Notable Delaware-incorporated companies: the giants of US tech, from Alphabet and Meta to Stripe and OpenAI.
Over two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware, despite most operating elsewhere. Delaware's Court of Chancery, well-developed corporate case law, and flexible DGCL make it the near-universal choice for venture-backed and public US companies. Wyoming is a growing alternative for LLCs seeking privacy; Nevada has a carve-out for certain gaming and cannabis structures.
The holding company behind Google, YouTube, Waymo, and DeepMind.
The Delaware C-Corp behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Reality Labs.
The capped-profit AI lab with a non-profit board and a Delaware holding LLC.
The vector database for AI - a Delaware C-Corp Series B at 750M valuation.
Browser-based coding and AI agents - a Delaware C-Corp unicorn.
The Delaware C-Corp reinventing orbital launch, satellite internet, and deep-space flight.
The internet's payments infrastructure - a Delaware C-Corp with a global stack.
The open-source Firebase alternative - Postgres on a Delaware C-Corp.
The frontend cloud - a Delaware C-Corp commercializing Next.js.
The Delaware Public Benefit Corporation building Claude and AI-safety research.
The Delaware C-Corp that took cryptocurrency exchanges public via direct listing.
Reactive backend with built-in database - a Delaware C-Corp Series B.
Open-source data orchestration - a Delaware C-Corp Series B.
Collaborative data notebooks - a Delaware C-Corp Series C.
The issue tracker rebuilt for product engineering - a Sequoia-backed Delaware C-Corp.
Real-time collaboration infrastructure - a Delaware C-Corp Series B.
Serverless GPU compute for AI - a Delaware C-Corp Series B.
The Delaware C-Corp with a triple-class share structure and a direct-listing debut.
The Delaware C-Corp behind the internet's most influential forum network.
Email API for developers - a YC-backed Delaware C-Corp Series A.
The Delaware C-Corp that brought commission-free trading to retail investors.
The MLOps platform for experiment tracking - a Delaware C-Corp Series C.
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