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  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications","crawl_time":1775265148,"first_indexed_time":1491448845,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Zoom Communications - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nZoom Communications, Inc.\nHeadquarters in\nDowntown San Jose\nFormerly\nSaasbee, Inc. (2011–2012)\nZoom Video Communications, Inc. (2012–2024)\nCompany type\nPublic\nTraded as\nNasdaq\n: \nZM\n(Class A)\nRussell 1000\ncomponent\nFounded\nApril 21, 2011\n; 14 years ago\nFounder\nEric Yuan\nHeadquarters\nSan Jose, California\n, U.S.\nArea served\nWorldwide\nKey people\nEric Yuan (\nchairman and CEO\n)\nXuedong Huang\n(\nCTO\n)\nProducts\nZoom\nServices\nVideotelephony\nOnline chat\nBusiness telephone systems\nRevenue\nUS$\n4.67 billion\n(2025)\nOperating income\nUS$813 million (2025)\nNet income\nUS$1.01 billion (2025)\nTotal assets\nUS$11.0 billion (2025)\nTotal equity\nUS$8.96 billion (2025)\nNumber of employees\n7,412 (2025)\nWebsite\nzoom.com\nFootnotes \/ references\nFinancials as of January 31, 2025\n.\n[\n1\n]\nZoom Communications, Inc.\n(formerly\nZoom Video Communications, Inc.\n, commonly shortened to\nZoom\n, and stylized as\nzoom\n) is an American communications technology company headquartered in\nSan Jose, California\n, United States. It is primarily known for the videoconferencing application\nZoom\n.\nThe company was founded in 2011 by\nEric Yuan\n, a former\nCisco\nengineer and executive. It launched its software in 2013.\n[\n2\n]\nIts software products have faced public and media scrutiny related to\nsecurity\nand\nprivacy\nissues, though the company has taken measures to address these issues.\n[\n3\n]\n[\n4\n]\n[\n5\n]\nFormer logo (2014-2022)\nZoom was founded by\nEric Yuan\n, a former corporate vice president for\nCisco Webex\n.\n[\n6\n]\nHe left Cisco in April 2011 with 40 engineers to start a new company,\n[\n2\n]\noriginally named Saasbee, Inc.\n[\n7\n]\nThe company had trouble finding investors because many people thought the videotelephony market was already saturated.\n[\n7\n]\nIn June 2011, the company raised $3\n \nmillion of\nseed money\nfrom WebEx founder\nSubrah Iyar\n, former\nCisco\nSVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman, and\nventure capitalists\nMatt Ocko,\nTSVC\n, and Bill Tai.\n[\n7\n]\nIn May 2012, the company changed its name to Zoom, influenced by\nThacher Hurd\n's children's book\nZoom City\n.\n[\n7\n]\nIn September 2012, Zoom launched a beta version that could host conferences with up to 15 video participants.\n[\n8\n]\nIn November 2012, the company signed\nStanford University\nas its first customer.\n[\n7\n]\nThe service was launched in January 2013 after the company raised a $6\n \nmillion\nSeries A round\nfrom\nQualcomm Ventures\n,\nYahoo!\nfounder\nJerry Yang\n, WebEx founder\nSubrah Iyar\n, and former\nCisco\nSVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman.\n[\n9\n]\nZoom launched version 1.0 of the program allowing the maximum number of participants per conference to be 25.\n[\n10\n]\nBy the end of its first month, Zoom had 400,000 users and by May 2013 it had 1\n \nmillion users.\n[\n11\n]\n[\n12\n]\nIn July 2013, Zoom established partnerships with\nB2B\ncollaboration software providers, such as Redbooth (then Teambox),\n[\n13\n]\nand also created a program named Works with Zoom, which established partnerships with\nLogitech\n, Vaddio,\n[\n14\n]\nand\nInFocus\n.\n[\n15\n]\n[\n16\n]\n[\n17\n]\nIn September 2013, the company raised $6.5\n \nmillion in a Series B round from Horizon Ventures, and existing investors. At that time, it had 3\n \nmillion daily meeting participants.\n[\n11\n]\nOn February 4, 2015, the company received\nUS$\n30\n \nmillion in Series C funding from investors including\nEmergence Capital\n,\nHorizons Ventures\n(\nLi Ka-shing\n),\nQualcomm Ventures\n,\nJerry Yang\n, and\nPatrick Soon-Shiong\n.\n[\n18\n]\nAt that time, Zoom had 40\n \nmillion users, with 65,000 organizations subscribed and a total of 1\n \nbillion meeting minutes since it was established.\n[\n19\n]\nOver the course of 2015 and 2016, the company integrated its software with\nSlack\n,\nSalesforce\n, and\nSkype for Business\n.\n[\n20\n]\n[\n21\n]\n[\n22\n]\nWith version 2.5 in October 2015, Zoom increased the maximum number of participants allowed per conference to 50\n[\n23\n]\nand later to 1,000 for business customers.\n[\n24\n]\n[\n25\n]\nIn November 2015, former president of\nRingCentral\nDavid Berman was named president of the company, and\nPeter Gassner\n, the founder and\nCEO\nof\nVeeva Systems\n, joined Zoom's\nboard of directors\n.\n[\n26\n]\nIn January 2017, the company raised US$100\n \nmillion in Series D funding from\nSequoia Capital\nat a US$1\n \nbillion valuation,\n[\n27\n]\nmaking it a\nunicorn\n.\n[\n28\n]\n[\n29\n]\nIn April 2017, Zoom launched a scalable\ntelehealth\nproduct allowing doctors to host remote consultations with patients.\n[\n30\n]\n[\n31\n]\nIn May, Zoom announced integration with\nPolycom\n's conferencing systems, enabling features such as multiple screen and device meetings, HD and wireless screen sharing, and calendar integration with\nMicrosoft Outlook\n,\nGoogle Calendar\n, and\niCal\n.\n[\n32\n]\nFrom September 25–27, 2017, Zoom hosted Zoomtopia 2017, its first annual user conference. At this conference, Zoom announced a partnership with\nMeta Platforms\nto integrate Zoom with\naugmented reality\n, integration with Slack and\nWorkplace by Facebook\n, and first steps towards an\nartificial intelligence\n(AI)\nspeech recognition\nprogram.\n[\n33\n]\n[\n34\n]\nOn April 18, 2019, the company became a\npublic company\nvia an\ninitial public offering\n; since then, it has been listed on\nNasdaq\nunder the ticker symbol ZM. After pricing at US$36 per share, the share price increased over 72% on the first day of trading.\n[\n35\n]\n[\n36\n]\nPrior to the IPO,\nDropbox\ninvested $5\n \nmillion in Zoom.\n[\n37\n]\nThe company first became profitable in 2019.\n[\n38\n]\n[\n39\n]\n[\n36\n]\nDue to the increase in\nremote work\n,\ndistance education\n, and remote\nsocial relations\nduring the\nCOVID-19 pandemic\n, usage increased substantially and the Zoom\nmobile app\nwas the 5th most downloaded mobile app in 2020, behind\nTikTok\n,\nWhatsApp\n,\nFacebook\n, and\nInstagram\n.\n[\n40\n]\nThe company offered its services free to\nK–12\nschools in many countries.\n[\n41\n]\n[\n42\n]\nOn April 30, the company joined the\nNasdaq-100\nstock index.\n[\n43\n]\nThe next month, Zoom acquired\nKeybase\n, a company specializing in end-to-end encryption,\n[\n44\n]\nand in June, the company hired its first\nchief diversity officer\n, Damien Hooper-Campbell.\n[\n45\n]\nZoom announced its first\nhardware as a service\nproducts in July 2020, bundling its videoconferencing software with third-party hardware by DTEN, Neat,\nPoly\n, and\nYealink\n, and running on the\nServiceNow\nplatform. It began with Zoom Rooms and Zoom Phone offerings, with those services available to US customers, who can acquire hardware from Zoom for a fixed monthly cost.\n[\n46\n]\n[\n47\n]\nOn July 15, 2020, the company announced Zoom for Home, a line of products for home use, designed for\nremote workers\n. The first product, Zoom for Home - DTEN ME, includes software by Zoom and hardware by DTEN. It consists of a 27-inch screen with three wide-angle cameras and eight microphones, with Zoom software preloaded on the device. It became available in August 2020.\n[\n48\n]\n[\n49\n]\nIn June 2021, Zoom acquired Kites (Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions), an\nartificial intelligence\n-based language\ntranslation\ncompany with an aim to reduce\nlanguage barriers\nin video calls.\n[\n50\n]\nZoom's attempt to acquire contact center company Five9 for $14.7\n \nbillion in September of that year was turned down by Five9's shareholders.\n[\n51\n]\n[\n52\n]\nZoom announced that it would cut its workforce by 15 percent, or about 1,300 employees, in February 2023, citing unsustainable growth following rapid scaling to manage the demand of the pandemic.\n[\n53\n]\nZoom then acquired\nWorkvivo\nin April to extend the Zoom platform.\n[\n54\n]\nZoom dropped out of the Nasdaq-100 in December.\n[\n55\n]\nIn November 2024, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. rebranded as Zoom Communications, Inc., dropping 'Video' from its name, to reflect a change towards what CEO Eric Yuan described as \"[an] AI-first work platform for human connection\".\n[\n56\n]\nZoom announced the acquisition of the AI-powered hiring platform BrightHire for an undisclosed amount a year later.\n[\n57\n]\nPrivacy and security issues\n[\nedit\n]\nZoom has been criticized for \"security lapses and poor design choices\" that have resulted in heightened scrutiny of its software.\n[\n58\n]\n[\n5\n]\nThe company has also been criticized for its privacy and corporate data sharing policies.\n[\n59\n]\n[\n60\n]\n[\n61\n]\nSecurity researchers and reporters have criticized the company for its lack of transparency and poor\nencryption\npractices. Zoom initially claimed to use \"\nend-to-end encryption\n\" in its marketing materials,\n[\n62\n]\nbut later clarified it meant \"from Zoom end point to Zoom end point\" (meaning effectively between Zoom servers and Zoom clients), which\nThe Intercept\ndescribed as misleading and \"dishonest\".\n[\n63\n]\nIn March 2020,\nNew York State Attorney General\nLetitia James\nlaunched an inquiry into Zoom's privacy and security practices;\n[\n64\n]\nthe inquiry was closed on May 7, 2020, with Zoom not admitting wrongdoing, but agreeing to take added security measures.\n[\n65\n]\nIn the same month, a class-action lawsuit against Zoom was filed in the\nUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California\n. According to the lawsuit, Zoom violated the privacy of its users by sharing personal data with\nFacebook\n,\nGoogle\n, and\nLinkedIn\n, did not prevent hackers from disrupting Zoom sessions, and erroneously claimed to offer end-to-end encryption on Zoom sessions. Zoom settled this lawsuit for $86 million.\n[\n66\n]\nOn April 1, 2020, Zoom announced a 90-day freeze on releasing new features, to focus on fixing privacy and security issues on Zoom. On July 1, 2020, Yuan wrote a blog post detailing efforts taken by the company to address security and privacy concerns, stating that they released 100 new safety features over the 90-day period. Those efforts include end-to-end encryption for all users, turning on meeting passwords by default, giving users the ability to choose which data centers calls are routed from, consulting with security experts, forming a CISO council, an improved bug bounty program, and working with third parties to help test security. Yuan also stated that Zoom would be releasing a transparency report later in 2020.\n[\n67\n]\n[\n68\n]\n[\n69\n]\nIn May 2020, the\nFederal Trade Commission\n(FTC) announced that it was looking into Zoom's privacy practices.\n[\n70\n]\nThe FTC alleged that since at least 2016, \"Zoom maintained the cryptographic keys that could allow Zoom to access the content of its customers' meetings, and secured its Zoom Meetings, in part, with a lower level of encryption than promised.\"\n[\n71\n]\nOn November 9, 2020, a settlement was reached, requiring the company to implement additional security measures.\n[\n72\n]\nIn December 2020, Zoom announced that it was under investigation by the\nU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\n(SEC) and the\nUnited States Attorney for the Northern District of California\nand that it had received a\nsubpoena\nin June 2020 from the\nUnited States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York\nrequesting information on the company's interactions with foreign governments and political parties. Both federal prosecutors also sought information and documentation about security and privacy matters regarding Zoom's practices.\n[\n73\n]\nOn December 19, 2020, a former Zoom executive was charged by the\nU.S. Department of Justice\nwith conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer a means of identification. The charges are related to the alleged disruptions to video meetings commemorating the\n1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre\n.\n[\n74\n]\nFederal prosecutors in\nBrooklyn, New York\n, said that Xinjiang \"Julien\" Jin, then 39, was a\nSan Jose, California\n–based company's main liaison with intelligence and law enforcement agencies of China. Zoom later acknowledged it was the company in question. It said in a statement that it had terminated Jin's employment for violating company policies and was cooperating with the prosecutors. Jin is not in custody because he is based in China.\n[\n75\n]\n[\n76\n]\nIn February 2021, Zoom announced a new feature called Kiosk Mode, which will allow people visiting offices to check in with a receptionist virtually on a kiosk, without any physical contact.\n[\n77\n]\nA month later, Zoom announced that from August 23, 2021, Zoom would stop selling new and upgraded products directly to customers in mainland China.\n[\n78\n]\n[\n79\n]\nZoom agreed to pay $85 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the company's alleged sharing of data with Facebook, Linkedin, and Google that year.\n[\n80\n]\nIn April 2020,\nCitizen Lab\nwarned that having much of Zoom's research and development in China could \"open up Zoom to pressure from Chinese authorities.\"\n[\n81\n]\nIn June 2020, Zoom was criticized for closing multiple accounts of U.S. and Hong Kong–based groups, including that of\nZhou Fengsuo\nand two other human rights activists, who were commemorating the\n1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre\n. The accounts were later re-opened, with the company stating that in the future it \"will have a new process for handling similar situations.\"\n[\n45\n]\nZoom responded that it has to \"comply with local laws,\" even \"the laws of governments opposed to free speech.\"\n[\n82\n]\n[\n83\n]\n[\n84\n]\nZoom subsequently admitted to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government.\n[\n85\n]\nIn response, a bi-partisan group of U.S. senators requested clarification of the incident from the company.\n[\n86\n]\nPartially in response to criticisms of its blocking of the activists accounts as well as expressions of concern by the United States Justice Department, Zoom moved to cease direct sale of its product in mainland China in late August 2020.\n[\n87\n]\nIn September 2020, following protests and legal concerns raised by the Jewish coalition group #EndJewHatred, Zoom prevented\nSan Francisco State University\nfrom using its video conferencing software to host former Palestinian militant and hijacker\nLeila Khaled\n, a member of the\nPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine\n(PFLP). In justifying its decision, Zoom cited the PFLP's designation as a terrorist organization by the United States Government and its efforts to comply with U.S. export control, sanctions, and anti-terrorism laws.\nFacebook\nand\nYouTube\nalso joined Zoom in denying their platforms to the conference organizers. Professor\nRabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi\n, one of the conference organizers, criticized Zoom, Google's YouTube and Facebook for censoring Palestinian voices.\n[\n88\n]\n[\n89\n]\n[\n90\n]\n[\n91\n]\nCollaborative software\nComparison of web conferencing software\nList of video telecommunication services and product brands\nImpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on science and technology\n^\n\"Zoom Communications, Inc. FY 2025 Form 10-K Annual Report\"\n.\nU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\n. February 28, 2025.\n^\na\nb\nWeiner, Yitzi (October 2, 2017).\n\"The Inspiring Backstory of Eric S. Yuan, Founder and CEO of Zoom\"\n.\nMedium\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on April 23, 2019\n. 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But Zoom's policy also covers what it labels \"customer content,\" or \"the content contained in cloud recordings, and instant messages, files, whiteboards ... shared while using the service.\" This includes videos, transcripts that can be generated automatically, documents shared on screen, and the names of everyone on a call.\n^\nMorse, Jack (March 13, 2020).\n\"Zoom is a work-from-home privacy disaster waiting to happen\"\n.\nMashable\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 26, 2020\n. Retrieved\nMarch 26,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"Advanced Encryption for Chat\"\n. Zoom Communications.\nArchived\nfrom the original on April 7, 2020\n. Retrieved\nApril 7,\n2020\n.\n^\nLee, Micah; Grauer, Yael (March 31, 2020).\n\"Zoom Meetings Aren't End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing\"\n.\nThe Intercept\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on April 2, 2020\n. Retrieved\nMarch 31,\n2020\n.\nCurrently, it is not possible to enable E2E encryption for Zoom video meetings. (...) 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[o]\")\n\n## Contents\nmove to sidebar\n\nhide\n\n- [(Top)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications)\n- [1 History](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#History)\n  Toggle History subsection\n  - [1\\.1 Early years](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#Early_years)\n  - [1\\.2 Growth](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#Growth)\n  - [1\\.3 IPO and onward](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#IPO_and_onward)\n- [2 Privacy and security issues](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#Privacy_and_security_issues)\n- [3 Censorship](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#Censorship)\n- [4 See also](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#See_also)\n- [5 References](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#References)\n- [6 External links](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#External_links)\n\nToggle the table of contents\n\n# Zoom 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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nAmerican video communications company\n\nNot to be confused with [Zoom Telephonics](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Telephonics \"Zoom Telephonics\") or [Zoom Corporation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Corporation \"Zoom Corporation\").\n\n|   |   |\n|---|---|\n| [![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/11\/Zoom_Logo_2022.svg\/250px-Zoom_Logo_2022.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Zoom_Logo_2022.svg) |   |\n| [![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4d\/Zoomheadquarters.jpg\/330px-Zoomheadquarters.