Apple

Apple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, where it is still headquartered at Apple Park.

It designs the iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods and Vision Pro, together with the operating systems they run (iOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS) and its own Apple silicon chips. Services such as the App Store, iCloud, Apple Music and Apple Pay are a growing part of the business.

Apple keeps hardware, software and chip design in-house, which shapes how its teams work: close collaboration across disciplines and a strong focus on privacy. Its developer languages and frameworks include Swift and SwiftUI.