Illini-Founded Companies
This crowdsourced list includes companies that were founded by people who were, or are, part of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, whether faculty, staff, students, or alumni. Founders are categorized according to their affiliation at the time the company was founded.
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| Name | Year Founded | Relationship | Main Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | 2005 | Alumni | Engineering |
| PayPal | 1998 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Tesla Motors | 2003 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Weather Channel | 1982 | Alumni | Media |
| Yelp | 2004 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Mozilla Corp. | 1998 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 1929 | Alumni | ACES |
| NFL | 1922 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Baskin-Robbins | 1953 | Alumni | Business |
| 12 Line Studio | 2013 | Alumni | FAA |
| 3E Love, LLC | 2007 | Alumni | Business |
| 3ipe Pavement Engineering | 2016 | Alumni | Engineering |
| 6C Solutions | 2018 | Alumni | Engineering |
| 78Madison, Inc. | 1983 | Alumni | Media |
| Accendo Systems | 2011 | Staff | Engineering |
| Actif | 2014 | Student | Engineering |
| Action Bits for Kids! | 2001 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Adrenaline Mobility | 2012 | Faculty | Engineering |
| Advanced Analytics | 1983 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Advanced Diamond Technologies | 2003 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Advent Corporation | 2004 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Aegis AI | 2018 | Alumni | LAS |
| Aegis Analytical | 1997 | Alumni | LAS |
| Affiliated Marketing Partners | 2009 | Alumni | LAS |
| Affinity Labs, Inc. | 2006 | Alumni | LAS |
| Affirm | 2011 | Alumni | Engineering |
| After School | 2014 | Alumni | Engineering |
| AgaMatrix | 2001 | Alumni | Engineering |
| AgLVT LLC | 2013 | Faculty | ACES |
| Agrible | 2014 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Ahoona | 2013 | Faculty | Engineering |
| AirV Labs | 2018 | Faculty | Engineering |
| Aisle50 | 2010 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Akelos | 2017 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Akkula | 2011 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Aligni Incorporated | 2006 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Amber Agriculture | 2016 | Student | Business |
| Ambys Medicines | 2018 | Faculty | LAS |
| AMD | 1969 | Alumni | Engineering |
| AmpUp | 2018 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Analytics Fire | 2014 | Alumni | Engineering |
| AnalyzeDirect | 1999 | Alumni | Business |
| ANDalyze | 2007 | Faculty | LAS |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2009 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Anemone | 2019 | Student | Engineering |
| Animal Ultrasound Services | 1990 | Alumni | ACES |
| Answers.com | 1999 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Apertio | 2002 | Alumni | LAS |
| Apervita | 2011 | Alumni | Engineering |
| AppGrow | 2016 | Alumni | Media |
| Appurify | 2012 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Apriori | 2005 | Faculty | Engineering |
| Apropose | 2013 | Faculty | Engineering |
| Aptimmune Biologics | 2010 | Faculty | VetMed |
| Aqueous Solutions | 2011 | Faculty | LAS |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 1998 | Alumni | AHS |
| Armored Computing | 2005 | Faculty | Engineering |
| Ascent Integrated Tech | 2020 | Staff | LAS |
| AskWhai | 2018 | Alumni | LAS |
| ASL Aspire | 2021 | Student | Engineering |
| Aten Ventures | 2018 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Atlas5D | 2012 | Alumni | Engineering |
| ATSP Innovations | 2011 | Faculty | Engineering |
| Auto-Tune (by Antares Audio Technologies) | 1997 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Autonomic Materials | 2007 | Faculty | Engineering |
| AutoScout 24 | 2014 | Student | Engineering |
| Avail | 2012 | Alumni | Business |
| Avant | 2012 | Alumni | Business |
| Avatria | 2014 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Avicenna Community Health Center | 2009 | ||
| AwardSpring | 2015 | Alumni | LAS |
| Axelson Realty LLC | 2003 | Alumni | LAS |
| B2 Enterprises | 2011 | Alumni | AHS |
| Badu Tax Services | 2016 | Alumni | Business |
| BAIOTEQ | 2020 | Alumni | Business |
| Beacons | 2019 | Alumni | Engineering |
| BearPaw Inc. | 1995 | Alumni | AHS |
| Beckman Coulter | 1935 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Benford Brown & Associates | 1996 | Alumni | Business |
| BET | 1979 | Alumni | SW |
| Betterworks | 2010 | Alumni | Engineering |
| BioAnalytics | 2012 | Student | LAS |
| Bitbaza.io | 2020 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Black Spectacles | 2010 | Alumni | FAA |
| Blekko | 2010 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Bloc | 2012 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Blockspring | 2014 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Bloom Energy | 2001 | Alumni | Engineering |
| BloomReach | 2009 | Alumni | Engineering |
| BlueCrew | 2015 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Bluestem Financial Advisors | 2011 | Alumni | ACES |
| BODO | 2019 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Boka Restaurant Group | 2002 | Alumni | AHS |
| Boom Financial, Inc. | 2006 | Alumni | Engineering |
| BorderX Lab | 2014 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Bragg & Associates Inc. | 2012 | Faculty | Engineering |
| Brik + Clik | 2020 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Brius | 2016 | Student | LAS |
| Bumper Works | 1978 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Business Logic Corporation | 2005 | Alumni | Engineering |
| BUYin | 2018 | Alumni | LAS |
| Bytemobile | 2000 | Faculty | Engineering |
| C3.ai | 2010 | Alumni | Engineering |
| Calimetrix | 2016 | Alumni | Engineering |
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