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Zoomheadquarters.jpg)Headquarters in [Downtown San Jose](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Downtown_San_Jose \"Downtown San Jose\") |   |\n| Formerly | Saasbee, Inc. (2011–2012) Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (2012–2024) |\n| Company type | [Public](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_company \"Public company\") |\n| [Traded as](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ticker_symbol \"Ticker symbol\") | [Nasdaq](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasdaq \"Nasdaq\"): [ZM](https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/market-activity\/stocks\/zm) (Class A) [Russell 1000](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russell_1000 \"Russell 1000\") component |\n| Founded | April 21, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-04-21) |\n| Founder | [Eric Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Yuan \"Eric Yuan\") |\n| Headquarters | [San Jose, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Jose,_California \"San Jose, California\"), U.S. |\n| Area served | Worldwide |\n| Key people | Eric Yuan ([chairman and CEO](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chairman_and_CEO \"Chairman and CEO\")) [Xuedong Huang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xuedong_Huang \"Xuedong Huang\") ([CTO](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_technology_officer \"Chief technology officer\")) |\n| Products | [Zoom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_\$software\$ \"Zoom (software)\") |\n| Services | [Videotelephony](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Videotelephony \"Videotelephony\") [Online chat](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Online_chat \"Online chat\") [Business telephone systems](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Business_telephone_system \"Business telephone system\") |\n| Revenue | ![Increase](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/20px-Increase2.svg.png) [US\\$](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_dollar \"United States dollar\")4\\.67 billion (2025) |\n| [Operating income](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes \"Earnings before interest and taxes\") | ![Increase](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\\$813 million (2025) |\n| [Net income](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Net_income \"Net income\") | ![Increase](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\\$1.01 billion (2025) |\n| [Total assets](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asset \"Asset\") | ![Increase](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\\$11.0 billion (2025) |\n| [Total equity](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Equity_\$finance\$ \"Equity (finance)\") | ![Increase](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\\$8.96 billion (2025) |\n| Number of employees | 7,412 (2025) |\n| Website | [zoom.com](https:\/\/www.zoom.com\/) |\n| **Footnotes \/ references** Financials as of January 31, 2025[\\[update\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit).[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-10K-1) |   |\n\n**Zoom Communications, Inc.** (formerly **Zoom Video Communications, Inc.**, commonly shortened to **Zoom**, and stylized as **zoom**) is an American communications technology company headquartered in [San Jose, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Jose,_California \"San Jose, California\"), United States. It is primarily known for the videoconferencing application [Zoom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_\$software\$ \"Zoom (software)\").\n\nThe company was founded in 2011 by [Eric Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Yuan \"Eric Yuan\"), a former [Cisco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cisco_Systems \"Cisco Systems\") engineer and executive. It launched its software in 2013.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-backstory-2) Its software products have faced public and media scrutiny related to [security](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_security \"Computer security\") and [privacy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Information_privacy \"Information privacy\") issues, though the company has taken measures to address these issues.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-3)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-4)[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Lopez_2020-5)\n\n## History\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: History\")\\]\n\n### Early years\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: Early years\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7b\/Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg\/250px-Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg)\n\nFormer logo (2014-2022)\n\nZoom was founded by [Eric Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Yuan \"Eric Yuan\"), a former corporate vice president for [Cisco Webex](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cisco_Webex \"Cisco Webex\").[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-6) He left Cisco in April 2011 with 40 engineers to start a new company,[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-backstory-2) originally named Saasbee, Inc.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) The company had trouble finding investors because many people thought the videotelephony market was already saturated.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) In June 2011, the company raised \\$3 million of [seed money](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seed_money \"Seed money\") from WebEx founder [Subrah Iyar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subrah_Iyar \"Subrah Iyar\"), former [Cisco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cisco \"Cisco\") SVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman, and [venture capitalists](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venture_capital \"Venture capital\") Matt Ocko, [TSVC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=TSVC&action=edit&redlink=1 \"TSVC (page does not exist)\"), and Bill Tai.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7)\n\nIn May 2012, the company changed its name to Zoom, influenced by [Thacher Hurd](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thacher_Hurd \"Thacher Hurd\")'s children's book *Zoom City*.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) In September 2012, Zoom launched a beta version that could host conferences with up to 15 video participants.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-8) In November 2012, the company signed [Stanford University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanford_University \"Stanford University\") as its first customer.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) The service was launched in January 2013 after the company raised a \\$6 million [Series A round](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Series_A_round \"Series A round\") from [Qualcomm Ventures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qualcomm_Ventures \"Qualcomm Ventures\"), [Yahoo\\!](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yahoo! \"Yahoo!\") founder [Jerry Yang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerry_Yang \"Jerry Yang\"), WebEx founder [Subrah Iyar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subrah_Iyar \"Subrah Iyar\"), and former [Cisco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cisco \"Cisco\") SVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-9) Zoom launched version 1.0 of the program allowing the maximum number of participants per conference to be 25.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-10) By the end of its first month, Zoom had 400,000 users and by May 2013 it had 1 million users.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-drive-11)[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-12)\n\n### Growth\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Growth\")\\]\n\nIn July 2013, Zoom established partnerships with [B2B](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Business-to-business \"Business-to-business\") collaboration software providers, such as Redbooth (then Teambox),[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-13) and also created a program named Works with Zoom, which established partnerships with [Logitech](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Logitech \"Logitech\"), Vaddio,[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-14) and [InFocus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/InFocus \"InFocus\").[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-15)[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-17) In September 2013, the company raised \\$6.5 million in a Series B round from Horizon Ventures, and existing investors. At that time, it had 3 million daily meeting participants.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-drive-11)\n\nOn February 4, 2015, the company received [US\\$](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US$ \"US$\")30 million in Series C funding from investors including [Emergence Capital](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Emergence_Capital&action=edit&redlink=1 \"Emergence Capital (page does not exist)\"), [Horizons Ventures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horizons_Ventures \"Horizons Ventures\") ([Li Ka-shing](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Li_Ka-shing \"Li Ka-shing\")), [Qualcomm Ventures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qualcomm_Ventures \"Qualcomm Ventures\"), [Jerry Yang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerry_Yang \"Jerry Yang\"), and [Patrick Soon-Shiong](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrick_Soon-Shiong \"Patrick Soon-Shiong\").[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-18) At that time, Zoom had 40 million users, with 65,000 organizations subscribed and a total of 1 billion meeting minutes since it was established.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-19) Over the course of 2015 and 2016, the company integrated its software with [Slack](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slack_\$software\$ \"Slack (software)\"), [Salesforce](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salesforce \"Salesforce\"), and [Skype for Business](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skype_for_Business \"Skype for Business\").[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-20)[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-21)[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-22) With version 2.5 in October 2015, Zoom increased the maximum number of participants allowed per conference to 50[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-23) and later to 1,000 for business customers.[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-24)[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-25) In November 2015, former president of [RingCentral](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RingCentral \"RingCentral\") David Berman was named president of the company, and [Peter Gassner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Gassner \"Peter Gassner\"), the founder and [CEO](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_executive_officer \"Chief executive officer\") of [Veeva Systems](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Veeva_Systems \"Veeva Systems\"), joined Zoom's [board of directors](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Board_of_directors \"Board of directors\").[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-26)\n\nIn January 2017, the company raised US\\$100 million in Series D funding from [Sequoia Capital](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sequoia_Capital \"Sequoia Capital\") at a US\\$1 billion valuation,[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-27) making it a [unicorn](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unicorn_\$finance\$ \"Unicorn (finance)\").[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Ray_2020-28)[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-29) In April 2017, Zoom launched a scalable [telehealth](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telehealth \"Telehealth\") product allowing doctors to host remote consultations with patients.[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-30)[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-31) In May, Zoom announced integration with [Polycom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polycom \"Polycom\")'s conferencing systems, enabling features such as multiple screen and device meetings, HD and wireless screen sharing, and calendar integration with [Microsoft Outlook](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft_Outlook \"Microsoft Outlook\"), [Google Calendar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_Calendar \"Google Calendar\"), and [iCal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ICal \"ICal\").[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-32) From September 25–27, 2017, Zoom hosted Zoomtopia 2017, its first annual user conference. At this conference, Zoom announced a partnership with [Meta Platforms](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meta_Platforms \"Meta Platforms\") to integrate Zoom with [augmented reality](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augmented_reality \"Augmented reality\"), integration with Slack and [Workplace by Facebook](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Workplace_by_Facebook \"Workplace by Facebook\"), and first steps towards an [artificial intelligence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artificial_intelligence \"Artificial intelligence\") (AI) [speech recognition](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speech_recognition \"Speech recognition\") program.[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-33)[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-34)\n\n### IPO and onward\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: IPO and onward\")\\]\n\nOn April 18, 2019, the company became a [public company](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_company \"Public company\") via an [initial public offering](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Initial_public_offering \"Initial public offering\"); since then, it has been listed on [Nasdaq](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasdaq \"Nasdaq\") under the ticker symbol ZM. After pricing at US\\$36 per share, the share price increased over 72% on the first day of trading.[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-35)[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-value-36) Prior to the IPO, [Dropbox](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dropbox_\$service\$ \"Dropbox (service)\") invested \\$5 million in Zoom.[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-37) The company first became profitable in 2019.[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-38)[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-The_DBT_News_2020-39)[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-value-36)\n\nDue to the increase in [remote work](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remote_work \"Remote work\"), [distance education](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Distance_education \"Distance education\"), and remote [social relations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_relation \"Social relation\") during the [COVID-19 pandemic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic \"COVID-19 pandemic\"), usage increased substantially and the Zoom [mobile app](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mobile_app \"Mobile app\") was the 5th most downloaded mobile app in 2020, behind [TikTok](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TikTok \"TikTok\"), [WhatsApp](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WhatsApp \"WhatsApp\"), [Facebook](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facebook \"Facebook\"), and [Instagram](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Instagram \"Instagram\").[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-40) The company offered its services free to [K–12](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K%E2%80%9312 \"K–12\") schools in many countries.[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-k12-41)[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-42) On April 30, the company joined the [Nasdaq-100](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasdaq-100 \"Nasdaq-100\") stock index.[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-43) The next month, Zoom acquired [Keybase](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keybase \"Keybase\"), a company specializing in end-to-end encryption,[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-44) and in June, the company hired its first [chief diversity officer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_diversity_officer \"Chief diversity officer\"), Damien Hooper-Campbell.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-time1-45)\n\nZoom announced its first [hardware as a service](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hardware_as_a_service \"Hardware as a service\") products in July 2020, bundling its videoconferencing software with third-party hardware by DTEN, Neat, [Poly](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poly_\$company\$ \"Poly (company)\"), and [Yealink](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yealink_Network_Technology \"Yealink Network Technology\"), and running on the [ServiceNow](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ServiceNow \"ServiceNow\") platform. It began with Zoom Rooms and Zoom Phone offerings, with those services available to US customers, who can acquire hardware from Zoom for a fixed monthly cost.[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-46)[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-47) On July 15, 2020, the company announced Zoom for Home, a line of products for home use, designed for [remote workers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remote_work \"Remote work\"). The first product, Zoom for Home - DTEN ME, includes software by Zoom and hardware by DTEN. It consists of a 27-inch screen with three wide-angle cameras and eight microphones, with Zoom software preloaded on the device. It became available in August 2020.[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-48)[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-49)\n\nIn June 2021, Zoom acquired Kites (Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions), an [artificial intelligence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artificial_intelligence \"Artificial intelligence\")\\-based language [translation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Translation \"Translation\") company with an aim to reduce [language barriers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Language_barrier \"Language barrier\") in video calls.