Dropbox

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.

Dropbox, Inc.
FormerlyEvenflow, Inc. (2007–2009)
Company typePublic company
Industry
FoundedMay 2007 (2007-05)
Founders
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Key people
  • Drew Houston (CEO)
  • Timothy Young (President)
  • Tim Regan (CFO)
Products
Revenue US$2.32 billion (2022)
US$181 million (2022)
US$553 million (2022)
Total assets US$3.11 billion (2022)
Total equity US$−309 million (2022)
Number of employees
3,118 (December 2022)
ASN
  • 19679
Footnotes / references
Dropbox
Developer(s)Dropbox, Inc.
Initial releaseSeptember 2008 (2008-09)
Stable release(s) [±]
Windows, macOS, Linux192.4.4605 / February 8, 2024 (2024-02-08)
Windows (Windows Store version)5.0 / March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27)
Android362.2.2 / February 6, 2024 (2024-02-06)
iOS362.7 / February 6, 2024 (2024-02-06)
Preview release(s) [±]
Windows, macOS, Linux193.3.5459 / February 6, 2024 (2024-02-06)
Android364.1.2 / February 6, 2024 (2024-02-06)
Written in
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone
Available in22 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
TypeOnline backup service
LicenseProprietary software
Websitewww.dropbox.com 

Dropbox has experienced criticism and generated controversy for issues including security breaches and privacy concerns.

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