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Top 100 Key Players companies in Open source
by Most News Heat in the United States in 2018

The Open source top 100 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 100 Most News Heat Open source Key Players in the United States. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.
The open-source model is a decentralized software development model that encourages open collaboration. A main principle of open-source software development is peer production, with products such as source code, blueprints, and documentation freely available to the public. The open-source movement in software began as a response to the limitations of proprietary code. The model is used for projects such as in open-source appropriate technology, and open-source drug discovery.

Key Players

Fast-growings

Startups & Unicorns

New Entrants

Ranking Year:

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Region:

Global

China

Japan

India

United States

South Korea

Germany

United Kingdom

Australia

Netherlands

Switzerland

France

Ranking:

Most Patent Filings

Highest Patent Value

Most Patent Citation

Most Research Publications

Most Literature Citation

Most Market Reports

Most News Heat

#
Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
Google LLC
California, United States
Advertising,Enterprise software,Search engine,
...[+2]
news: 6,571
2
Microsoft Corp.
Washington, United States
Software,Operating system,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 5,242
3
Apple, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Peripheral,
...[+2]
news: 2,659
4
Amazon.com, Inc.
Washington, United States
E-commerce,Content creator,Data processing,
...[+2]
news: 2,577
5
International Business Machines Corp.
New York, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 2,356
6
Intel Corp.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
news: 1,924
7
Oracle Corp.
California, United States
Software,Enterprise software,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
news: 1,443
8
Meta Platforms, Inc.
California, United States
Broadcasting,Publishing,Pre-money valuation,
...[+2]
news: 1,326
9
GitHub, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software,Revision control,
...[+2]
news: 1,243
10
Red Hat, Inc.
North Carolina, United States
Software,Middleware,Operating system,
...[+2]
news: 1,219
11
Apache Corp.
Texas, United States
Natural gas,Petroleum industry,Natural resource management,
...[+2]
news: 1,194
12
Cisco Systems, Inc.
California, United States
Computer hardware,Enterprise software,Internet Protocol,
...[+2]
news: 1,177
13
VMware, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Virtualization,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 973
14
HP, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 930
15
Dell, Inc.
Texas, United States
Computer hardware,Thin client,Software,
...[+2]
news: 739
16
YouTube LLC
California, United States
Music,HTML5,Web page,
...[+2]
news: 683
17
Mozilla Corp.
California, United States
Software,Bug tracking system,EyeTap,
...[+2]
news: 615
18
AT&T, Inc.
Texas, United States
Wireless,Telecommunications,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 587
19
Rackspace OpenStack
Texas, United States
Open API,Metal
news: 549
20
Gartner, Inc.
Connecticut, United States
Information management,Business intelligence,Emotional intelligence,
...[+2]
news: 494
21
Netflix, Inc.
California, United States
Mainland China,Cable television,IPTV,
...[+2]
news: 470
22
QUALCOMM, Inc.
California, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 463
23
Yahoo
Virginia, United States
Advertising,Search engine,Search engine optimization,
...[+2]
news: 457
24
Adobe, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Enterprise software,Computer vision,
...[+2]
news: 434
25
Verizon Communications, Inc.
New York, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Internet of Things,
...[+2]
news: 404
26
NVIDIA Corp.
California, United States
Software,Graphics processing unit,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
news: 390
27
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Washington, United States
Software,Web development,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
news: 376
28
Cloudera, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Big data,Machine learning,
...[+2]
news: 368
29
Hortonworks, Inc.
California, United States
Big data,Software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 365
30
EMC Corp.
Massachusetts, United States
Data center,Cloud computing,Software,
...[+2]
news: 363
31
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
Texas, United States
Enterprise software,Information technology management,Software,
...[+2]
news: 353
32
Fortune Magazine
New York, United States
Journalism,News media
news: 347
33
LinkedIn Corp.
California, United States
Social media,Publishing,Broadcasting,
...[+2]
news: 335
34
eBay, Inc.
California, United States
E-commerce,Search engine,Common value auction,
...[+2]
news: 331
35
Infoworld Media Group, Inc.
California, United States
RSS,Emerging technologies
news: 329
36
Docker, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software as a service,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 311
37
Salesforce, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software,Software as a service,
...[+2]
news: 291
38
Rackspace Technology Global, Inc.
Texas, United States
Cloud computing,Software,Data processing,
...[+2]
news: 287
39
Tesla, Inc.
Texas, United States
Electric vehicle,Electronics,Automotive engineering,
...[+2]
news: 283
40
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Virtualization,
...[+2]
news: 263
41
Uber Technologies, Inc.
California, United States
Brand awareness,Public transport,Software,
...[+2]
news: 256
42
General Electric Co.
Massachusetts, United States
Energy management,Turbine,Electronics,
...[+2]
news: 254
43
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
New York, United States
Investment banking,Venture capital,Underwriting,
...[+2]
news: 254
44
Ford Motor Co.
Michigan, United States
Truck,Public transport,Automotive engineering,
...[+2]
news: 248
45
Comcast Cable Communications LLC
Pennsylvania, United States
Digital cable,Home automation,Home security,
...[+2]
news: 228
46
Sun Microsystems Laboratories
California, United States
Computer hardware,Software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 215
47
Juniper Networks, Inc.
