Companies Founded in 2016
9 profiled companies were founded in 2016. The largest by latest full-year revenue is Scale AI, Inc., at about $870 million for 2024 (unaudited), followed by Udaan at about $529 million for 2025.
No two of these companies report the same industry; they cover 9 different ones.
Headquarters-country data is available for 8 of these 9 companies. The largest country groups are USA (6) and India (2).
Every figure above comes from the company profiles linked below, where each revenue number carries its fiscal year and source. Run-rates are never used as annual revenue, and revenue reported in other currencies is converted to US dollars at approximate 2025 average rates, so treat the comparison as an order of scale rather than an exact gap.
Research AJIO's Reliance Retail ownership, 2016 launch, current CEO, reported GMV, major platform launches and business model.
Deribit is the largest Bitcoin and Ether options exchange, bought by Coinbase for $2.9B in 2025. Founders, CEO Luuk Strijers, volumes, Dubai licence and rivals.
Groq profile: the LPU inference chip, Nvidia's ~$20B December 2025 licensing deal, CEO Doug Wightman, $6.9B 2025 valuation, $650M 2026 raise and GroqCloud.
Hugging Face profile: ~$150M annualized revenue, Nvidia's $12.93B acquisition agreement (2026), CEO Clément Delangue, 3M+ models, and how it makes money.
Replit company profile: how Replit Agent makes money, the $400M Series D at a $9B valuation (2026), ARR growth from $2.8M to $500M+, owners, CEO and rivals.
Rippling profile: about $1B ARR in 2026, $16.8B valuation, CEO Parker Conrad, how the HR/IT/finance platform makes money, the Deel lawsuit and key competitors.
Scale AI profile: about $870M 2024 revenue, Meta's $14.3B deal for 49% at a $29B valuation, CEO Francis deSouza, SEAL benchmarks and defense AI contracts.
Comprehensive deep-dive into Udaan (Hiveloop Technology) covering B2B e-commerce, kirana wholesale supply chain, Amod Malviya, Sujeet Kumar, and Vaibhav Gupta.
Verkada profile: cloud-managed cameras, access control and sensors on the Command platform, funding to a $5.8B valuation, the NVIDIA deal and FTC history.