What connects these companies to San Francisco, California?
This collection draws from 96 distinct company records with a recorded headquarters association in San Francisco, California among the reviewed localities. This is a bounded source collection, not a complete census of businesses in the area. It shows 12 alphabetical examples, selected from the public founder reference library. The underlying headquarters statements come from the existing company source snapshot; administrative location records were reviewed on October 10, 2026. Known historical companies and headquarters statements marked as ended or deprecated are excluded.
This is company-location research. It does not establish a founder’s residence, a present operating address, current employment, revenue, or an AE client relationship. The linked source records can change; confirm current details directly with the company. Numbers identify entries rather than rank business quality.
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The entries include different activities, such as U.S. financial services company; American online platform for rental accommodations; San Francisco–based SaaS startup offering an AI sales agent for deeply researched & high-converting automated omni-channel outreach that feels human.; former American web traffic analysis company. Compare each company’s description, founding associations, and dated source material before treating two businesses as peers. A headquarters location can be useful for local research without defining the company’s customer footprint or where all its operations take place.
Affirm
U.S. financial services company. Recorded founding year: 2012.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: Nathan Gettings. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
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Airbnb
American online platform for rental accommodations. Recorded founding year: 2008.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: Nathan Blecharczyk, Joe Gebbia, Brian Chesky. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
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AiSDR Inc.
San Francisco–based SaaS startup offering an AI sales agent for deeply researched & high-converting automated omni-channel outreach that feels human.. Recorded founding year: 2023.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: Yuriy Zaremba. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
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Alexa Internet
former American web traffic analysis company. Recorded founding year: 1996.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: Bruce Gilliat. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
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American Zoetrope
American film production studio.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: Francis Ford Coppola. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
Anthropic
American artificial intelligence corporation. Recorded founding year: 2021.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: Jared Kaplan, Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
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Anysphere, Inc.
American artificial intelligence software company known for the AI-native code editor, Cursor. Recorded founding year: 2022.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: Michael Truell, Sualeh Asif. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
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Asana Inc.
commercial business enterprise; maker of Asana software. Recorded founding year: 2008.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: Dustin Moskovitz. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
Astranis
satellite company.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: John Gedmark. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
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AutoComplete, Inc.
American technology company. Recorded founding year: 2021.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: Ahmed Khaishgi. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
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BairesDev
outsourced software development company. Recorded founding year: 2009.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: Nacho De Marco, Paul Azorin. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
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Banana Republic
American clothing and accessories retailer. Recorded founding year: 1978.
Recorded headquarters locality: San Francisco, California. Company headquarters source · Locality and state source.
Recorded founders: Patricia Ziegler. Founding associations describe the public record and do not establish current ownership.
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