Amazon.com was incorporated in 1994; as of 2024, it was the largest e-commerce retailer in the U.S. It is also a player in the grocery business, owing in part to its ownership of the Whole Foods supermarket chain. The company offers cloud services through its Amazon Web Services segment. Amazon develops and produces media content, much of which it streams through its Amazon Prime membership program; in 2021, it acquired the studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Amazon also makes and sells electro...| Fortune
Google's parent company, Alphabet, is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company. A few of its offerings include an advertising business; its Android phone products; and the Google Chrome web browser, search, Google Maps, and Google Photos. Alphabet also sells apps and in-app purchases through Google Play and YouTube, and offers cybersecurity, databases, and analytics. Its Google Workspace business includes cloud-based communication and collaboration tools for businesse...| Fortune
Routinely ranked as one of the world’s most valuable companies by market capitalization, the software giant makes the popular Windows PC operating system and the Microsoft 365 suite of business productivity software. It also runs the Microsoft Azure cloud computing service, and owns the Xbox gaming platform, the code repository GitHub, and the professional social network LinkedIn. Cofounded by Bill Gates in 1975, Microsoft operates data centers around the globe to support its cloud computin...| Fortune
The EU Recovery plan is based on the largest long-term budget in the EU's history, boosted by NextGenerationEU. The largest stimulus package ever financed in Europe.| European Commission
Founded in 2004 as Facebook, Meta operates the world’s largest social media platforms and has heavily influenced the development of the internet over the past two decades through its pioneering use of personal data collection and targeted advertising. Meta’s products include Facebook, image-sharing app Instagram, and messaging platforms Messenger and WhatsApp; together, they enable users to keep in touch, share images and videos, and buy and sell goods. Meta’s Reality Labs segment devel...| Fortune
