# Adobe

> Adobe is a San Jose-based software company that builds the tools people use to create, publish, and measure digital content. Founded in 1982, it is best known for Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and the PDF format, and today sells its software largely through three subscription platforms - Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud - increasingly powered by its Firefly generative-AI models.

- **Founded:** 1982
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, California, United States
- **Founders:** John Warnock (Co-founder & former CEO/Chairman), Charles Geschke (Co-founder & former President/Chairman)
- **Team size:** Approximately 42,000 employees (2025-2026).
- **Products:** Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat & PDF, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Document Cloud
- **Notable:** Invented the PostScript language and the PDF file format, both now global standards., Photoshop became so dominant its name entered everyday language as a verb., Successfully transitioned from boxed software to a subscription model with Creative Cloud in 2013.

## Products & services

- **Adobe Photoshop** — Industry-standard raster image editing and compositing software for photographers, designers, and digital artists.
- **Adobe Illustrator** — Vector graphics editor used for logos, illustration, typography, and scalable artwork.
- **Adobe Acrobat & PDF** — Tools to create, edit, sign, and manage PDF documents, the file format Adobe invented in the 1990s.
- **Adobe Creative Cloud** — Subscription suite bundling Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, InDesign, Lightroom and more.
- **Adobe Document Cloud** — Cloud services and Acrobat/Adobe Sign for digital document workflows and e-signatures.
- **Adobe Experience Cloud** — Enterprise marketing, analytics, commerce, and customer-experience management platform.
- **Adobe Firefly** — Family of generative-AI models for images, video, and design, trained on licensed and Adobe Stock content.
- **Adobe Express** — Web and mobile design app for quick social posts, flyers, and content, aimed at non-designers.
- **Adobe Premiere Pro** — Professional non-linear video editing software used across film, TV, and online media.
- **Adobe Lightroom** — Photo management and editing app for photographers, with cloud sync across devices.

## Achievements

- Invented the PostScript language and the PDF file format, both now global standards.
- Photoshop became so dominant its name entered everyday language as a verb.
- Successfully transitioned from boxed software to a subscription model with Creative Cloud in 2013.
- Reached $23.8 billion in annual revenue in fiscal 2025.
- Firefly generative AI surpassed 24 billion cumulative assets generated.
- AI-influenced annual recurring revenue surpassed $5 billion, over a third of Adobe's business.
- Co-founders John Warnock and Charles Geschke received the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
- Regularly ranked among Fortune's and Great Place to Work's best companies to work for.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Adobe reported fiscal 2025 revenue of $23.8 billion, up ~11%, and issued fiscal 2026 guidance of roughly $25.9B-$26.1B.
- **2025-10** — At Adobe MAX 2025, the company expanded Firefly across Creative Cloud and reported cumulative Firefly assets passing 24 billion.
- **2025-01** — AI-influenced annual recurring revenue surpassed $5 billion, more than a third of total ARR.
- **2023-03** — Adobe launched Firefly, its family of generative-AI models trained on licensed content.

## Links

- Website: https://www.adobe.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adobe
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Adobe
- GitHub: https://github.com/adobe
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Adobe
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adobe/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adobe
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adobe

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