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Agree. Two of three largest companies in the world are now in the Seattle area with both Microsoft (#1) and Amazon (#3) thriving. Apple (#2), Google (#4) and Fa
by WisNorCan 8y ago
Agree. Two of three largest companies in the world are now in the Seattle area with both Microsoft (#1) and Amazon (#3) thriving. Apple (#2), Google (#4) and Facebook (#5) are in the Bay Area.
- xyzzy_plugh 8y agoI don't know about Apple but Facebook and Google have pretty big offices in Seattle as well, along with many other startups (Uber, Airbnb, Stripe, etc.) It seems the play these days is to have the best of both worlds.
- sincerely 8y agoCompanies at that level generally have offices in big cities all over the world. In Toronto we have Airbnb, Uber, Google, etc offices for example. I think the important thing in this context is where the HQ is.
- nostrademons 8y agoAnd Microsoft and Amazon both have big offices in Silicon Valley. Bing is (was? it looks like the site is now under reconstruction) based out of their Mountain View complex that's almost literally across the street from the Googleplex, while A9 (Amazon's search subsidiary) has a big office in Palo Alto.