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How Qualcomm hires
Truth index
B 72/100
Median time to fill
75 days
Ghost roles
22%
Stale roles
12%
Reposted roles
47%
Qualcomm scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 1182 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 22% look like ghost listings, 12% have gone stale and 47% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 75 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
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Overview
Qualcomm is an American semiconductor and wireless technology company founded in 1985 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It holds foundational patents in CDMA and the 3G, 4G and 5G cellular standards, licensing them to nearly every handset maker in the world, while its chip division designs the Snapdragon platforms that power a large share of Android smartphones, personal computers, wearables and connected cars. The company has been diversifying away from smartphone dependence into automotive digital cockpit and driver assistance systems, industrial internet of things, and on-device AI processing through its Hexagon and Oryon architectures.
News
Qualcomm Jumps 7% as AI Interconnect Demo Points Past Handsets; Skyworks and Qorvo Sit Out the Rally
A trade show demonstration quietly repositioned Qualcomm inside one of the market's most coveted growth stories, and the divergence from its closest chip peers reveals exactly what investors think the moment is worth.
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A Conversation With Qualcomm CMO Don McGuire On The Rise Of Deeper Emotional Understanding Of Stakeholders + Experience-Led Marketing To Create More Human-Centric Brands
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Qualcomm's Adreno X2 GPU
Integrated GPUs have become a crucial component in recent laptop chips, thanks to a push for better graphics performance in ultraportable devices.
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ASUS Ascent QN10 mini PC is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite 18-core Armv9 processor - CNX Software
ASUS Ascent QN10 is the first mini PC powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite 18-core Armv9 processor with 80 TOPS of AI performance for Windows
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Introducing Omarchy Dragon - Omarchy News
We should have teams responsible for every major platform, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon certainly deserves one! Last week, we introduced Omarchy M for Apple hardware. Today, we're making Omarchy Dragon official: our team…
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I've Started Accumulating Qualcomm and It Isn't Because of Amazon and Meta
Qualcomm's automotive and data center businesses are quietly rewriting the company's story while everyone debates the Apple modem loss, and that tension is exactly why the buy button keeps getting hit.
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Applied Materials vs. Qualcomm: Which Tech Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?
Applied Materials trades at a steep valuation premium, while Qualcomm's cheaper multiple masks exposure to customer concentration and geopolitical risk.
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Apple Says iPhone 18 Pro Max Sold in U.S. Differs in One Way
As noted by Nicolas Lellouche, who writes for the French tech website Numerama, Apple has updated its tech specs pages for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max to clarify which models are equipped with its new C2 cellular modem and where.
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Qualcomm Talks Next-Gen Oryon CPU, Adreno GPU, and Hexagon NPU
Qualcomm disclosed more on its next-gen Oryon CPU, Adreno GPU, and Hexagon NPU that will power next-gen devices
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Qualcomm over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
558
Postings analysed
2,664
Stack modernity
75/100AI adopter
Languages
Python56%
C++42%
Java22%
Perl15%
Frameworks & libraries
Rest-Assured100%
PyTorch7%
UVM6%
PyTorch C++5%
Databases
PostgreSQL1%
MySQL1%
Oracle<1%
ElasticSearch<1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux24%
RTOS7%
Windows7%
Kubernetes4%
AI & ML
LLM6%
Claude1%
VLM1%
BERT1%
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558 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$218k
Typical range
$51k – $455k
Open positions
700
668
Jobs
Intern
2.7%
Junior
12.7%
Middle
8.7%
Senior
30.2%
Staff
32%
Principal
3.9%
Architect
9.7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 18 | $73k | $73k – $73k |
| Junior | 85 | $172k | $51k – $242k |
| Middle | 58 | $218k | $91k – $287k |
| Senior | 202 | $201k | $66k – $451k |
| Staff | 214 | $240k | $106k – $409k |
| Principal | 26 | $325k | $233k – $378k |
| Architect | 65 | $297k | $90k – $455k |
Highest paying role
VP, Engineering - Data Center CPU Software
$455k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Qualcomm
By role, level and city, against the market · 700 jobs with pay
Products
Dragonwing
Dragonwing is the brand for industrial and embedded internet of things processors and networking silicon. It targets manufacturing, retail, energy and fixed wireless access deployments.
