# HubSpot

> HubSpot is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based software company that builds an integrated customer platform combining CRM, marketing, sales, customer service, content, data and commerce tools on a single database. Founded in 2006 by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, HubSpot popularized the concept of inbound marketing and has grown into a publicly traded company (NYSE: HUBS) serving roughly 300,000 customers worldwide, now anchored by its Breeze AI layer of agents and assistants.

- **Founded:** 2006
- **Headquarters:** Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- **Founders:** Brian Halligan (Co-founder, Executive Chairman (former CEO)), Dharmesh Shah (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 8,000+ employees worldwide
- **Products:** Marketing Hub, Sales Hub, Service Hub, Content Hub (formerly CMS Hub), Data Hub (formerly Operations Hub)
- **Notable:** Popularized and named the 'inbound marketing' category., IPO on the NYSE in October 2014 under ticker HUBS., Scaled past $2 billion in annual recurring revenue.

## Products & services

- **Marketing Hub** — Marketing automation, email, landing pages, SEO, ads and campaign analytics for attracting and converting leads.
- **Sales Hub** — CRM-based pipeline management, sequences, quoting, meeting scheduling and deal forecasting.
- **Service Hub** — Help desk, ticketing, knowledge base, customer feedback and support automation.
- **Content Hub (formerly CMS Hub)** — Website building, content management and content-remix tools with integrated CRM personalization.
- **Data Hub (formerly Operations Hub)** — Data sync, cleansing, unification and quality automation across the customer platform.
- **Revenue Hub (formerly Commerce Hub)** — Quoting, invoicing, subscription billing and payments, with automated tax and buy-now-pay-later options added in 2026.
- **Breeze AI** — HubSpot's unified AI layer: Breeze Agents (autonomous AI teammates), Breeze Assistant (embedded companion), Breeze Studio (no-code agent builder) and 100+ embedded AI features.
- **Smart CRM** — The free, central customer database that unifies all Hubs on a single source of truth.
- **HubSpot Academy** — Free online education and certification platform for marketing, sales and service skills.
- **App Marketplace** — Ecosystem of 1,500+ integrations and apps that connect third-party tools to HubSpot.

## Achievements

- Popularized and named the 'inbound marketing' category.
- IPO on the NYSE in October 2014 under ticker HUBS.
- Scaled past $2 billion in annual recurring revenue.
- Grew to roughly 300,000 customers across 100+ countries.
- HubSpot Academy became one of the largest free online certification platforms in marketing and sales.
- Consistently ranked among Glassdoor and Fortune best-places-to-work lists.
- Launched Breeze, a unified AI layer of agents and assistants across the platform.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Commerce Hub renamed Revenue Hub, carrying forward quoting, billing and payments and adding automated tax calculation and buy-now-pay-later.
- **2026-05** — Expanded Breeze AI agents and rolled out Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) tooling in the Spring 2026 Spotlight.
- **2026-04** — Reported Q1 2026 revenue up ~23% year over year and nearly 300,000 total customers, adding ~10,800 net new customers in the quarter.
- **2026-01** — Raised full-year 2026 revenue guidance to roughly $3.7 billion.

## Links

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

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