||||||
Available in | 22 languages | ||||||||
List of languages Chinese (traditional and simplified), English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Malaysian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal's and Brazilian), Russian, Spanish (Castilian and Latin American), Ukrainian | |||||||||
Type | Online backup service | ||||||||
License | Proprietary software | ||||||||
Website | www |
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Dropbox has experienced criticism and generated controversy for issues including security breaches and privacy concerns.[14]