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1Password Identity & Authentication ☆ A Canadian company providing a service for securely managing passwords and other sensitive information in one place.
Adobe US Big Tech ☆ A company known for creative software such as Photoshop.
Akamai Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ A veteran internet company that operates one of the world's largest CDNs.
Algolia API & Developer Infrastructure ☆ A search-focused SaaS company that lets you embed site search as an API.
Amazon US Big Tech ☆ A company that started as an e-commerce site and now leads the cloud market with AWS.
AMD Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A semiconductor company that makes both CPUs and GPUs.
AMS-IX IX & Peering Providers ☆ One of the world's leading internet exchange operators, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Anthropic AI Specialist Companies ☆ A company focused on AI safety, developer of Claude and Claude Code.
Apple US Big Tech ☆ A company known for products that tightly integrate hardware and software, such as the iPhone and Mac.
Arelion Backbone & Telecom Carriers ☆ Formerly Telia Carrier, a telecom operator with one of the world's largest backbone networks.
Arista Networks Network Equipment Vendors ☆ A vendor with particular strength in data-center switches.
ARM Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A company that licenses power-efficient processor designs to other companies.
Atlassian Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ A company that provides development and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
Auth0 Identity & Authentication ☆ A company providing embeddable authentication and authorization for applications, now part of Okta.
Backblaze Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ A U.S. company known for its low-cost object storage service "B2" and its PC backup service.
BBIX IX & Peering Providers ☆ A SoftBank Group company specializing in internet exchanges, with interconnection points across Japan.
Bitwarden Identity & Authentication ☆ A company that develops an open-source password manager.
Broadcom Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A company combining semiconductor design with a software business built through acquisitions such as VMware.
Canonical Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ A UK-based company that develops the Ubuntu Linux distribution.
Cerebras Systems Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A U.S. semiconductor company known for its "WSE," a massive AI chip built from an entire silicon wafer.
Check Point Security Vendors ☆ A security vendor regarded as a pioneer of firewall products.
CircleCI Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ A US company providing a cloud-based CI/CD service.
Cisco Systems Network Equipment Vendors ☆ A leading vendor of networking equipment such as routers and switches.
Citrix Virtualization ☆ A company known for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), now part of Cloud Software Group.
Cloudera Database Specialist Vendors ☆ A US company that has provided enterprise big-data platforms built around Hadoop.
Cloudflare Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ An internet infrastructure company known for its CDN and security services.
Cloudinary API & Developer Infrastructure ☆ A U.S. company providing image and video upload, transformation, optimization, and delivery through an API.
Cockroach Labs Database Specialist Vendors ☆ A U.S. company that develops CockroachDB, a distributed SQL database.
Cogent Communications Backbone & Telecom Carriers ☆ A telecom operator with one of the world's largest backbone networks.
Cohere AI Specialist Companies ☆ A Canadian AI company building large language models for enterprise use.
Confluent Database Specialist Vendors ☆ A streaming-data company founded by the team that developed Apache Kafka.
CoreWeave Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ A cloud infrastructure company specializing in GPU cloud for AI.
Couchbase Database Specialist Vendors ☆ A company focused on NoSQL databases.
CrowdStrike Security Vendors ☆ A company known for endpoint security (EDR).
CyberArk Identity & Authentication ☆ An identity and access vendor specializing in privileged access management (PAM).
Darktrace Security Vendors ☆ A security vendor whose AI-based anomaly detection autonomously responds to cyberattacks.
Databricks Database Specialist Vendors ☆ A company known for its data-analytics platform and the "lakehouse" concept.
Datadog Observability & Monitoring ☆ A company known for cloud monitoring and observability products.
DE-CIX IX & Peering Providers ☆ An internet exchange operator based in Frankfurt, Germany, handling some of the highest traffic volumes in the world.
Dell Technologies Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A major hardware vendor covering PCs, servers, and more.
Digital Realty Data Center & Colocation ☆ An operator with data centers across the world.
DigitalOcean Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ A company providing simple cloud services aimed at developers.
Docker Inc. Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ The company that created the Docker container technology.
Duo Security Identity & Authentication ☆ A company providing security services centered on multi-factor authentication (MFA), now part of Cisco.
Dynatrace Observability & Monitoring ☆ A company known for AI-driven observability products.
Elastic Database Specialist Vendors ☆ The company behind the Elasticsearch search engine.
Equinix Data Center & Colocation ☆ One of the world's largest data-center colocation operators.
Extreme Networks Network Equipment Vendors ☆ A vendor known for enterprise networking equipment.
F5 Network Equipment Vendors ☆ A networking-equipment vendor known for its load balancer products.
Fastly Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ A company known for edge computing and its CDN.
Fortinet Security Vendors ☆ A security vendor known for its integrated firewall products.
