This is a small compilation of the top ten most valuable startups from AirBNB to WeWork, in America.
This was originally posted in Business Insider and wasn't accessible to a lot of my friends, so here's a repost of the same. The credits go to BI.
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Wish
- What do they do: A shopping app that sells items directly from the manufacturer.
- Their worth: $8 billion
- Total raised: $1.5 billion
- Programming languages used: PHP, Python, Golang, Ruby, Java, C, C++, Go, Perl
- Frameworks used: ReactJS, Hadoop
- Databases used: MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
Coinbase
- What do they do: An app that allows people to buy and sell cryptocurrency.
- Their worth: $8.05 billion
- Total raised: $525.31 million
- Programming languages used: Go, Ruby, JavaScript, Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, C, C++, Rust
- Frameworks used: ReactJS, NodeJS
- Databases used: PostgreSQL
Samumed
- What do they do: Develops therapeutic drugs for degenerative diseases.
- Their worth: $12.44 billion
- Total raised: $763.9 million
- Programming languages used: C#, JavaScript
- Frameworks used: AngularJS, Entity
- Databases used: SQL
Epic Games
- What do they do: Develops video games like Fortnite and Unreal Engine games.
- Their worth: $15 billion
- Total raised: $1.58 billion
- Programming languages used: Go, Java, Python, Perl, Shell
- Frameworks used: n/a
- Databases used: MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Palantir
- What do they do: Develops data analysis software for large companies, nonprofits, and government agencies.
- Their worth: $20.53 billion
- Total raised: $2.75 billion
- Programming languages used: Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Go, Java, C++
- Frameworks used: Flask, Django
- Databases used: MySQL
Stripe
- What do they do: Develops an online payment platform that helps businesses accept electronic payments.
- Their worth: $22.5 billion
- Total raised: $1.03 billion
- Programming languages used: Python, JavaScript, Ruby
- Frameworks used: n/a
- Databases used: PostgreSQL
SpaceX
- What do they do: Designs and manufactures rockets to travel to outer space and eventually to Mars.
- Their worth: $33.4 billion
- Total raised: $3.57 billion
- Programming languages used: Python, JavaScript, Java, C++, C, PHP, Ruby
- Frameworks used: n/a
- Databases used: MySQL, PostgreSQL
Airbnb
- What do they do: Allows people to rent out and book property for short-term stays.
- Their worth: $31 billion
- Total raised: $4.4 billion
- Programming languages used: Java, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, PHP
- Frameworks used: ReactJS, Flask, Hadoop
- Databases used: MySQL, Redis, RDS
Juul Labs
- What do they do: Develops nicotine vaporizers as an alternative to traditional tobacco products.
- Their worth: $38 billion
- Total raised: $14.15 billion
- Programming languages used: Java, C, C++, Python, Go
- Frameworks used: n/a
- Databases used: n/a
WeWork
- What do they do: Provides shared workspaces and office services for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups and small businesses.
- Their worth: $47 billion
- Total raised: $8.39 billion
- Programming languages used: JavaScript, Ruby, Python
- Frameworks used: NodeJS, ReactJS, Foundation, Flask
- Databases used: n/a