[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-50) Zoom's attempt to acquire contact center company Five9 for \\$14.7 billion in September of that year was turned down by Five9's shareholders.[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-51)[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-52)\n\nZoom announced that it would cut its workforce by 15 percent, or about 1,300 employees, in February 2023, citing unsustainable growth following rapid scaling to manage the demand of the pandemic.[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-53) Zoom then acquired [Workvivo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Workvivo_\$software\$ \"Workvivo (software)\") in April to extend the Zoom platform.[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-54) Zoom dropped out of the Nasdaq-100 in December.[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-55)\n\nIn November 2024, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. rebranded as Zoom Communications, Inc., dropping 'Video' from its name, to reflect a change towards what CEO Eric Yuan described as \"\\[an\\] AI-first work platform for human connection\".[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-56) Zoom announced the acquisition of the AI-powered hiring platform BrightHire for an undisclosed amount a year later.[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-57)\n\n## Privacy and security issues\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Privacy and security issues\")\\]\n\nFurther information: [Zoom (software) § Reception](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_\$software\$#Reception \"Zoom (software)\")\n\nZoom has been criticized for \"security lapses and poor design choices\" that have resulted in heightened scrutiny of its software.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-58)[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Lopez_2020-5) The company has also been criticized for its privacy and corporate data sharing policies.[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-59)[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-60)[\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-61) Security researchers and reporters have criticized the company for its lack of transparency and poor [encryption](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Encryption \"Encryption\") practices. Zoom initially claimed to use \"[end-to-end encryption](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/End-to-end_encryption \"End-to-end encryption\")\" in its marketing materials,[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-62) but later clarified it meant \"from Zoom end point to Zoom end point\" (meaning effectively between Zoom servers and Zoom clients), which *[The Intercept](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Intercept \"The Intercept\")* described as misleading and \"dishonest\".[\\[63\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-63)\n\nIn March 2020, [New York State Attorney General](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attorney_General_of_New_York \"Attorney General of New York\") [Letitia James](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Letitia_James \"Letitia James\") launched an inquiry into Zoom's privacy and security practices;[\\[64\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-nyag-64) the inquiry was closed on May 7, 2020, with Zoom not admitting wrongdoing, but agreeing to take added security measures.[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-65) In the same month, a class-action lawsuit against Zoom was filed in the [United States District Court for the Northern District of California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_California \"United States District Court for the Northern District of California\"). According to the lawsuit, Zoom violated the privacy of its users by sharing personal data with [Facebook](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facebook \"Facebook\"), [Google](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google \"Google\"), and [LinkedIn](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LinkedIn \"LinkedIn\"), did not prevent hackers from disrupting Zoom sessions, and erroneously claimed to offer end-to-end encryption on Zoom sessions. Zoom settled this lawsuit for \\$86 million.[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-66)\n\nOn April 1, 2020, Zoom announced a 90-day freeze on releasing new features, to focus on fixing privacy and security issues on Zoom. On July 1, 2020, Yuan wrote a blog post detailing efforts taken by the company to address security and privacy concerns, stating that they released 100 new safety features over the 90-day period. Those efforts include end-to-end encryption for all users, turning on meeting passwords by default, giving users the ability to choose which data centers calls are routed from, consulting with security experts, forming a CISO council, an improved bug bounty program, and working with third parties to help test security. Yuan also stated that Zoom would be releasing a transparency report later in 2020.[\\[67\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-67)[\\[68\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-68)[\\[69\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-69)\n\nIn May 2020, the [Federal Trade Commission](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Trade_Commission \"Federal Trade Commission\") (FTC) announced that it was looking into Zoom's privacy practices.[\\[70\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-70) The FTC alleged that since at least 2016, \"Zoom maintained the cryptographic keys that could allow Zoom to access the content of its customers' meetings, and secured its Zoom Meetings, in part, with a lower level of encryption than promised.\"[\\[71\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-71) On November 9, 2020, a settlement was reached, requiring the company to implement additional security measures.[\\[72\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-72)\n\nIn December 2020, Zoom announced that it was under investigation by the [U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission \"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\") (SEC) and the [United States Attorney for the Northern District of California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Attorney_for_the_Northern_District_of_California \"United States Attorney for the Northern District of California\") and that it had received a [subpoena](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subpoena \"Subpoena\") in June 2020 from the [United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Attorney_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York \"United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York\") requesting information on the company's interactions with foreign governments and political parties. Both federal prosecutors also sought information and documentation about security and privacy matters regarding Zoom's practices.[\\[73\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-73)\n\nOn December 19, 2020, a former Zoom executive was charged by the [U.S. Department of Justice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Department_of_Justice \"U.S. Department of Justice\") with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer a means of identification. The charges are related to the alleged disruptions to video meetings commemorating the [1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre \"1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre\").[\\[74\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Al-Heeti_2020-74) Federal prosecutors in [Brooklyn, New York](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brooklyn,_New_York \"Brooklyn, New York\"), said that Xinjiang \"Julien\" Jin, then 39, was a [San Jose, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Jose,_California \"San Jose, California\")–based company's main liaison with intelligence and law enforcement agencies of China. Zoom later acknowledged it was the company in question. It said in a statement that it had terminated Jin's employment for violating company policies and was cooperating with the prosecutors. Jin is not in custody because he is based in China.[\\[75\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-just_Chin-75)[\\[76\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-zoom-76)\n\nIn February 2021, Zoom announced a new feature called Kiosk Mode, which will allow people visiting offices to check in with a receptionist virtually on a kiosk, without any physical contact.[\\[77\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-77) A month later, Zoom announced that from August 23, 2021, Zoom would stop selling new and upgraded products directly to customers in mainland China.[\\[78\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-78)[\\[79\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-79) Zoom agreed to pay \\$85 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the company's alleged sharing of data with Facebook, Linkedin, and Google that year.[\\[80\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-80)\n\n## Censorship\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: Censorship\")\\]\n\nIn April 2020, [Citizen Lab](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Citizen_Lab \"Citizen Lab\") warned that having much of Zoom's research and development in China could \"open up Zoom to pressure from Chinese authorities.\"[\\[81\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-81) In June 2020, Zoom was criticized for closing multiple accounts of U.S. and Hong Kong–based groups, including that of [Zhou Fengsuo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhou_Fengsuo \"Zhou Fengsuo\") and two other human rights activists, who were commemorating the [1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre \"1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre\"). The accounts were later re-opened, with the company stating that in the future it \"will have a new process for handling similar situations.\"[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-time1-45) Zoom responded that it has to \"comply with local laws,\" even \"the laws of governments opposed to free speech.\"[\\[82\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-WP-China-Zoom-control-82)[\\[83\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-WSJ-Tiananmen-massacre-83)[\\[84\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-84) Zoom subsequently admitted to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government.[\\[85\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-tech_Zoom-85) In response, a bi-partisan group of U.S. senators requested clarification of the incident from the company.[\\[86\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-86) Partially in response to criticisms of its blocking of the activists accounts as well as expressions of concern by the United States Justice Department, Zoom moved to cease direct sale of its product in mainland China in late August 2020.[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-87)\n\nIn September 2020, following protests and legal concerns raised by the Jewish coalition group \\#EndJewHatred, Zoom prevented [San Francisco State University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_State_University \"San Francisco State University\") from using its video conferencing software to host former Palestinian militant and hijacker [Leila Khaled](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leila_Khaled \"Leila Khaled\"), a member of the [Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine \"Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine\") (PFLP). In justifying its decision, Zoom cited the PFLP's designation as a terrorist organization by the United States Government and its efforts to comply with U.S. export control, sanctions, and anti-terrorism laws. [Facebook](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facebook \"Facebook\") and [YouTube](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/YouTube \"YouTube\") also joined Zoom in denying their platforms to the conference organizers. Professor [Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rabab_Ibrahim_Abdulhadi \"Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi\"), one of the conference organizers, criticized Zoom, Google's YouTube and Facebook for censoring Palestinian voices.[\\[88\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-88)[\\[89\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-89)[\\[90\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-90)[\\[91\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-91)\n\n## See also\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=7 \"Edit section: See also\")\\]\n\n- ![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4e\/Telecom-icon.svg\/40px-Telecom-icon.svg.png)[Telecommunication portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Telecommunication \"Portal:Telecommunication\")\n- [![icon](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a9\/Noun-technology.svg\/40px-Noun-technology.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Noun-technology.svg)[Technology portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Technology \"Portal:Technology\")\n\n- [Collaborative software](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collaborative_software \"Collaborative software\")\n- [Comparison of web conferencing software](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comparison_of_web_conferencing_software \"Comparison of web conferencing software\")\n- [List of video telecommunication services and product brands](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_video_telecommunication_services_and_product_brands \"List of video telecommunication services and product brands\")\n- [Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on science and technology](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_science_and_technology \"Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on science and technology\")\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=8 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_ref-10K_1-0)**\n   [\"Zoom Communications, Inc. 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[Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190423220431\/https:\/\/medium.com\/thrive-global\/the-inspiring-backstory-of-eric-s-yuan-founder-and-ceo-of-zoom-98b7fab8cacc) from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2020.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_ref-3)**\n   Morrison, Sara (March 31, 2020). [\"Zoom responds to its privacy (and porn) problems\"](https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2020\/3\/31\/21201019\/zoom-coronavirus-privacy-hacks). *[Vox Media](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vox_Media \"Vox Media\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200411175641\/https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2020\/3\/31\/21201019\/zoom-coronavirus-privacy-hacks) from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_ref-4)**\n   Rae, Hodge (April 15, 2020). 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Bay Area](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area \"COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area\") [Colorado](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Colorado \"COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado\") [Connecticut](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Connecticut \"COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut\") [Delaware](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Delaware \"COVID-19 pandemic in Delaware\") [Florida](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Florida \"COVID-19 pandemic in Florida\") [Georgia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Georgia_\$U.S._state\$ \"COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state)\") [Hawaii](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Hawaii \"COVID-19 pandemic in Hawaii\") [Idaho](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Idaho \"COVID-19 pandemic in Idaho\") [Illinois](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Illinois \"COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois\") [Indiana](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Indiana \"COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana\") [Iowa](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Iowa \"COVID-19 pandemic in Iowa\") [Kansas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Kansas \"COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas\") [Kentucky](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Kentucky \"COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky\") [Louisiana](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Louisiana \"COVID-19 pandemic in Louisiana\") [Maine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Maine \"COVID-19 pandemic in Maine\") [Maryland](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Maryland \"COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland\") [timeline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Maryland \"Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland\") [Massachusetts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Massachusetts \"COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts\") [timeline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Massachusetts \"Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts\") [Boston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Boston \"COVID-19 pandemic in Boston\") [timeline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Boston \"Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Boston\") [Michigan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Michigan \"COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan\") [Minnesota](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Minnesota \"COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota\") [Mississippi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Mississippi \"COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi\") [Missouri](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Missouri \"COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri\") [Montana](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Montana \"COVID-19 pandemic in Montana\") [Nebraska](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Nebraska \"COVID-19 pandemic in Nebraska\") [Nevada](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Nevada \"COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada\") [New Hampshire](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_Hampshire \"COVID-19 pandemic in New Hampshire\") [New Jersey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_Jersey \"COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey\") [New Mexico](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_Mexico \"COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico\") [New York](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_York_\$state\$ \"COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)\") [New York City](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_York_City \"COVID-19 pandemic in New York City\") [timeline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_York_City \"Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City\") [North Carolina](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_Carolina \"COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina\") [North Dakota](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_Dakota \"COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota\") [Ohio](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Ohio \"COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio\") [Columbus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Columbus,_Ohio \"COVID-19 pandemic in Columbus, Ohio\") [Oklahoma](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Oklahoma \"COVID-19 pandemic in Oklahoma\") [Oregon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Oregon \"COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon\") [Portland](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Portland,_Oregon \"COVID-19 pandemic in Portland, Oregon\") [Pennsylvania](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Pennsylvania \"COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania\") [Philadelphia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Philadelphia \"COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia\") [Rhode Island](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Rhode_Island \"COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island\") [South Carolina](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Carolina \"COVID-19 pandemic in South Carolina\") [South Dakota](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Dakota \"COVID-19 pandemic in South Dakota\") [Tennessee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Tennessee \"COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee\") [Texas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Texas \"COVID-19 pandemic in Texas\") [timeline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Texas \"Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas\") [Austin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Austin,_Texas \"COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas\") [Utah](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Utah \"COVID-19 pandemic in Utah\") [Vermont](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Vermont \"COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont\") [Virginia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Virginia \"COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia\") [Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Washington_\$state\$ \"COVID-19 pandemic in Washington (state)\") [Washington, D.C.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Washington,_D.C. \"COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.\") [White House](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_COVID-19_outbreak \"White House COVID-19 outbreak\") [West Virginia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_West_Virginia \"COVID-19 pandemic in West Virginia\") [Wisconsin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wisconsin \"COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin\") [Wyoming](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wyoming \"COVID-19 pandemic in Wyoming\") |\n| Territories and other areas | [American Samoa](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_American_Samoa \"COVID-19 pandemic in American Samoa\") [Guantanamo Bay Naval Base](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base \"COVID-19 pandemic in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base\") [Immigration detention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_U.S._immigration_detention \"COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. immigration detention\") [Guam](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Guam \"COVID-19 pandemic in Guam\") [Navajo Nation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Navajo_Nation \"COVID-19 pandemic in the Navajo Nation\") [Northern Mariana Islands](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands \"COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern Mariana Islands\") [Puerto Rico](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Puerto_Rico \"COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico\") [U.S. Virgin Islands](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands \"COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Virgin Islands\") |\n| Ships | *[Grand Princess](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_on_Grand_Princess \"COVID-19 pandemic on Grand Princess\")* [USS *Theodore Roosevelt*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_on_USS_Theodore_Roosevelt \"COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt\") |\n| [Responses](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic \"United States responses to the COVID-19 pandemic\") |   |\n|   |   |\n| Government response |   |\n|   |   |\n| Pre-pandemic exercises [Crimson 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\"Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups\") [Hospital ships](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hospital_ships_designated_for_the_COVID-19_pandemic \"Hospital ships designated for the COVID-19 pandemic\") [USNS *Mercy*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USNS_Mercy \"USNS Mercy\") [USNS *Comfort*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USNS_Comfort \"USNS Comfort\") [2020 Oval Office address](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Oval_Office_address \"2020 Oval Office address\") [Paycheck Protection Program](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paycheck_Protection_Program \"Paycheck Protection Program\") [Pandemic Response Accountability Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pandemic_Response_Accountability_Committee \"Pandemic Response Accountability Committee\") [Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_Inspector_General_for_Pandemic_Recovery \"Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery\") [COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_Congressional_Oversight_Commission \"COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission\") |   |\n| Legislation | [Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coronavirus_Preparedness_and_Response_Supplemental_Appropriations_Act,_2020 \"Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020\") [Families First Coronavirus Response Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Families_First_Coronavirus_Response_Act \"Families First Coronavirus Response Act\") [CARES Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CARES_Act \"CARES Act\") [Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paycheck_Protection_Program_and_Health_Care_Enhancement_Act \"Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act\") [HEROES Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HEROES_Act \"HEROES Act\") [HEALS Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HEALS_Act \"HEALS Act\") [American Rescue Plan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Rescue_Plan_Act_of_2021 \"American Rescue Plan Act of 2021\") |\n| Private response |   |\n|   |   |\n| [Center for COVID Control](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Center_for_COVID_Control \"Center for COVID Control\") [Covid Act Now](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Covid_Act_Now \"Covid Act Now\") [COVID Tracking Project](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID_Tracking_Project \"COVID Tracking Project\") [MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MusiCares_COVID-19_Relief_Fund \"MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund\") |   |\n| Media | *[30 Rock: A One-Time Special](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/30_Rock:_A_One-Time_Special \"30 Rock: A One-Time Special\")* *[Acting for a Cause](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acting_for_a_Cause \"Acting for a Cause\")* *[Digital Drag Fest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_Drag_Fest \"Digital Drag Fest\")* *[Home Movie: The Princess Bride](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Home_Movie:_The_Princess_Bride \"Home Movie: The Princess Bride\")* *[iHeart Living Room Concert for America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IHeart_Living_Room_Concert_for_America \"IHeart Living Room Concert for America\")* *[Make It Work\\!](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Make_It_Work! \"Make It Work!\")* *[Saturday Night Seder](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Seder \"Saturday Night Seder\")* *[Saturday Night Live at Home](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Live_at_Home \"Saturday Night Live at Home\")* *[Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sesame_Street:_Elmo%27s_Playdate \"Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate\")* *[The Disney Family Singalong](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Disney_Family_Singalong \"The Disney Family Singalong\")* *[Volume II](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Disney_Family_Singalong:_Volume_II \"The 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(2012–2024) |\n| Company type | [Public](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_company \"Public company\") |\n| [Traded as](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ticker_symbol \"Ticker symbol\") | [Nasdaq](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasdaq \"Nasdaq\"): [ZM](https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/market-activity\/stocks\/zm) (Class A) [Russell 1000](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russell_1000 \"Russell 1000\") component |\n| Founded | April 21, 2011; 14 years ago |\n| Founder | [Eric Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Yuan \"Eric Yuan\") |\n| Headquarters | [San Jose, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Jose,_California \"San Jose, California\"), U.S. |\n| Area served | Worldwide |\n| Key people | Eric Yuan ([chairman and CEO](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chairman_and_CEO \"Chairman and CEO\")) [Xuedong Huang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xuedong_Huang \"Xuedong Huang\") ([CTO](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_technology_officer \"Chief technology officer\")) |\n| Products | [Zoom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_\$software\$ \"Zoom (software)\") |\n| Services | [Videotelephony](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Videotelephony \"Videotelephony\") [Online chat](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Online_chat \"Online chat\") [Business telephone systems](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Business_telephone_system \"Business telephone system\") |\n| Revenue | ![Increase](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/20px-Increase2.svg.png) [US\\$](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_dollar \"United States dollar\")4\\.67 billion (2025) |\n| [Operating income](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes \"Earnings before interest and taxes\") | ![Increase](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\\$813 million (2025) |\n| [Net income](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Net_income \"Net income\") | ![Increase](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\\$1.01 billion (2025) |\n| [Total assets](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asset \"Asset\") | ![Increase](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\\$11.0 billion (2025) |\n| [Total equity](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Equity_\$finance\$ \"Equity (finance)\") | ![Increase](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\\$8.96 billion (2025) |\n| Number of employees | 7,412 (2025) |\n| Website | [zoom.com](https:\/\/www.zoom.com\/) |\n| **Footnotes \/ references** Financials as of January 31, 2025.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-10K-1) |   |\n\n**Zoom Communications, Inc.** (formerly **Zoom Video Communications, Inc.**, commonly shortened to **Zoom**, and stylized as **zoom**) is an American communications technology company headquartered in [San Jose, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Jose,_California \"San Jose, California\"), United States. It is primarily known for the videoconferencing application [Zoom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_\$software\$ \"Zoom (software)\").\n\nThe company was founded in 2011 by [Eric Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Yuan \"Eric Yuan\"), a former [Cisco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cisco_Systems \"Cisco Systems\") engineer and executive. It launched its software in 2013.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-backstory-2) Its software products have faced public and media scrutiny related to [security](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_security \"Computer security\") and [privacy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Information_privacy \"Information privacy\") issues, though the company has taken measures to address these issues.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-3)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-4)[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Lopez_2020-5)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7b\/Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg\/250px-Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg)\n\nFormer logo (2014-2022)\n\nZoom was founded by [Eric Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Yuan \"Eric Yuan\"), a former corporate vice president for [Cisco Webex](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cisco_Webex \"Cisco Webex\").[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-6) He left Cisco in April 2011 with 40 engineers to start a new company,[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-backstory-2) originally named Saasbee, Inc.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) The company had trouble finding investors because many people thought the videotelephony market was already saturated.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) In June 2011, the company raised \\$3 million of [seed money](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seed_money \"Seed money\") from WebEx founder [Subrah Iyar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subrah_Iyar \"Subrah Iyar\"), former [Cisco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cisco \"Cisco\") SVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman, and [venture capitalists](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venture_capital \"Venture capital\") Matt Ocko, [TSVC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=TSVC&action=edit&redlink=1 \"TSVC (page does not exist)\"), and Bill Tai.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7)\n\nIn May 2012, the company changed its name to Zoom, influenced by [Thacher Hurd](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thacher_Hurd \"Thacher Hurd\")'s children's book *Zoom City*.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) In September 2012, Zoom launched a beta version that could host conferences with up to 15 video participants.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-8) In November 2012, the company signed [Stanford University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanford_University \"Stanford University\") as its first customer.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) The service was launched in January 2013 after the company raised a \\$6 million [Series A round](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Series_A_round \"Series A round\") from [Qualcomm Ventures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qualcomm_Ventures \"Qualcomm Ventures\"), [Yahoo\\!](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yahoo! \"Yahoo!\") founder [Jerry Yang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerry_Yang \"Jerry Yang\"), WebEx founder [Subrah Iyar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subrah_Iyar \"Subrah Iyar\"), and former [Cisco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cisco \"Cisco\") SVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-9) Zoom launched version 1.0 of the program allowing the maximum number of participants per conference to be 25.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-10) By the end of its first month, Zoom had 400,000 users and by May 2013 it had 1 million users.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-drive-11)[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-12)\n\nIn July 2013, Zoom established partnerships with [B2B](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Business-to-business \"Business-to-business\") collaboration software providers, such as Redbooth (then Teambox),[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-13) and also created a program named Works with Zoom, which established partnerships with [Logitech](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Logitech \"Logitech\"), Vaddio,[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-14) and [InFocus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/InFocus \"InFocus\").[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-15)[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-17) In September 2013, the company raised \\$6.5 million in a Series B round from Horizon Ventures, and existing investors. At that time, it had 3 million daily meeting participants.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-drive-11)\n\nOn February 4, 2015, the company received [US\\$](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US$ \"US$\")30 million in Series C funding from investors including [Emergence Capital](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Emergence_Capital&action=edit&redlink=1 \"Emergence Capital (page does not exist)\"), [Horizons Ventures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horizons_Ventures \"Horizons Ventures\") ([Li Ka-shing](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Li_Ka-shing \"Li Ka-shing\")), [Qualcomm Ventures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qualcomm_Ventures \"Qualcomm Ventures\"), [Jerry Yang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerry_Yang \"Jerry Yang\"), and [Patrick Soon-Shiong](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrick_Soon-Shiong \"Patrick Soon-Shiong\").