# Zoom

> Zoom is an American communications technology company that built its name on simple, reliable video meetings and has since expanded into a broad workplace collaboration platform. Founded in 2011 by former Cisco WebEx engineer Eric Yuan and headquartered in San Jose, California, Zoom now offers meetings, phone, chat, rooms, docs, a cloud contact center and an AI Companion assistant under the Zoom Workplace brand. The company went public on Nasdaq in 2019, saw explosive adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic, and today serves individuals, small businesses and large enterprises with roughly $4.9 billion in annual revenue.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, California, United States
- **Founders:** Eric Yuan (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 7,000-8,000 employees
- **Products:** Zoom Meetings, Zoom Workplace, Zoom Phone, Zoom Rooms, Zoom Contact Center
- **Notable:** Became a global household verb - 'to Zoom' - during the COVID-19 pandemic., Completed a highly successful, profitable Nasdaq IPO in April 2019 at a ~$9B valuation., Grew revenue past $4.8B annually by FY2026.

## Products & services

- **Zoom Meetings** — Cloud video and audio conferencing with screen sharing, recording and webinars - the product that made Zoom a household name.
- **Zoom Workplace** — The unified AI-powered collaboration platform bundling Meetings, Phone, Team Chat, Mail & Calendar, Whiteboard, Clips, Notes and Docs.
- **Zoom Phone** — Cloud phone system (VoIP) that replaces traditional PBX telephony for businesses.
- **Zoom Rooms** — Software-based conference room system for hybrid in-person and remote meetings.
- **Zoom Contact Center** — AI-first, video-optimized cloud contact center for customer service teams.
- **Zoom AI Companion** — Generative-AI assistant included with paid Workplace plans; delivers meeting summaries, notes, catch-me-up recaps and cross-app search. AI Companion 3.0 launched December 2025.
- **Zoom Docs** — AI-enabled collaborative documents and wikis built into Zoom Workplace.
- **Workvivo** — Employee-engagement and internal-communications platform acquired by Zoom in 2023.
- **Zoom Developer Platform** — APIs, SDKs and App Marketplace for building on and integrating with Zoom.

## Achievements

- Became a global household verb - 'to Zoom' - during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Completed a highly successful, profitable Nasdaq IPO in April 2019 at a ~$9B valuation.
- Grew revenue past $4.8B annually by FY2026.
- AI Companion paid users grew 184% year over year in Q1 FY2027.
- Consistently rated a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant reports for meeting solutions and UCaaS.
- Founder Eric Yuan became a self-made billionaire and one of the most prominent Chinese-American tech founders.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Announced a definitive agreement to acquire Common Room, an AI-native go-to-market intelligence platform, to strengthen its AI revenue platform.
- **2026-05** — Reported Q1 FY2027 revenue of ~$1.24B, up 5.5% year over year, with AI Companion paid users up 184%.
- **2026-03** — Posted strong Q4 and full-year FY2026 results; full-year revenue of $4.87B; outlined FY2027 target above $5B.
- **2025-12** — Launched AI Companion 3.0 to all paid Zoom Workplace users at no additional cost, adding proactive assistance and context-aware search.
- **2025-09** — Unveiled AI Companion 3.0 and new agentic AI features at Zoomtopia 2025.

## Links

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

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Last updated: 2026-07-16