California, United States
Systems design,Educational organization,Product marketing,
...[+2]
news: 191
48
General Motors Co.
Michigan, United States
Sport utility vehicle,Public transport,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 188
49
Forrester Research, Inc.
Massachusetts, United States
Business intelligence,Operational intelligence,Information management,
...[+2]
news: 187
50
PayPal, Inc.
California, United States
Mobile payment,E-commerce,Software,
...[+2]
news: 187
51
Walmart, Inc.
Arkansas, United States
Warehouse,E-commerce,Hypermarket,
...[+2]
news: 181
52
Autodesk, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Architecture,Construction engineering,
...[+2]
news: 177
53
Dropbox, Inc.
California, United States
File sharing,Cloud computing,Cloud storage,
...[+2]
news: 177
54
Broadcom, Inc.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Mobile device,Wireless,
...[+2]
news: 174
55
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Illinois, United States
Wireless,Network security,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 172
56
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
New York, United States
Investment banking,Prime brokerage,Financial institution,
...[+2]
news: 171
57
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Florida, United States
Virtualization,Software as a service,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 169
58
Mirantis, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Cloud computing,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 169
59
Xamarin, Inc.
California, United States
Software development,Cloud testing,Android (robot),
...[+2]
news: 169
60
NortonLifeLock, Inc.
Arizona, United States
Network security,Computer security,Software,
...[+2]
news: 162
61
Pivotal Software, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Big data,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 160
62
CoreOS, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud data center,Software,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 159
63
Instagram LLC
California, United States
Social media,Social network,Image sharing,
...[+2]
news: 154
64
The Walt Disney Co.
California, United States
Music,Cable television,IPTV,
...[+2]
news: 151
65
Accel Partners LLC
California, United States
Venture capital,Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide E,Business studies,
...[+2]
news: 136
66
NEA Management Co. LLC
California, United States
Venture capital,Software as a service,Medical equipment,
...[+2]
news: 134
67
Kubernetes LLC
California, United States
Cloud computing,Cloud database
news: 133
68
CNBC LLC
United States
News media,Digital media,Business Day,
...[+2]
news: 129
69
Thomson Reuters Corp.
New York, United States
Software,Publishing,Risk management,
...[+2]
news: 126
70
Cloud Foundry, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Containerization,Social network,
...[+1]
news: 123
71
Couchbase, Inc.
California, United States
NoSQL,Big data,Database,
...[+2]
news: 122
72
Teradata Corp.
California, United States
Big data,Software,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 115
73
Lightspeed Venture Partners
California, United States
Venture capital,Blockchain,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 115
74
Bitcoin LLC
California, United States
Cryptocurrency,Blockchain,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
news: 115
75
Splunk, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Systems design,Operational intelligence,
...[+2]
news: 114
76
Bloomberg LP
New York, United States
Publishing,Information technology consulting,News media,
...[+2]
news: 114
77
U.S. Department of Defense
District of Columbia, United States
National security,Computer science,Biomedicine,
...[+2]
news: 114
78
NetApp, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Data processing,Software,
...[+2]
news: 111
79
Alphabet, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Health care,Search engine,
...[+2]
news: 109
80
MapR Technologies, Inc.
California, United States
Big data,Software,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 109
81
Hyperledger
California, United States
Blockchain,Financial institution,Systems design,
...[+2]
news: 109
82
Wells Fargo & Co.
California, United States
Computer science,Retail banking,National bank,
...[+2]
news: 105
83
Sequoia Capital
California, United States
Venture capital,Angel investor,Impact investing,
...[+2]
news: 104
84
Andreessen Horowitz LSV Fund
California, United States
Asset management,Venture capital,Circulating tumor cell,
...[+2]
news: 101
85
Mayfield Fund LLC
California, United States
Venture capital,Health care,Solar cell,
...[+2]
news: 99
86
Intel Capital Corp.
California, United States
Venture capital,Corporate venture capital,Solar cell,
...[+2]
news: 99
87
Nasdaq, Inc.
New York, United States
Information Dissemination,Capital formation,Structured product,
...[+2]
news: 98
88
MongoDB, Inc.
New York, United States
Database,Cloud computing,Software as a service,
...[+2]
news: 98
89
Nexenta Systems, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Software-defined storage,Flash memory,
...[+2]
news: 98
90
CA Technologies, Inc.
New York, United States
Software,Virtualization,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 97
91
Databricks, Inc.
California, United States
Data science,Enterprise software,Software,
...[+2]
news: 97
92
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
New York, United States
Accounting,Bookkeeping,Public sector,
...[+2]
news: 97
93
Sprint Corp.
Oregon, United States
Wireless,Telecommunications,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 96
94
Seagate Technology Unlimited Co.
California, United States
Computer hardware,Flash memory,Software,
...[+2]
news: 96
95
ZDNet
California, United States
Social media,Conference management,News media,
...[+2]
news: 93
96
GV
California, United States
Venture capital,Robotics,Agriculture,
...[+2]
news: 93
97
Western Digital Corp.
California, United States
Computer hardware,Navigation system,Software,
...[+2]
news: 92
98
IDC Research, Inc.
Massachusetts, United States
Market intelligence,Chewing gum,Social network,
...[+2]
news: 92
99
TechCrunch, Inc.
California, United States
Conversation,Augmented reality,Virtual reality,
...[+2]
news: 92
100
Morgan Stanley
New York, United States
Investment banking,Asset management,Emotional security,
...[+2]
news: 91

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