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Snapdragon X Series
The X Series brings Arm-based Qualcomm processors to Windows laptops with an on-device neural processing unit. It opened a new front against x86 incumbents in personal computing.
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Snapdragon Digital Chassis
The Digital Chassis is Qualcomm's automotive platform spanning digital cockpit, connectivity and driver assistance. It has built a large multi-year design win pipeline with global carmakers.
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Technology Licensing
The licensing business monetises the company's cellular standard-essential patents across the handset industry. It generates a large share of group profit on a small share of revenue.
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Snapdragon
Snapdragon is Qualcomm's platform brand covering mobile, compute, automotive and extended reality processors. Its flagship mobile chips power most premium Android smartphones.
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People
Irwin Jacobs
Co-Founder & former Chairman
Irwin Jacobs co-founded Qualcomm in 1985 and led it as chief executive until 2005, championing CDMA against industry scepticism. He was previously a professor of engineering and co-founded Linkabit.
Andrew Viterbi
Co-Founder
Andrew Viterbi co-founded Qualcomm and invented the Viterbi algorithm used throughout digital communications. He was also a co-founder of Linkabit with Irwin Jacobs.
Cristiano Amon
President & Chief Executive Officer
Cristiano Amon has led Qualcomm since 2021 and is driving its diversification into automotive, personal computing and industrial markets. He joined the company as an engineer in 1995.
Akash Palkhiwala
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Akash Palkhiwala leads Qualcomm's finance and operations organisations. He joined the company in 2001 and has held senior roles across its chip and licensing businesses.
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
67/100
Growing
Open positions
1818
150 opened / 566 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
66 days
faster than 20% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
31% ▼
Industrial Engineering
23%
Backend
9%
AI/ML
7%
DevOps
6%
QA
3%
Actively hiring for Hardware (+95 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Agentforce to stack
Oct 2026
Added MLC LLM to stack
Oct 2026
Added ClickHouse to stack
Oct 2026
Added Trunk-Based Development to stack
Oct 2026
Added Outlines to stack
Oct 2026
Added Prefect to stack
Oct 2026
Added Amaranth to stack
Oct 2026
Added Meson to stack
Oct 2026
Added Selenium to stack
Oct 2026
Added Jest to stack
Oct 2026
Added Cypress to stack
Oct 2026
Added Reddit to stack
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
71
Hiring now
71
Countries
22
Busiest office
San Diego
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San Diego
United States
HQ
552 open roles 472 posted in 90 days 63% engineering 2% remote 1000-5000 est. staff $228k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Bengaluru
India
Regional office
342 open roles 294 posted in 90 days 62% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Santa Clara
United States
Plant / site
169 open roles 110 posted in 90 days 65% engineering 5% remote 500-1000 est. staff $266k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Hyderabad
India
Regional office
141 open roles 122 posted in 90 days 60% engineering 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, DevOps
Austin
United States
Engineering / R&D
102 open roles 51 posted in 90 days 73% engineering 7% remote 200-500 est. staff $260k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, AI/ML
Hsinchu
Taiwan
Plant / site
99 open roles 43 posted in 90 days 59% engineering 200-500 est. staff $259k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, AI/ML
Cork
Ireland
Engineering / R&D
69 open roles 39 posted in 90 days 84% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Hardware, AI/ML, Industrial Engineering
Tijuana
Mexico
Engineering / R&D
57 open roles 37 posted in 90 days 75% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Markham
Canada
Engineering / R&D
52 open roles 53 posted in 90 days 92% engineering 4% remote 200-500 est. staff $142k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, AI/ML, Backend
Taipei
Taiwan
Plant / site
45 open roles 17 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 2% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, AI/ML
Noida
India
Plant / site
40 open roles 50 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Backend
Shanghai
China
Engineering / R&D
38 open roles 19 posted in 90 days 71% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Hardware, Backend
Mexico City
Mexico
Regional office
34 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 53% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Security, Support
Toronto
Canada
Engineering / R&D
27 open roles 24 posted in 90 days 81% engineering 50-200 est. staff $100k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Chennai
India
Engineering / R&D
26 open roles 26 posted in 90 days 73% engineering 4% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, QA
Singapore
Singapore
Plant / site
25 open roles 27 posted in 90 days 36% engineering 8% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Support, Management
Haifa
Israel
Regional office
