Dropbox
| Formerly | Evenflow, Inc. (2007–2009) |
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| Company type | Public |
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| Founded | May 2007 |
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| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Revenue | US$2.55 billion (2024) |
| US$486 million (2024) | |
| US$452 million (2024) | |
| Total assets | US$3.33 billion (2024) |
| Total equity | US$−752.4 million (2024) |
Number of employees | 2,204 (2024) |
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| Developer(s) | Dropbox, Inc. | ||||||||
| Initial release | September 2008 | ||||||||
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| Operating system | Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone | ||||||||
| Available in | 22 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 | |||||||||
| Type | Online backup service | ||||||||
| License | Proprietary software | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, 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 has experienced criticism and generated controversy for issues including security breaches and privacy concerns.