GitHub Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ A company providing a developer platform built around hosting Git repositories.
GitLab Inc. Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ The company that develops and provides GitLab.
GoDaddy Registrars & DNS ☆ One of the world's largest domain registrars.
Google US Big Tech ☆ A company known for its search engine, with a broad portfolio spanning Android, Google Cloud, and more.
Grafana Labs Observability & Monitoring ☆ The company behind the Grafana visualization tool.
Groq Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A U.S. semiconductor company whose dedicated AI inference chip, the "LPU," is known for its remarkable response speed.
HashiCorp Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ A developer of infrastructure OSS tools such as Terraform, now part of IBM.
Hetzner Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ A German hosting company known for low-cost dedicated servers and VPS instances.
Honeycomb Observability & Monitoring ☆ An observability company with a strength in high-cardinality data analysis.
HPE Network Equipment Vendors ☆ An IT vendor with a broad lineup spanning servers and networking equipment.
IBM US Big Tech ☆ A company with a long history in mainframes and enterprise IT services.
IDC Frontier Data Center & Colocation ☆ A Japanese data-center and cloud provider.
IIJ Backbone & Telecom Carriers ☆ A pioneering Japanese internet service provider with strength in backbone operations.
Intel Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A semiconductor company that has long led the industry in PC CPUs.
JFrog Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ An Israeli-founded company known for its artifact management tool, Artifactory.
JPIX IX & Peering Providers ☆ One of Japan's three major internet exchanges, operating one of the country's largest interconnection points.
JPNAP IX & Peering Providers ☆ A major Japanese internet exchange run by a joint venture between IIJ and NTT Communications.
Juniper Networks Network Equipment Vendors ☆ A networking-equipment vendor with particular strength in carrier-grade gear.
Kaspersky Security Vendors ☆ A globally operating security-product vendor founded in Russia.
KDDI Backbone & Telecom Carriers ☆ A major Japanese telecommunications carrier, also known for its "au" mobile phone brand.
Linode Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ A cloud provider known for low-cost VPS (virtual private server) instances, now owned by Akamai.
LINX IX & Peering Providers ☆ A London-based internet exchange operator that underpins interconnection across Europe.
Lumen Technologies Backbone & Telecom Carriers ☆ A major US backbone telecom operator.
MariaDB plc Database Specialist Vendors ☆ The company behind MariaDB, a MySQL-derived database.
Meta US Big Tech ☆ A social-media company that runs Facebook, Instagram, and more.
Micron Technology Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A US semiconductor maker whose core business is DRAM and NAND flash memory.
Microsoft US Big Tech ☆ An IT company known for Windows, its Office products, and Azure.
MikroTik Network Equipment Vendors ☆ A Latvian network equipment vendor known for its affordable, feature-rich RouterOS.
Mistral AI AI Specialist Companies ☆ A French generative-AI company, developer of Le Chat and other products.
MongoDB Inc. Database Specialist Vendors ☆ The company behind the document-oriented database MongoDB.
Mozilla Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ The nonprofit organization behind the Firefox web browser.
Neo4j, Inc. Database Specialist Vendors ☆ The company behind Neo4j, a leading graph database.
NetApp Storage ☆ A company known for enterprise storage products.
NETGEAR Network Equipment Vendors ☆ A vendor known for networking equipment aimed at homes and small businesses.
Netlify Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ A U.S. company specializing in hosting and deployment for static sites and frontend applications.
Netskope Security Vendors ☆ A US cloud security vendor centered on SASE and SSE.
New Relic Observability & Monitoring ☆ A pioneering company in application performance monitoring (APM).
NS1 Registrars & DNS ☆ A company known for managed DNS services, now part of IBM.
NTT Communications Backbone & Telecom Carriers ☆ A company covering a broad range of telecom infrastructure, including international lines and data centers.
Nutanix Virtualization ☆ A company known for hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI).
NVIDIA US Big Tech ☆ A company building growing influence in AI semiconductors, centered on GPUs.
Okta Identity & Authentication ☆ A company known for identity management and single sign-on (SSO).
OpenAI AI Specialist Companies ☆ A leading generative-AI company, developer of ChatGPT and the GPT model series.
Oracle US Big Tech ☆ An IT company widely known for its database products.
OVHcloud Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ A French company that is one of Europe's largest independent cloud providers.
Palantir Technologies US Big Tech ☆ A US company providing large-scale data integration and analytics platforms for government agencies and large enterprises.
Palo Alto Networks Security Vendors ☆ A security vendor known for its next-generation firewalls.
Percona Database Specialist Vendors ☆ A company known for commercial support of MySQL and PostgreSQL.
Perplexity AI AI Specialist Companies ☆ The company behind the AI search engine Perplexity.