24 open roles 20 posted in 90 days 63% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, AI/ML
Hillsboro
United States
Engineering / R&D
22 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 82% engineering 9% remote 50-200 est. staff $251k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Backend, Leadership
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Engineering / R&D
19 open roles 17 posted in 90 days 84% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, AI/ML, Mobile
Folsom
United States
Engineering / R&D
18 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 83% engineering 50-200 est. staff $230k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Backend, DevOps
Beijing
China
Engineering / R&D
16 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 81% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Robotics, Backend
Ottawa
Canada
Regional office
15 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff $99k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, DevOps
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
12 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 92% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, DevOps, AI/ML
Guyancourt
France
Engineering / R&D
12 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 92% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Backend, Networking
Turin
Italy
Engineering / R&D
11 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 82% engineering 10-50 est. staff $90k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Frontend, Backend
Seoul
South Korea
Regional office
11 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 18% engineering 9% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers, Public Policy, Backend
Chengdu
China
Engineering / R&D
11 open roles 91% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Hardware
Munich
Germany
Regional office
9 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 44% engineering 33% remote 10-50 est. staff $259k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Marketing, Sales
Raleigh
United States
Engineering / R&D
9 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 89% engineering 11% remote 10-50 est. staff $236k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, AI/ML, DevOps
Hod HaSharon
Israel
Engineering / R&D
8 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, DevOps
Vancouver
Canada
Engineering / R&D
7 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 86% engineering 14% remote 10-50 est. staff $109k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Frontend, Product
Tokyo
Japan
Plant / site
7 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 29% engineering 14% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Solutions, DevOps, QA
Boulder
United States
Engineering / R&D
7 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $185k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, DevOps, Hardware
Hanoi
Vietnam
Regional office
6 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 17% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Public Policy
Cupertino
United States
Engineering / R&D
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 75% engineering 10-50 est. staff $253k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Industrial Engineering
San Jose
United States
Regional office
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $238k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Product
New York
United States
Regional office
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50% remote 10-50 est. staff $253k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Early Careers, Solutions
Xi'an
China
Engineering / R&D
4 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML
Kfar Netter
Israel
Regional office
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Product, Industrial Engineering
Farnborough
United Kingdom
Regional office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Solutions
Ingolstadt
Germany
Regional office
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Leadership
Cheektowaga
United States
Plant / site
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, AI/ML
Washington
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 67% remote 10-50 est. staff $269k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Public Policy, Solutions
Tempe
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Early Careers
Zhubei
Taiwan
Regional office
3 open roles 67% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend, Hardware, Industrial Engineering
São Paulo
Brazil
Regional office
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Operations, Early Careers
Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
Sales office
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Hardware
Irvine
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 33% remote 1-10 est. staff $385k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Early Careers
Boxborough
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 1-10 est. staff $217k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Hardware, Field & Service
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Engineering / R&D
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for AI/ML
Rome
Italy
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $90k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Analytics
Kaohsiung
Taiwan
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Delhi
India
