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
Nvidia is a huge producer of chips used in artificial intelligence and, therefore, has become a critical cog in the business sectors that its products power. In recent years, the company has become the top supplier of chips used in data centers for the data-intensive job of training and running AI models. Nvidia is also a big seller of graphics chips for video game consoles and high-end personal computers, and chips used by the automotive industry in new cars. Nvidia was incorporated in 1993,...| 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
IBM is a cornerstone of U.S. business that is best known for its software, cloud computing services, and consulting. Incorporated in 1911, International Business Machines, as it is formally known, has ridden the many waves of innovation over the decades, from early technology such as tabulating machines and time clocks used by workers to punch in for the day, to today’s artificial intelligence. As of 2024, it was among just a few dozen companies that have made the Fortune 500 in every year ...| 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
