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Founding Date | Founding Date 2004 | Founding Date 1997 | Founding Date 1938 | Founding Date 1996 | Founding Date 2015 | Founding Date 1971 |
Type | Type Public | Type Private | Type Subsidiary | Type Subsidiary | Type Public | Type Public |
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Locations | Locations Englewood, US HQ | Locations Mountain View, US HQ Eugene, US | Locations Lisle, US HQ Melbourne, AU Shanghai, CN Bièvres, FR Ettlingen, DE Hildesheim, DE Walldorf, DE see more | Locations San Jose, US HQ Tokyo, JP | Locations San Jose, US HQ Sao Paulo, BR Ottawa, CA Dongguan, CN Shenzhen, CN Shenzhen, CN Wuhan, CN see more | Locations Saxonburg, US HQ Sydney, AU Thebarton, AU Gent, BE Markham, CA Guangzhou, CN Shanghai, CN see more |
Employees | Employees 3357% increase | Employees 19 | Employees 38,000 | Employees 392 | Employees 10,56246% increase | Employees 30,21616% increase |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) 415.3 m | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 4.5 b | Valuation ($) 15.2 b |
Financial | ||||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) $236.9k (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) $290.3m (FY, 2021) | Revenue (est.) $1.6b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $5.8b (FY, 2025) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods $6.8k (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $222.7m (FY, 2021) | Cost of goods $1.2b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $3.8b (FY, 2025) |
Gross profit | Gross profit $230k (FY, 2025) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $67.6m (FY, 2021) | Gross profit $459.9m (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $2b (FY, 2025) |
Net income | Net income ($20.3m) (FY, 2025) | Net income N/A | Net income N/A | Net income ($40.7m) (FY, 2021) | Net income $25.9m (FY, 2025) | Net income $30.1m (FY, 2025) |
Operating ⚠ | ||||||
Backlog | Backlog N/A | Backlog N/A | Backlog N/A | Backlog N/A | Backlog $594m (FY, 2022) | Backlog $2.9b (Q2, 2024) |
Facility Space, sq. ft. | Facility Space, sq. ft. 23.1 k (FY, 2023) | Facility Space, sq. ft. 24 k (May, 2024) | Facility Space, sq. ft. N/A | Facility Space, sq. ft. 601.1 k (FY, 2021) | Facility Space, sq. ft. 2.5 m (FY, 2022) | Facility Space, sq. ft. N/A |
Product Categories | Product Categories N/A | Product Categories N/A | Product Categories 19 (May, 2024) | Product Categories N/A | Product Categories N/A | Product Categories 41 (FY, 2023) |
Funding | ||||||
Total funding raised | Total funding raised $ 53.2m | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 163.6m | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 4.5m |

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