[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-18) At that time, Zoom had 40 million users, with 65,000 organizations subscribed and a total of 1 billion meeting minutes since it was established.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-19) Over the course of 2015 and 2016, the company integrated its software with [Slack](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slack_\$software\$ \"Slack (software)\"), [Salesforce](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salesforce \"Salesforce\"), and [Skype for Business](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skype_for_Business \"Skype for Business\").[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-20)[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-21)[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-22) With version 2.5 in October 2015, Zoom increased the maximum number of participants allowed per conference to 50[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-23) and later to 1,000 for business customers.[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-24)[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-25) In November 2015, former president of [RingCentral](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RingCentral \"RingCentral\") David Berman was named president of the company, and [Peter Gassner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Gassner \"Peter Gassner\"), the founder and [CEO](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_executive_officer \"Chief executive officer\") of [Veeva Systems](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Veeva_Systems \"Veeva Systems\"), joined Zoom's [board of directors](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Board_of_directors \"Board of directors\").[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-26)\n\nIn January 2017, the company raised US\\$100 million in Series D funding from [Sequoia Capital](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sequoia_Capital \"Sequoia Capital\") at a US\\$1 billion valuation,[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-27) making it a [unicorn](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unicorn_\$finance\$ \"Unicorn (finance)\").[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Ray_2020-28)[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-29) In April 2017, Zoom launched a scalable [telehealth](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telehealth \"Telehealth\") product allowing doctors to host remote consultations with patients.[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-30)[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-31) In May, Zoom announced integration with [Polycom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polycom \"Polycom\")'s conferencing systems, enabling features such as multiple screen and device meetings, HD and wireless screen sharing, and calendar integration with [Microsoft Outlook](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft_Outlook \"Microsoft Outlook\"), [Google Calendar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_Calendar \"Google Calendar\"), and [iCal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ICal \"ICal\").[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-32) From September 25–27, 2017, Zoom hosted Zoomtopia 2017, its first annual user conference. At this conference, Zoom announced a partnership with [Meta Platforms](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meta_Platforms \"Meta Platforms\") to integrate Zoom with [augmented reality](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augmented_reality \"Augmented reality\"), integration with Slack and [Workplace by Facebook](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Workplace_by_Facebook \"Workplace by Facebook\"), and first steps towards an [artificial intelligence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artificial_intelligence \"Artificial intelligence\") (AI) [speech recognition](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speech_recognition \"Speech recognition\") program.[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-33)[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-34)\n\nOn April 18, 2019, the company became a [public company](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_company \"Public company\") via an [initial public offering](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Initial_public_offering \"Initial public offering\"); since then, it has been listed on [Nasdaq](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasdaq \"Nasdaq\") under the ticker symbol ZM. After pricing at US\\$36 per share, the share price increased over 72% on the first day of trading.[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-35)[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-value-36) Prior to the IPO, [Dropbox](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dropbox_\$service\$ \"Dropbox (service)\") invested \\$5 million in Zoom.[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-37) The company first became profitable in 2019.[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-38)[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-The_DBT_News_2020-39)[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-value-36)\n\nDue to the increase in [remote work](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remote_work \"Remote work\"), [distance education](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Distance_education \"Distance education\"), and remote [social relations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_relation \"Social relation\") during the [COVID-19 pandemic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic \"COVID-19 pandemic\"), usage increased substantially and the Zoom [mobile app](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mobile_app \"Mobile app\") was the 5th most downloaded mobile app in 2020, behind [TikTok](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TikTok \"TikTok\"), [WhatsApp](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WhatsApp \"WhatsApp\"), [Facebook](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facebook \"Facebook\"), and [Instagram](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Instagram \"Instagram\").[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-40) The company offered its services free to [K–12](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K%E2%80%9312 \"K–12\") schools in many countries.[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-k12-41)[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-42) On April 30, the company joined the [Nasdaq-100](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasdaq-100 \"Nasdaq-100\") stock index.[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-43) The next month, Zoom acquired [Keybase](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keybase \"Keybase\"), a company specializing in end-to-end encryption,[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-44) and in June, the company hired its first [chief diversity officer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_diversity_officer \"Chief diversity officer\"), Damien Hooper-Campbell.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-time1-45)\n\nZoom announced its first [hardware as a service](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hardware_as_a_service \"Hardware as a service\") products in July 2020, bundling its videoconferencing software with third-party hardware by DTEN, Neat, [Poly](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poly_\$company\$ \"Poly (company)\"), and [Yealink](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yealink_Network_Technology \"Yealink Network Technology\"), and running on the [ServiceNow](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ServiceNow \"ServiceNow\") platform. It began with Zoom Rooms and Zoom Phone offerings, with those services available to US customers, who can acquire hardware from Zoom for a fixed monthly cost.[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-46)[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-47) On July 15, 2020, the company announced Zoom for Home, a line of products for home use, designed for [remote workers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remote_work \"Remote work\"). The first product, Zoom for Home - DTEN ME, includes software by Zoom and hardware by DTEN. It consists of a 27-inch screen with three wide-angle cameras and eight microphones, with Zoom software preloaded on the device. It became available in August 2020.[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-48)[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-49)\n\nIn June 2021, Zoom acquired Kites (Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions), an [artificial intelligence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artificial_intelligence \"Artificial intelligence\")\\-based language [translation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Translation \"Translation\") company with an aim to reduce [language barriers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Language_barrier \"Language barrier\") in video calls.[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-50) Zoom's attempt to acquire contact center company Five9 for \\$14.7 billion in September of that year was turned down by Five9's shareholders.[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-51)[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-52)\n\nZoom announced that it would cut its workforce by 15 percent, or about 1,300 employees, in February 2023, citing unsustainable growth following rapid scaling to manage the demand of the pandemic.[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-53) Zoom then acquired [Workvivo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Workvivo_\$software\$ \"Workvivo (software)\") in April to extend the Zoom platform.[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-54) Zoom dropped out of the Nasdaq-100 in December.[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-55)\n\nIn November 2024, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. rebranded as Zoom Communications, Inc., dropping 'Video' from its name, to reflect a change towards what CEO Eric Yuan described as \"\\[an\\] AI-first work platform for human connection\".[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-56) Zoom announced the acquisition of the AI-powered hiring platform BrightHire for an undisclosed amount a year later.[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-57)\n\n## Privacy and security issues\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Privacy and security issues\")\\]\n\nZoom has been criticized for \"security lapses and poor design choices\" that have resulted in heightened scrutiny of its software.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-58)[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Lopez_2020-5) The company has also been criticized for its privacy and corporate data sharing policies.[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-59)[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-60)[\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-61) Security researchers and reporters have criticized the company for its lack of transparency and poor [encryption](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Encryption \"Encryption\") practices. Zoom initially claimed to use \"[end-to-end encryption](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/End-to-end_encryption \"End-to-end encryption\")\" in its marketing materials,[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-62) but later clarified it meant \"from Zoom end point to Zoom end point\" (meaning effectively between Zoom servers and Zoom clients), which *[The Intercept](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Intercept \"The Intercept\")* described as misleading and \"dishonest\".[\\[63\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-63)\n\nIn March 2020, [New York State Attorney General](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attorney_General_of_New_York \"Attorney General of New York\") [Letitia James](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Letitia_James \"Letitia James\") launched an inquiry into Zoom's privacy and security practices;[\\[64\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-nyag-64) the inquiry was closed on May 7, 2020, with Zoom not admitting wrongdoing, but agreeing to take added security measures.[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-65) In the same month, a class-action lawsuit against Zoom was filed in the [United States District Court for the Northern District of California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_California \"United States District Court for the Northern District of California\"). According to the lawsuit, Zoom violated the privacy of its users by sharing personal data with [Facebook](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facebook \"Facebook\"), [Google](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google \"Google\"), and [LinkedIn](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LinkedIn \"LinkedIn\"), did not prevent hackers from disrupting Zoom sessions, and erroneously claimed to offer end-to-end encryption on Zoom sessions. Zoom settled this lawsuit for \\$86 million.[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-66)\n\nOn April 1, 2020, Zoom announced a 90-day freeze on releasing new features, to focus on fixing privacy and security issues on Zoom. On July 1, 2020, Yuan wrote a blog post detailing efforts taken by the company to address security and privacy concerns, stating that they released 100 new safety features over the 90-day period. Those efforts include end-to-end encryption for all users, turning on meeting passwords by default, giving users the ability to choose which data centers calls are routed from, consulting with security experts, forming a CISO council, an improved bug bounty program, and working with third parties to help test security. Yuan also stated that Zoom would be releasing a transparency report later in 2020.[\\[67\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-67)[\\[68\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-68)[\\[69\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-69)\n\nIn May 2020, the [Federal Trade Commission](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Trade_Commission \"Federal Trade Commission\") (FTC) announced that it was looking into Zoom's privacy practices.[\\[70\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-70) The FTC alleged that since at least 2016, \"Zoom maintained the cryptographic keys that could allow Zoom to access the content of its customers' meetings, and secured its Zoom Meetings, in part, with a lower level of encryption than promised.\"[\\[71\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-71) On November 9, 2020, a settlement was reached, requiring the company to implement additional security measures.[\\[72\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-72)\n\nIn December 2020, Zoom announced that it was under investigation by the [U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission \"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\") (SEC) and the [United States Attorney for the Northern District of California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Attorney_for_the_Northern_District_of_California \"United States Attorney for the Northern District of California\") and that it had received a [subpoena](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subpoena \"Subpoena\") in June 2020 from the [United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Attorney_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York \"United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York\") requesting information on the company's interactions with foreign governments and political parties. Both federal prosecutors also sought information and documentation about security and privacy matters regarding Zoom's practices.[\\[73\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-73)\n\nOn December 19, 2020, a former Zoom executive was charged by the [U.S. Department of Justice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Department_of_Justice \"U.S. Department of Justice\") with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer a means of identification. The charges are related to the alleged disruptions to video meetings commemorating the [1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre \"1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre\").[\\[74\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Al-Heeti_2020-74) Federal prosecutors in [Brooklyn, New York](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brooklyn,_New_York \"Brooklyn, New York\"), said that Xinjiang \"Julien\" Jin, then 39, was a [San Jose, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Jose,_California \"San Jose, California\")–based company's main liaison with intelligence and law enforcement agencies of China. Zoom later acknowledged it was the company in question. It said in a statement that it had terminated Jin's employment for violating company policies and was cooperating with the prosecutors. 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The accounts were later re-opened, with the company stating that in the future it \"will have a new process for handling similar situations.\"[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-time1-45) Zoom responded that it has to \"comply with local laws,\" even \"the laws of governments opposed to free speech.\"[\\[82\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-WP-China-Zoom-control-82)[\\[83\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-WSJ-Tiananmen-massacre-83)[\\[84\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-84) Zoom subsequently admitted to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government.[\\[85\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-tech_Zoom-85) In response, a bi-partisan group of U.S. senators requested clarification of the incident from the company.[\\[86\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-86) Partially in response to criticisms of its blocking of the activists accounts as well as expressions of concern by the United States Justice Department, Zoom moved to cease direct sale of its product in mainland China in late August 2020.