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Qorvo was formed in January 2015 through a merger of equals between RF Micro Devices and TriQuint Semiconductor. Both predecessor companies had decades of experience in radio-frequency semiconductors used in mobile devices, communications infrastructure and defence systems.
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Steve Sarowitz founded Paylocity in 1997 after working in payroll services and seeing room for a model that combined modern in-house-style software with outsourced support. The company initially focused on payroll for small and mid-sized employers.
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Structural engineer Georg Nemetschek founded an engineering office in Munich in 1963 and quickly became interested in using programmable computers for construction calculations. The company was applying computing to engineering before personal computers or commercial CAD software existed.
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Former IBM researcher Igor Khandros founded FormFactor in 1993 and began developing semiconductor test technology in a small laboratory in Elmsford, New York. The early breakthrough was a wire-bonded MicroSpring structure that could make reliable electrical contact with microscopic pads on semiconductor wafers.
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InterDigital traces its history to 1972, when the company began developing communications technologies during the early era of digital wireless research. Rather than becoming a mass-market handset brand, InterDigital built much of its business around research, patents and licensing.
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PB Fintech was incorporated in India in June 2008 under the name Etechaces Marketing and Consulting. Its best-known business, Policybazaar, was created to help consumers compare insurance products online. The original model addressed an information problem: insurance policies were difficult to compare across price, coverage and terms.
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Howard Wille and Chuck Snyder founded FactSet in 1978 with the goal of making financial data easier for investment professionals to retrieve and analyse. The company began during an era when financial information was fragmented across printed reports and specialised data systems.
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Andrew Dudum co-founded Hims in 2017 as a direct-to-consumer telehealth company designed to make treatment for sensitive health conditions easier to access. The first products focused on men’s hair loss, sexual health and skincare, combining online medical evaluation with prescription fulfilment and consumer-style branding.
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TeraWulf was formed in the early 2020s by energy and infrastructure executives to build large-scale Bitcoin mining using low-carbon power sources. The strategy focused less on owning a distinctive mining chip than on controlling sites, electrical infrastructure and access to inexpensive energy.
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SenseTime was founded in 2014 by computer-vision researchers including Professor Tang Xiao’ou and Xu Li, building on academic work in deep learning and image recognition. The company initially focused on algorithms that could identify faces, objects and scenes in images and video.
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