2 open roles 50% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Analytics, Education
Ramat Gan
Israel
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Pune
India
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Hardware
Linköping
Sweden
2 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for DevOps
Novi
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $255k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership, Industrial Engineering
Nagoya
Japan
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Robotics, Industrial Engineering
Marousi
Greece
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $66k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware
Seattle
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $313k Avg Salary
hires for Frontend
Denver
United States
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $229k Avg Salary
hires for Backend
London
United Kingdom
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Marketing
Timișoara
Romania
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Hyderabad
Pakistan
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Hardware
Taichung
Taiwan
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Los Altos
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
Louisville
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
Shenzhen
China
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Grenoble
France
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Hardware
Mumbai
India
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Wuxi
China
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Earlier presence
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Berlin, Germany
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Paris, France
Brussels, Belgium
Malmö, Sweden
Sulzbach, Germany
Jobs
$235k – $352k per year • Equity • In office • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Diego
Python
Java
Kotlin
TypeScript
C++
TensorFlow C++
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
LoRA
Model Context Protocol
Fine-tuning
Multimodal AI
Computer Vision
AI Agents
PEFT
TensorFlow
PyTorch
LLM
KV Cache
Tool Use
Machine Learning
Mobile
State Management
DevOps
SLI/SLO/SLA
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
Management
Agile
QA
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$224k – $335k per year • Equity • In office • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Diego
Python
Java
Kotlin
TypeScript
C++
TensorFlow C++
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
LoRA
Model Context Protocol
Fine-tuning
Multimodal AI
Computer Vision
AI Agents
PEFT
TensorFlow
PyTorch
LLM
KV Cache
Tool Use
Machine Learning
Mobile
State Management
DevOps
SLI/SLO/SLA
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
Management
Agile
QA
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≈ $25k – $58k per year (Estimated) • In office • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Bengaluru
Python
Java
C++
CI/CD
Windows Server
Ubuntu
QA
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≈ $86k – $196k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cork
Python
C++
SystemVerilog
Computer Vision
Chips/EDA
UVM
Formal Verification
QA
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$132k – $198k per year • Equity • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Diego
CAPA
QA
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$182k – $273k per year • Equity • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Diego
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$160k – $240k per year • Equity • In office • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Diego
C++
Assembly
Edge AI
DevOps
GitHub Actions
RTOS
Jenkins
Git
QEMU
Linux
IoT
FreeRTOS
QA
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≈ $65k – $149k per year (Estimated) • In office • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Tijuana
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$119k – $179k per year • Equity • In office • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Diego
Python
SystemVerilog
Perl
Linux
Chips/EDA
Formal Verification
QA
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$273k – $409k per year • Equity • In office • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Santa Clara
Python
C++
Perl
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≈ $22k – $48k per year (Estimated) • In office • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Bengaluru
Python
Java
C++
CI/CD
QA
Rest-Assured
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In office • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
Python
JavaScript
C++
Rest-Assured
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Financials
Est. Annual Revenue
$44.3B
2025
Total raised
$68M
Latest round
IPO
Funding rounds
1
Revenue
+14% YoY
Estimate
Modelled from public signals, not audited accounts - read it as an order of magnitude.
| Year | Estimate | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $26.5B | $26.5B | $26.5B |
| 2015 | $25.3B | $25.3B | $25.3B |
| 2016 | $23.6B | $23.6B | $23.6B |
| 2017 | $22.3B | $22.3B | $22.3B |
| 2018 | $22.6B | $22.6B | $22.6B |
| 2019 | $24.3B | $24.3B | $24.3B |
| 2020 | $23.5B | $23.5B | $23.5B |
| 2021 | $33.6B | $33.6B | $33.6B |
| 2022 | $44.2B | $44.2B | $44.2B |
| 2023 | $35.8B | $35.8B | $35.8B |
| 2024 | $39B | $39B | $39B |
| 2025 | $44.3B | $44.3B | $44.3B |
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| IPO | 1991 | $68M |