[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-87)\n\nIn September 2020, following protests and legal concerns raised by the Jewish coalition group \\#EndJewHatred, Zoom prevented [San Francisco State University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_State_University \"San Francisco State University\") from using its video conferencing software to host former Palestinian militant and hijacker [Leila Khaled](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leila_Khaled \"Leila Khaled\"), a member of the [Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine \"Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine\") (PFLP). 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Boilerpipe Text	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zoom Communications, Inc. Headquarters in Downtown San Jose Formerly Saasbee, Inc. (2011–2012) Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (2012–2024) Company type Public Traded as Nasdaq : ZM (Class A) Russell 1000 component Founded April 21, 2011 ; 14 years ago Founder Eric Yuan Headquarters San Jose, California , U.S. Area served Worldwide Key people Eric Yuan ( chairman and CEO ) Xuedong Huang ( CTO ) Products Zoom Services Videotelephony Online chat Business telephone systems Revenue US$ 4.67 billion (2025) Operating income US$813 million (2025) Net income US$1.01 billion (2025) Total assets US$11.0 billion (2025) Total equity US$8.96 billion (2025) Number of employees 7,412 (2025) Website zoom.com Footnotes / references Financials as of January 31, 2025 . [ 1 ] Zoom Communications, Inc. (formerly Zoom Video Communications, Inc. , commonly shortened to Zoom , and stylized as zoom ) is an American communications technology company headquartered in San Jose, California , United States. It is primarily known for the videoconferencing application Zoom . The company was founded in 2011 by Eric Yuan , a former Cisco engineer and executive. It launched its software in 2013. [ 2 ] Its software products have faced public and media scrutiny related to security and privacy issues, though the company has taken measures to address these issues. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Former logo (2014-2022) Zoom was founded by Eric Yuan , a former corporate vice president for Cisco Webex . [ 6 ] He left Cisco in April 2011 with 40 engineers to start a new company, [ 2 ] originally named Saasbee, Inc. [ 7 ] The company had trouble finding investors because many people thought the videotelephony market was already saturated. [ 7 ] In June 2011, the company raised $3 million of seed money from WebEx founder Subrah Iyar , former Cisco SVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman, and venture capitalists Matt Ocko, TSVC , and Bill Tai. [ 7 ] In May 2012, the company changed its name to Zoom, influenced by Thacher Hurd 's children's book Zoom City . [ 7 ] In September 2012, Zoom launched a beta version that could host conferences with up to 15 video participants. [ 8 ] In November 2012, the company signed Stanford University as its first customer. [ 7 ] The service was launched in January 2013 after the company raised a $6 million Series A round from Qualcomm Ventures , Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang , WebEx founder Subrah Iyar , and former Cisco SVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman. [ 9 ] Zoom launched version 1.0 of the program allowing the maximum number of participants per conference to be 25. [ 10 ] By the end of its first month, Zoom had 400,000 users and by May 2013 it had 1 million users. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In July 2013, Zoom established partnerships with B2B collaboration software providers, such as Redbooth (then Teambox), [ 13 ] and also created a program named Works with Zoom, which established partnerships with Logitech , Vaddio, [ 14 ] and InFocus . [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In September 2013, the company raised $6.5 million in a Series B round from Horizon Ventures, and existing investors. At that time, it had 3 million daily meeting participants. [ 11 ] On February 4, 2015, the company received US$ 30 million in Series C funding from investors including Emergence Capital , Horizons Ventures ( Li Ka-shing ), Qualcomm Ventures , Jerry Yang , and Patrick Soon-Shiong . [ 18 ] At that time, Zoom had 40 million users, with 65,000 organizations subscribed and a total of 1 billion meeting minutes since it was established. [ 19 ] Over the course of 2015 and 2016, the company integrated its software with Slack , Salesforce , and Skype for Business . [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] With version 2.5 in October 2015, Zoom increased the maximum number of participants allowed per conference to 50 [ 23 ] and later to 1,000 for business customers. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] In November 2015, former president of RingCentral David Berman was named president of the company, and Peter Gassner , the founder and CEO of Veeva Systems , joined Zoom's board of directors . [ 26 ] In January 2017, the company raised US$100 million in Series D funding from Sequoia Capital at a US$1 billion valuation, [ 27 ] making it a unicorn . [ 28 ] [ 29 ] In April 2017, Zoom launched a scalable telehealth product allowing doctors to host remote consultations with patients. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] In May, Zoom announced integration with Polycom 's conferencing systems, enabling features such as multiple screen and device meetings, HD and wireless screen sharing, and calendar integration with Microsoft Outlook , Google Calendar , and iCal . [ 32 ] From September 25–27, 2017, Zoom hosted Zoomtopia 2017, its first annual user conference. At this conference, Zoom announced a partnership with Meta Platforms to integrate Zoom with augmented reality , integration with Slack and Workplace by Facebook , and first steps towards an artificial intelligence (AI) speech recognition program. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] On April 18, 2019, the company became a public company via an initial public offering ; since then, it has been listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ZM. After pricing at US$36 per share, the share price increased over 72% on the first day of trading. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Prior to the IPO, Dropbox invested $5 million in Zoom. [ 37 ] The company first became profitable in 2019. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 36 ] Due to the increase in remote work , distance education , and remote social relations during the COVID-19 pandemic , usage increased substantially and the Zoom mobile app was the 5th most downloaded mobile app in 2020, behind TikTok , WhatsApp , Facebook , and Instagram . [ 40 ] The company offered its services free to K–12 schools in many countries. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] On April 30, the company joined the Nasdaq-100 stock index. [ 43 ] The next month, Zoom acquired Keybase , a company specializing in end-to-end encryption, [ 44 ] and in June, the company hired its first chief diversity officer , Damien Hooper-Campbell. [ 45 ] Zoom announced its first hardware as a service products in July 2020, bundling its videoconferencing software with third-party hardware by DTEN, Neat, Poly , and Yealink , and running on the ServiceNow platform. It began with Zoom Rooms and Zoom Phone offerings, with those services available to US customers, who can acquire hardware from Zoom for a fixed monthly cost. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] On July 15, 2020, the company announced Zoom for Home, a line of products for home use, designed for remote workers . The first product, Zoom for Home - DTEN ME, includes software by Zoom and hardware by DTEN. It consists of a 27-inch screen with three wide-angle cameras and eight microphones, with Zoom software preloaded on the device. It became available in August 2020. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] In June 2021, Zoom acquired Kites (Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions), an artificial intelligence -based language translation company with an aim to reduce language barriers in video calls. [ 50 ] Zoom's attempt to acquire contact center company Five9 for $14.7 billion in September of that year was turned down by Five9's shareholders. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Zoom announced that it would cut its workforce by 15 percent, or about 1,300 employees, in February 2023, citing unsustainable growth following rapid scaling to manage the demand of the pandemic. [ 53 ] Zoom then acquired Workvivo in April to extend the Zoom platform. [ 54 ] Zoom dropped out of the Nasdaq-100 in December. [ 55 ] In November 2024, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. rebranded as Zoom Communications, Inc., dropping 'Video' from its name, to reflect a change towards what CEO Eric Yuan described as "[an] AI-first work platform for human connection". [ 56 ] Zoom announced the acquisition of the AI-powered hiring platform BrightHire for an undisclosed amount a year later. [ 57 ] Privacy and security issues [ edit ] Zoom has been criticized for "security lapses and poor design choices" that have resulted in heightened scrutiny of its software. [ 58 ] [ 5 ] The company has also been criticized for its privacy and corporate data sharing policies. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Security researchers and reporters have criticized the company for its lack of transparency and poor encryption practices. Zoom initially claimed to use " end-to-end encryption " in its marketing materials, [ 62 ] but later clarified it meant "from Zoom end point to Zoom end point" (meaning effectively between Zoom servers and Zoom clients), which The Intercept described as misleading and "dishonest". [ 63 ] In March 2020, New York State Attorney General Letitia James launched an inquiry into Zoom's privacy and security practices; [ 64 ] the inquiry was closed on May 7, 2020, with Zoom not admitting wrongdoing, but agreeing to take added security measures. [ 65 ] In the same month, a class-action lawsuit against Zoom was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California . According to the lawsuit, Zoom violated the privacy of its users by sharing personal data with Facebook , Google , and LinkedIn , did not prevent hackers from disrupting Zoom sessions, and erroneously claimed to offer end-to-end encryption on Zoom sessions. Zoom settled this lawsuit for $86 million. [ 66 ] On April 1, 2020, Zoom announced a 90-day freeze on releasing new features, to focus on fixing privacy and security issues on Zoom. On July 1, 2020, Yuan wrote a blog post detailing efforts taken by the company to address security and privacy concerns, stating that they released 100 new safety features over the 90-day period. Those efforts include end-to-end encryption for all users, turning on meeting passwords by default, giving users the ability to choose which data centers calls are routed from, consulting with security experts, forming a CISO council, an improved bug bounty program, and working with third parties to help test security. Yuan also stated that Zoom would be releasing a transparency report later in 2020. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] [ 69 ] In May 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was looking into Zoom's privacy practices. [ 70 ] The FTC alleged that since at least 2016, "Zoom maintained the cryptographic keys that could allow Zoom to access the content of its customers' meetings, and secured its Zoom Meetings, in part, with a lower level of encryption than promised." [ 71 ] On November 9, 2020, a settlement was reached, requiring the company to implement additional security measures. [ 72 ] In December 2020, Zoom announced that it was under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California and that it had received a subpoena in June 2020 from the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York requesting information on the company's interactions with foreign governments and political parties. Both federal prosecutors also sought information and documentation about security and privacy matters regarding Zoom's practices. [ 73 ] On December 19, 2020, a former Zoom executive was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer a means of identification. The charges are related to the alleged disruptions to video meetings commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre . [ 74 ] Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York , said that Xinjiang "Julien" Jin, then 39, was a San Jose, California –based company's main liaison with intelligence and law enforcement agencies of China. Zoom later acknowledged it was the company in question. It said in a statement that it had terminated Jin's employment for violating company policies and was cooperating with the prosecutors. Jin is not in custody because he is based in China. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] In February 2021, Zoom announced a new feature called Kiosk Mode, which will allow people visiting offices to check in with a receptionist virtually on a kiosk, without any physical contact. [ 77 ] A month later, Zoom announced that from August 23, 2021, Zoom would stop selling new and upgraded products directly to customers in mainland China. [ 78 ] [ 79 ] Zoom agreed to pay $85 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the company's alleged sharing of data with Facebook, Linkedin, and Google that year. [ 80 ] In April 2020, Citizen Lab warned that having much of Zoom's research and development in China could "open up Zoom to pressure from Chinese authorities." [ 81 ] In June 2020, Zoom was criticized for closing multiple accounts of U.S. and Hong Kong–based groups, including that of Zhou Fengsuo and two other human rights activists, who were commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre . The accounts were later re-opened, with the company stating that in the future it "will have a new process for handling similar situations." [ 45 ] Zoom responded that it has to "comply with local laws," even "the laws of governments opposed to free speech." [ 82 ] [ 83 ] [ 84 ] Zoom subsequently admitted to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government. [ 85 ] In response, a bi-partisan group of U.S. senators requested clarification of the incident from the company. [ 86 ] Partially in response to criticisms of its blocking of the activists accounts as well as expressions of concern by the United States Justice Department, Zoom moved to cease direct sale of its product in mainland China in late August 2020. [ 87 ] In September 2020, following protests and legal concerns raised by the Jewish coalition group #EndJewHatred, Zoom prevented San Francisco State University from using its video conferencing software to host former Palestinian militant and hijacker Leila Khaled , a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). In justifying its decision, Zoom cited the PFLP's designation as a terrorist organization by the United States Government and its efforts to comply with U.S. export control, sanctions, and anti-terrorism laws. Facebook and YouTube also joined Zoom in denying their platforms to the conference organizers. Professor Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi , one of the conference organizers, criticized Zoom, Google's YouTube and Facebook for censoring Palestinian voices. 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(2011–2012) Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (2012–2024) \| \| Company type \| [Public](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_company "Public company") \| \| [Traded as](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticker_symbol "Ticker symbol") \| [Nasdaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq "Nasdaq"): [ZM](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/zm) (Class A) [Russell 1000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_1000 "Russell 1000") component \| \| Founded \| April 21, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-04-21) \| \| Founder \| [Eric Yuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Yuan "Eric Yuan") \| \| Headquarters \| [San Jose, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California "San Jose, California"), U.S. \| \| Area served \| Worldwide \| \| Key people \| Eric Yuan ([chairman and CEO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_and_CEO "Chairman and CEO")) [Xuedong Huang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuedong_Huang "Xuedong Huang") ([CTO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_technology_officer "Chief technology officer")) \| \| Products \| [Zoom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_$software$ "Zoom (software)") \| \| Services \| [Videotelephony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotelephony "Videotelephony") [Online chat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_chat "Online chat") [Business telephone systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_telephone_system "Business telephone system") \| \| Revenue \| ![Increase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png) [US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar "United States dollar")4\.67 billion (2025) \| \| [Operating income](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes "Earnings before interest and taxes") \| ![Increase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\$813 million (2025) \| \| [Net income](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_income "Net income") \| ![Increase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\$1.01 billion (2025) \| \| [Total assets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset "Asset") \| ![Increase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\$11.0 billion (2025) \| \| [Total equity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_$finance$ "Equity (finance)") \| ![Increase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\$8.96 billion (2025) \| \| Number of employees \| 7,412 (2025) \| \| Website \| [zoom.com](https://www.zoom.com/) \| \| Footnotes / references Financials as of January 31, 2025[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit).[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-10K-1) \| \| Zoom Communications, Inc. (formerly Zoom Video Communications, Inc., commonly shortened to Zoom, and stylized as zoom) is an American communications technology company headquartered in [San Jose, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California "San Jose, California"), United States. It is primarily known for the videoconferencing application [Zoom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_$software$ "Zoom (software)"). The company was founded in 2011 by [Eric Yuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Yuan "Eric Yuan"), a former [Cisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_Systems "Cisco Systems") engineer and executive. It launched its software in 2013.