Company type | Public |
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Nasdaq: AI | |
Industry | |
Founded | 2009 |
Founder | Thomas Siebel |
Headquarters |
Redwood City, California, U.S. |
Key people | Thomas Siebel ( chairman and CEO) |
Revenue | ![]() |
Number of employees | 891 (2024) [1] |
Website |
c3 |
C3.ai, Inc. (also C3 AI) is an American technology company specializing in enterprise artificial intelligence. Based in Redwood City, California, the company founded in 2009 by Thomas Siebel became a public company in 2020 and trades on the Nasdaq.
C3.ai was founded in 2009 by Thomas Siebel as "C3". [2] Originally the "C" in the company's name was a reference to " carbon" and the "3" was a reference to "measure, mitigate and monetize" because the company's original goal was to help manage corporate carbon footprints. [3] For some time in 2016 the company was named C3IoT and before that was briefly named C3 Energy. [4] [2] The company went public in 2020. [2] Following their IPO C3.ai faced market skepticism and criticism, including that Siebel liquidated shares worth hundreds of millions of dollars soon after the IPO. [5]
Company type | Public |
---|---|
Nasdaq: AI | |
Industry | |
Founded | 2009 |
Founder | Thomas Siebel |
Headquarters |
Redwood City, California, U.S. |
Key people | Thomas Siebel ( chairman and CEO) |
Revenue | ![]() |
Number of employees | 891 (2024) [1] |
Website |
c3 |
C3.ai, Inc. (also C3 AI) is an American technology company specializing in enterprise artificial intelligence. Based in Redwood City, California, the company founded in 2009 by Thomas Siebel became a public company in 2020 and trades on the Nasdaq.
C3.ai was founded in 2009 by Thomas Siebel as "C3". [2] Originally the "C" in the company's name was a reference to " carbon" and the "3" was a reference to "measure, mitigate and monetize" because the company's original goal was to help manage corporate carbon footprints. [3] For some time in 2016 the company was named C3IoT and before that was briefly named C3 Energy. [4] [2] The company went public in 2020. [2] Following their IPO C3.ai faced market skepticism and criticism, including that Siebel liquidated shares worth hundreds of millions of dollars soon after the IPO. [5]