Ping Identity Identity & Authentication ☆ A company known for enterprise identity-management products.
Plaid API & Developer Infrastructure ☆ A fintech company providing an API for connecting bank accounts to applications.
Postman API & Developer Infrastructure ☆ A company known for its API development and testing tool.
Proofpoint Security Vendors ☆ A U.S. security vendor specializing in email security, including defenses against targeted attack emails and phishing.
Pure Storage Storage ☆ A company known for all-flash storage.
Qualcomm Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A semiconductor company with a major share of the smartphone-chip market.
Qualys Security Vendors ☆ A security vendor known for its cloud-based vulnerability management platform, VMDR.
Rackspace Technology Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ A US company that was a pioneer in managed cloud services.
Rapid7 Security Vendors ☆ A US security vendor known for its vulnerability management tool, InsightVM.
Red Hat Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ A company known for its business model of providing open-source software with commercial support.
Redis, Inc. Database Specialist Vendors ☆ The company behind the in-memory database Redis.
Sakura Internet Data Center & Colocation ☆ A major Japanese data-center and hosting provider.
Salesforce US Big Tech ☆ A company known for cloud services centered on CRM.
SambaNova Systems Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A semiconductor startup building inference chips for agentic AI workloads.
Samsung Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A South Korean conglomerate and the world's largest maker of memory semiconductors.
Scaleway Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ An independent cloud provider based in France.
Seagate Storage ☆ A storage-device maker known for HDDs and SSDs.
SendGrid API & Developer Infrastructure ☆ A company known for its email-delivery API.
SentinelOne Security Vendors ☆ A company known for AI-driven, autonomous endpoint security.
Sentry Observability & Monitoring ☆ The company behind an error-tracking service that detects application errors and exceptions and notifies developers.
ServiceNow US Big Tech ☆ A US company providing a cloud platform for centrally managing enterprise IT operations and workflows.
SK hynix Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ A major South Korean semiconductor manufacturer that produces DRAM and NAND flash memory.
Snowflake Database Specialist Vendors ☆ A company known for its cloud data warehouse.
Snyk Security Vendors ☆ A developer-first security company providing vulnerability scanning for open-source software.
Sophos Security Vendors ☆ A UK security vendor known for integrated security products aimed at small and midsize businesses.
Splunk Observability & Monitoring ☆ A company known for log analytics and SIEM products, now part of Cisco Systems.
Stability AI AI Specialist Companies ☆ A U.K.-based AI company that develops the image-generation AI "Stable Diffusion."
Stripe API & Developer Infrastructure ☆ A developer-focused payments infrastructure company known for its payments API.
SUSE Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ A German company that develops the openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise distributions.
Symantec Security Vendors ☆ A security vendor long known for antivirus software, among other products.
Tata Communications Backbone & Telecom Carriers ☆ An international telecom infrastructure operator originating in India.
Tenable Security Vendors ☆ A U.S. security vendor specializing in vulnerability management, known for its vulnerability scanner "Nessus."
Teradata Database Specialist Vendors ☆ A veteran company in data-warehouse products.
Timescale Database Specialist Vendors ☆ The company behind the time-series database TimescaleDB.
Trend Micro Security Vendors ☆ A globally operating security-product vendor founded in Japan.
TSMC Semiconductors & Hardware ☆ The world's largest contract semiconductor manufacturer.
Twilio API & Developer Infrastructure ☆ A company that provides communications APIs, such as SMS and voice.
Ubiquiti Network Equipment Vendors ☆ A U.S. company known for its "UniFi" brand of networking equipment.
Vercel Dev Tools & OSS Companies ☆ The company behind Next.js, offering a hosting and deployment service focused on frontend apps.
VeriSign Registrars & DNS ☆ A company that operates core TLDs such as .com and .net, along with DNS infrastructure.
VMware Virtualization ☆ A company known for server virtualization products, now part of Broadcom.
Vonage API & Developer Infrastructure ☆ A U.S. company providing communication APIs that let developers embed voice calling and SMS into their applications.
Vultr Independent Cloud & CDN ☆ An independent cloud provider offering simple cloud infrastructure.
Western Digital Storage ☆ A major maker of storage devices such as HDDs and SSDs.
Wiz Security Vendors ☆ An Israeli-founded company providing cloud security that can be deployed without agents.
Workday US Big Tech ☆ A US company offering cloud-based ERP software for HR and financial management.
xAI AI Specialist Companies ☆ An AI company founded by Elon Musk, developer of Grok.
Zayo Backbone & Telecom Carriers ☆ An infrastructure telecom operator built primarily around fiber-optic networks.
Zoom Video Communications US Big Tech ☆ The US company behind the Zoom video conferencing service.
Zscaler Security Vendors ☆ A company known for cloud-native SASE and zero-trust products.
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