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-backstory-2) Its software products have faced public and media scrutiny related to [security](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security "Computer security") and [privacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_privacy "Information privacy") issues, though the company has taken measures to address these issues.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-4)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Lopez_2020-5) ## History \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: History")\] ### Early years \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Early years")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg/250px-Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg) Former logo (2014-2022) Zoom was founded by [Eric Yuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Yuan "Eric Yuan"), a former corporate vice president for [Cisco Webex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_Webex "Cisco Webex").[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-6) He left Cisco in April 2011 with 40 engineers to start a new company,[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-backstory-2) originally named Saasbee, Inc.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) The company had trouble finding investors because many people thought the videotelephony market was already saturated.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) In June 2011, the company raised \$3 million of [seed money](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_money "Seed money") from WebEx founder [Subrah Iyar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrah_Iyar "Subrah Iyar"), former [Cisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco "Cisco") SVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman, and [venture capitalists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital "Venture capital") Matt Ocko, [TSVC](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TSVC&action=edit&redlink=1 "TSVC (page does not exist)"), and Bill Tai.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) In May 2012, the company changed its name to Zoom, influenced by [Thacher Hurd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thacher_Hurd "Thacher Hurd")'s children's book Zoom City.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) In September 2012, Zoom launched a beta version that could host conferences with up to 15 video participants.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-8) In November 2012, the company signed [Stanford University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University "Stanford University") as its first customer.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) The service was launched in January 2013 after the company raised a \$6 million [Series A round](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A_round "Series A round") from [Qualcomm Ventures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Ventures "Qualcomm Ventures"), [Yahoo\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo! "Yahoo!") founder [Jerry Yang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Yang "Jerry Yang"), WebEx founder [Subrah Iyar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrah_Iyar "Subrah Iyar"), and former [Cisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco "Cisco") SVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-9) Zoom launched version 1.0 of the program allowing the maximum number of participants per conference to be 25.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-10) By the end of its first month, Zoom had 400,000 users and by May 2013 it had 1 million users.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-drive-11)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-12) ### Growth \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Growth")\] In July 2013, Zoom established partnerships with [B2B](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business-to-business "Business-to-business") collaboration software providers, such as Redbooth (then Teambox),[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-13) and also created a program named Works with Zoom, which established partnerships with [Logitech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logitech "Logitech"), Vaddio,[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-14) and [InFocus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InFocus "InFocus").[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-15)[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-17) In September 2013, the company raised \$6.5 million in a Series B round from Horizon Ventures, and existing investors. At that time, it had 3 million daily meeting participants.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-drive-11) On February 4, 2015, the company received [US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US$ "US$")30 million in Series C funding from investors including [Emergence Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emergence_Capital&action=edit&redlink=1 "Emergence Capital (page does not exist)"), [Horizons Ventures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizons_Ventures "Horizons Ventures") ([Li Ka-shing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ka-shing "Li Ka-shing")), [Qualcomm Ventures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Ventures "Qualcomm Ventures"), [Jerry Yang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Yang "Jerry Yang"), and [Patrick Soon-Shiong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Soon-Shiong "Patrick Soon-Shiong").[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-18) At that time, Zoom had 40 million users, with 65,000 organizations subscribed and a total of 1 billion meeting minutes since it was established.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-19) Over the course of 2015 and 2016, the company integrated its software with [Slack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_$software$ "Slack (software)"), [Salesforce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce "Salesforce"), and [Skype for Business](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_for_Business "Skype for Business").[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-20)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-22) With version 2.5 in October 2015, Zoom increased the maximum number of participants allowed per conference to 50[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-23) and later to 1,000 for business customers.[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-25) In November 2015, former president of [RingCentral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RingCentral "RingCentral") David Berman was named president of the company, and [Peter Gassner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gassner "Peter Gassner"), the founder and [CEO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer "Chief executive officer") of [Veeva Systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veeva_Systems "Veeva Systems"), joined Zoom's [board of directors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_directors "Board of directors").[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-26) In January 2017, the company raised US\$100 million in Series D funding from [Sequoia Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_Capital "Sequoia Capital") at a US\$1 billion valuation,[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-27) making it a [unicorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn_$finance$ "Unicorn (finance)").[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Ray_2020-28)[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-29) In April 2017, Zoom launched a scalable [telehealth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telehealth "Telehealth") product allowing doctors to host remote consultations with patients.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-30)[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-31) In May, Zoom announced integration with [Polycom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycom "Polycom")'s conferencing systems, enabling features such as multiple screen and device meetings, HD and wireless screen sharing, and calendar integration with [Microsoft Outlook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook "Microsoft Outlook"), [Google Calendar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Calendar "Google Calendar"), and [iCal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICal "ICal").[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-32) From September 25–27, 2017, Zoom hosted Zoomtopia 2017, its first annual user conference. At this conference, Zoom announced a partnership with [Meta Platforms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms "Meta Platforms") to integrate Zoom with [augmented reality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality "Augmented reality"), integration with Slack and [Workplace by Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_by_Facebook "Workplace by Facebook"), and first steps towards an [artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence "Artificial intelligence") (AI) [speech recognition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_recognition "Speech recognition") program.[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-33)[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-34) ### IPO and onward \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: IPO and onward")\] On April 18, 2019, the company became a [public company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_company "Public company") via an [initial public offering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering "Initial public offering"); since then, it has been listed on [Nasdaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq "Nasdaq") under the ticker symbol ZM. After pricing at US\$36 per share, the share price increased over 72% on the first day of trading.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-35)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-value-36) Prior to the IPO, [Dropbox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox_$service$ "Dropbox (service)") invested \$5 million in Zoom.[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-37) The company first became profitable in 2019.[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-38)[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-The_DBT_News_2020-39)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-value-36) Due to the increase in [remote work](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_work "Remote work"), [distance education](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education "Distance education"), and remote [social relations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_relation "Social relation") during the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic "COVID-19 pandemic"), usage increased substantially and the Zoom [mobile app](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_app "Mobile app") was the 5th most downloaded mobile app in 2020, behind [TikTok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok "TikTok"), [WhatsApp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp "WhatsApp"), [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook"), and [Instagram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram "Instagram").[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-40) The company offered its services free to [K–12](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%E2%80%9312 "K–12") schools in many countries.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-k12-41)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-42) On April 30, the company joined the [Nasdaq-100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq-100 "Nasdaq-100") stock index.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-43) The next month, Zoom acquired [Keybase](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keybase "Keybase"), a company specializing in end-to-end encryption,[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-44) and in June, the company hired its first [chief diversity officer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_diversity_officer "Chief diversity officer"), Damien Hooper-Campbell.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-time1-45) Zoom announced its first [hardware as a service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_as_a_service "Hardware as a service") products in July 2020, bundling its videoconferencing software with third-party hardware by DTEN, Neat, [Poly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly_$company$ "Poly (company)"), and [Yealink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yealink_Network_Technology "Yealink Network Technology"), and running on the [ServiceNow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ServiceNow "ServiceNow") platform. It began with Zoom Rooms and Zoom Phone offerings, with those services available to US customers, who can acquire hardware from Zoom for a fixed monthly cost.[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-46)[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-47) On July 15, 2020, the company announced Zoom for Home, a line of products for home use, designed for [remote workers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_work "Remote work"). The first product, Zoom for Home - DTEN ME, includes software by Zoom and hardware by DTEN. It consists of a 27-inch screen with three wide-angle cameras and eight microphones, with Zoom software preloaded on the device. It became available in August 2020.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-48)[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-49) In June 2021, Zoom acquired Kites (Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions), an [artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence "Artificial intelligence")\-based language [translation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation "Translation") company with an aim to reduce [language barriers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_barrier "Language barrier") in video calls.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-50) Zoom's attempt to acquire contact center company Five9 for \$14.7 billion in September of that year was turned down by Five9's shareholders.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-51)[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-52) Zoom announced that it would cut its workforce by 15 percent, or about 1,300 employees, in February 2023, citing unsustainable growth following rapid scaling to manage the demand of the pandemic.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-53) Zoom then acquired [Workvivo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workvivo_$software$ "Workvivo (software)") in April to extend the Zoom platform.[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-54) Zoom dropped out of the Nasdaq-100 in December.[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-55) In November 2024, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. rebranded as Zoom Communications, Inc., dropping 'Video' from its name, to reflect a change towards what CEO Eric Yuan described as "\[an\] AI-first work platform for human connection".[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-56) Zoom announced the acquisition of the AI-powered hiring platform BrightHire for an undisclosed amount a year later.[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-57) ## Privacy and security issues \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Privacy and security issues")\] Further information: [Zoom (software) § Reception](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_$software$#Reception "Zoom (software)") Zoom has been criticized for "security lapses and poor design choices" that have resulted in heightened scrutiny of its software.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-58)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Lopez_2020-5) The company has also been criticized for its privacy and corporate data sharing policies.[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-59)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-60)[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-61) Security researchers and reporters have criticized the company for its lack of transparency and poor [encryption](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption "Encryption") practices. Zoom initially claimed to use "[end-to-end encryption](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption "End-to-end encryption")" in its marketing materials,[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-62) but later clarified it meant "from Zoom end point to Zoom end point" (meaning effectively between Zoom servers and Zoom clients), which [The Intercept](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intercept "The Intercept") described as misleading and "dishonest".[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-63) In March 2020, [New York State Attorney General](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_New_York "Attorney General of New York") [Letitia James](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia_James "Letitia James") launched an inquiry into Zoom's privacy and security practices;[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-nyag-64) the inquiry was closed on May 7, 2020, with Zoom not admitting wrongdoing, but agreeing to take added security measures.[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-65) In the same month, a class-action lawsuit against Zoom was filed in the [United States District Court for the Northern District of California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_California "United States District Court for the Northern District of California"). According to the lawsuit, Zoom violated the privacy of its users by sharing personal data with [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook"), [Google](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google "Google"), and [LinkedIn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn "LinkedIn"), did not prevent hackers from disrupting Zoom sessions, and erroneously claimed to offer end-to-end encryption on Zoom sessions. Zoom settled this lawsuit for \$86 million.