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Zia Chishti and Kelsey Wirth founded Align Technology in 1997 around the idea that a sequence of clear removable aligners could straighten teeth without conventional metal braces. The concept depended on digital modelling and manufacturing: scan a patient’s teeth, plan movement in software and fabricate a series of slightly different plastic aligners.
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Nova was founded in Israel in 1993 to develop optical measurement technology for semiconductor manufacturing. The company focused on metrology: measuring the dimensions and material properties of structures created during wafer fabrication so chipmakers can keep processes within extremely tight tolerances.
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DocuSign was founded in 2003 by entrepreneurs including Tom Gonser and Court Lorenzini to make legally binding signatures practical over the internet. The early product focused on sending documents electronically, authenticating signers and preserving records that could satisfy business and legal requirements.
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SGMICRO was established by experienced semiconductor engineers to build analogue and mixed-signal integrated circuits in China. The early portfolio focused on high-performance operational amplifiers and low-dropout regulators for industrial and consumer applications.
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Jack Henry and Jerry Hall founded Jack Henry & Associates on 2 June 1976 in Monett, Missouri, after sketching the business plan on a napkin. The founders rented space in an engine-repair shop for US$40 a month and began developing core-processing software for community financial institutions.
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Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah met as graduate students at MIT and founded HubSpot in 2006 after observing that internet users increasingly researched products themselves rather than responding to interruptive marketing. They called the alternative ‘inbound marketing’: attract customers with useful content and make it easier for them to discover a business voluntarily.
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Kokusai Electric Co., Ltd. was established in Japan in 1949 to manufacture telecommunications and high-frequency application equipment. The company entered semiconductor manufacturing equipment in 1956 with a germanium and silicon crystal-pulling system and gradually built expertise in thermal processing and film deposition.
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National Silicon Industry Group, commonly known as NSIG, was established in China to consolidate and develop semiconductor silicon-material businesses. The group’s role sits upstream of chip fabrication: producing or investing in the polished and specialty wafers on which integrated circuits are manufactured.
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Kakao’s modern history centres on KakaoTalk, the mobile messaging service launched in March 2010 by a company founded by internet entrepreneur Kim Beom-su. The service arrived as smartphones spread rapidly in South Korea and used mobile data rather than per-message SMS charges.
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Charles ‘Charlie’ Trimble and two partners founded Trimble in 1978, betting that satellite-based positioning could become useful far beyond the military and scientific applications of the era. The early company developed navigation and positioning equipment while the Global Positioning System itself was still being deployed.
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