# Apollo GraphQL

> Apollo GraphQL builds tools to create and operate a unified GraphQL layer over many services. Its open source client and server tools helped popularize GraphQL; its commercial GraphOS platform helps teams compose schemas, route queries, check changes, and observe traffic.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Geoff Schmidt (Co-founder; former CEO), Matt DeBergalis (Co-founder; CEO since July 2025)
- **Products:** Apollo Client, Apollo Server, Apollo Federation, GraphOS, GraphOS Router
- **Notable:** Apollo reported 17 million monthly open source downloads in August 2021., Apollo's PayPal case study says more than 50 PayPal products were powered by a graph., GraphOS and Apollo MCP Server won separate 2026 API Awards categories, according to Apollo.

## Products & services

- **Apollo Client** — Open source GraphQL client libraries for querying and caching application data.
- **Apollo Server** — Open source JavaScript GraphQL server.
- **Apollo Federation** — Composes independently owned subgraphs into a supergraph.
- **GraphOS** — Platform for schema registry, checks, proposals, observability and governance.
- **GraphOS Router** — Query planner and execution layer for federated services.
- **Apollo Connectors** — Adds existing REST endpoints to a graph.
- **Apollo MCP Server** — Exposes selected GraphQL operations as MCP tools.

## Achievements

- Apollo reported 17 million monthly open source downloads in August 2021.
- Apollo's PayPal case study says more than 50 PayPal products were powered by a graph.
- GraphOS and Apollo MCP Server won separate 2026 API Awards categories, according to Apollo.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Apollo announced 2026 API Awards for GraphOS and Apollo MCP Server.
- **2026-07** — GraphOS MCP Server added graph-aware operational tools.
- **2026-07** — Schema Proposals gained editor, webhook and API improvements.
- **2026-05** — Apollo previewed Rust-native Federation composition.
- **2025-07** — Matt DeBergalis became CEO.

## Links

- Website: https://www.apollographql.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apollo-graphql
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/apollographql
- GitHub: https://github.com/apollographql
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ApolloGraphQL
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/apollographql

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Last updated: 2026-09-29