Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Corporation, or simply Microsoft, is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, video gaming, and other fields. Often described as a Big Tech company, Microsoft is the largest software company by revenue, one of the most valuable public companies, and one of the most valuable brands globally. It is a part of Big Tech along with five other tech companies in the United States, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook), and Nvidia, which are also the largest companies in the world by market capitalization.