[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-66) On April 1, 2020, Zoom announced a 90-day freeze on releasing new features, to focus on fixing privacy and security issues on Zoom. On July 1, 2020, Yuan wrote a blog post detailing efforts taken by the company to address security and privacy concerns, stating that they released 100 new safety features over the 90-day period. Those efforts include end-to-end encryption for all users, turning on meeting passwords by default, giving users the ability to choose which data centers calls are routed from, consulting with security experts, forming a CISO council, an improved bug bounty program, and working with third parties to help test security. Yuan also stated that Zoom would be releasing a transparency report later in 2020.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-67)[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-68)[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-69) In May 2020, the [Federal Trade Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission "Federal Trade Commission") (FTC) announced that it was looking into Zoom's privacy practices.[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-70) The FTC alleged that since at least 2016, "Zoom maintained the cryptographic keys that could allow Zoom to access the content of its customers' meetings, and secured its Zoom Meetings, in part, with a lower level of encryption than promised."[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-71) On November 9, 2020, a settlement was reached, requiring the company to implement additional security measures.[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-72) In December 2020, Zoom announced that it was under investigation by the [U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission") (SEC) and the [United States Attorney for the Northern District of California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_for_the_Northern_District_of_California "United States Attorney for the Northern District of California") and that it had received a [subpoena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpoena "Subpoena") in June 2020 from the [United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York "United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York") requesting information on the company's interactions with foreign governments and political parties. Both federal prosecutors also sought information and documentation about security and privacy matters regarding Zoom's practices.[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-73) On December 19, 2020, a former Zoom executive was charged by the [U.S. Department of Justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Justice "U.S. Department of Justice") with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer a means of identification. The charges are related to the alleged disruptions to video meetings commemorating the [1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre "1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre").[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Al-Heeti_2020-74) Federal prosecutors in [Brooklyn, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York "Brooklyn, New York"), said that Xinjiang "Julien" Jin, then 39, was a [San Jose, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California "San Jose, California")–based company's main liaison with intelligence and law enforcement agencies of China. Zoom later acknowledged it was the company in question. It said in a statement that it had terminated Jin's employment for violating company policies and was cooperating with the prosecutors. Jin is not in custody because he is based in China.[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-just_Chin-75)[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-zoom-76) In February 2021, Zoom announced a new feature called Kiosk Mode, which will allow people visiting offices to check in with a receptionist virtually on a kiosk, without any physical contact.[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-77) A month later, Zoom announced that from August 23, 2021, Zoom would stop selling new and upgraded products directly to customers in mainland China.[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-78)[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-79) Zoom agreed to pay \$85 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the company's alleged sharing of data with Facebook, Linkedin, and Google that year.[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-80) ## Censorship \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Censorship")\] In April 2020, [Citizen Lab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Lab "Citizen Lab") warned that having much of Zoom's research and development in China could "open up Zoom to pressure from Chinese authorities."[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-81) In June 2020, Zoom was criticized for closing multiple accounts of U.S. and Hong Kong–based groups, including that of [Zhou Fengsuo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Fengsuo "Zhou Fengsuo") and two other human rights activists, who were commemorating the [1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre "1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre"). The accounts were later re-opened, with the company stating that in the future it "will have a new process for handling similar situations."[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-time1-45) Zoom responded that it has to "comply with local laws," even "the laws of governments opposed to free speech."[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-WP-China-Zoom-control-82)[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-WSJ-Tiananmen-massacre-83)[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-84) Zoom subsequently admitted to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government.[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-tech_Zoom-85) In response, a bi-partisan group of U.S. senators requested clarification of the incident from the company.[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-86) Partially in response to criticisms of its blocking of the activists accounts as well as expressions of concern by the United States Justice Department, Zoom moved to cease direct sale of its product in mainland China in late August 2020.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-87) In September 2020, following protests and legal concerns raised by the Jewish coalition group \#EndJewHatred, Zoom prevented [San Francisco State University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University "San Francisco State University") from using its video conferencing software to host former Palestinian militant and hijacker [Leila Khaled](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Khaled "Leila Khaled"), a member of the [Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine "Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine") (PFLP). In justifying its decision, Zoom cited the PFLP's designation as a terrorist organization by the United States Government and its efforts to comply with U.S. export control, sanctions, and anti-terrorism laws. [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook") and [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube "YouTube") also joined Zoom in denying their platforms to the conference organizers. Professor [Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabab_Ibrahim_Abdulhadi "Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi"), one of the conference organizers, criticized Zoom, Google's YouTube and Facebook for censoring Palestinian voices.[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-88)[\[89\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-89)[\[90\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-90)[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-91) ## See also \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: See also")\] - ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Telecom-icon.svg/40px-Telecom-icon.svg.png)[Telecommunication portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Telecommunication "Portal:Telecommunication") - [![icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Noun-technology.svg/40px-Noun-technology.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Noun-technology.svg)[Technology portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Technology "Portal:Technology") - [Collaborative software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_software "Collaborative software") - [Comparison of web conferencing software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_conferencing_software "Comparison of web conferencing software") - [List of video telecommunication services and product brands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_telecommunication_services_and_product_brands "List of video telecommunication services and product brands") - [Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on science and technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_science_and_technology "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on science and technology") ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: References")\] 1. 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Regional Pact") [Western States Pact](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_States_Pact "Western States Pact") [Eviction moratoriums](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_eviction_moratoriums_in_the_United_States "COVID-19 eviction moratoriums in the United States") [House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Subcommittee_on_the_Coronavirus_Pandemic "United States House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic") [White House Coronavirus Task Force](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Coronavirus_Task_Force "White House Coronavirus Task Force") [COVID-19 Advisory Board](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_Advisory_Board "COVID-19 Advisory Board") [Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Economic_Revival_Industry_Groups "Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups") [Hospital ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_ships_designated_for_the_COVID-19_pandemic "Hospital ships designated for the COVID-19 pandemic") [USNS Mercy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Mercy "USNS Mercy") [USNS Comfort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Comfort "USNS Comfort") [2020 Oval Office address](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Oval_Office_address "2020 Oval Office address") [Paycheck Protection Program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_Protection_Program "Paycheck Protection Program") [Pandemic Response Accountability Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic_Response_Accountability_Committee "Pandemic Response Accountability Committee") [Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Inspector_General_for_Pandemic_Recovery "Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery") [COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_Congressional_Oversight_Commission "COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission") \| \| \| Legislation \| [Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_Preparedness_and_Response_Supplemental_Appropriations_Act,_2020 "Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020") [Families First Coronavirus Response Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Families_First_Coronavirus_Response_Act "Families First Coronavirus Response Act") [CARES Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARES_Act "CARES Act") [Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_Protection_Program_and_Health_Care_Enhancement_Act "Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act") [HEROES Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEROES_Act "HEROES Act") [HEALS Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEALS_Act "HEALS Act") [American Rescue Plan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Rescue_Plan_Act_of_2021 "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021") \| \| Private response \| \| \| \| \| \| [Center for COVID Control](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_COVID_Control "Center for COVID Control") [Covid Act Now](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covid_Act_Now "Covid Act Now") [COVID Tracking Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID_Tracking_Project "COVID Tracking Project") [MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MusiCares_COVID-19_Relief_Fund "MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund") \| \| \| Media \| [30 Rock: A One-Time Special](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Rock:_A_One-Time_Special "30 Rock: A One-Time Special") [Acting for a Cause](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting_for_a_Cause "Acting for a Cause") [Digital Drag Fest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Drag_Fest "Digital Drag Fest") [Home Movie: The Princess Bride](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Movie:_The_Princess_Bride "Home Movie: The Princess Bride") [iHeart Living Room Concert for America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IHeart_Living_Room_Concert_for_America "IHeart Living Room Concert for America") [Make It Work\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_It_Work! "Make It Work!") [Saturday Night Seder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Seder "Saturday Night Seder") [Saturday Night Live at Home](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_at_Home "Saturday Night Live at Home") [Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street:_Elmo%27s_Playdate "Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate") [The Disney Family Singalong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disney_Family_Singalong "The Disney Family Singalong") [Volume II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disney_Family_Singalong:_Volume_II "The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II") [Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_to_the_World:_A_Sondheim_90th_Birthday_Celebration "Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration") [Together at Home](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Together_at_Home "Together at Home") [Saving Our Selves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Our_Selves "Saving Our Selves") [A Parks and Recreation Special](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Parks_and_Recreation_Special "A Parks and Recreation Special") [Rise Up New York\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_Up_New_York! "Rise Up New York!") "[U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Deaths_Near_100,000,_An_Incalculable_Loss "U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss")" [Dear Class of 2020](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Class_of_2020 "Dear Class of 2020") [\#Graduation2020](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduation2020 "Graduation2020") [Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_Together:_America_Honors_the_High_School_Class_of_2020 "Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020") [We Are One: A Global Film Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_One:_A_Global_Film_Festival "We Are One: A Global Film Festival") [Global Goal: Unite for Our Future](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Goal:_Unite_for_Our_Future "Global Goal: Unite for Our Future") [A Killer Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Killer_Party "A Killer Party") [The Disney Holiday Singalong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disney_Holiday_Singalong "The Disney Holiday Singalong") [WrestleMania 36](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_36 "WrestleMania 36") [Ratatouille the Musical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatouille_the_Musical "Ratatouille the Musical") [Nicole Kidman AMC Theatres commercial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Kidman_AMC_Theatres_commercial "Nicole Kidman AMC Theatres commercial") [93rd Academy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93rd_Academy_Awards "93rd Academy Awards") [74th Tony Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_Tony_Awards "74th Tony Awards") [Stars in the House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_in_the_House "Stars in the House") \| \| Impacts \| \| \| \| \| \| [Social](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States "Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States") \| [2020 presidential 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Readable Markdown	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia \| \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Zoom_Logo_2022.svg/250px-Zoom_Logo_2022.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zoom_Logo_2022.svg) \| \| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Zoomheadquarters.jpg/330px-Zoomheadquarters.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zoomheadquarters.jpg)Headquarters in [Downtown San Jose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_San_Jose "Downtown San Jose") \| \| \| Formerly \| Saasbee, Inc. (2011–2012) Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (2012–2024) \| \| Company type \| [Public](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_company "Public company") \| \| [Traded as](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticker_symbol "Ticker symbol") \| [Nasdaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq "Nasdaq"): [ZM](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/zm) (Class A) [Russell 1000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_1000 "Russell 1000") component \| \| Founded \| April 21, 2011; 14 years ago \| \| Founder \| [Eric Yuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Yuan "Eric Yuan") \| \| Headquarters \| [San Jose, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California "San Jose, California"), U.S. \| \| Area served \| Worldwide \| \| Key people \| Eric Yuan ([chairman and CEO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_and_CEO "Chairman and CEO")) [Xuedong Huang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuedong_Huang "Xuedong Huang") ([CTO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_technology_officer "Chief technology officer")) \| \| Products \| [Zoom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_$software$ "Zoom (software)") \| \| Services \| [Videotelephony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotelephony "Videotelephony") [Online chat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_chat "Online chat") [Business telephone systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_telephone_system "Business telephone system") \| \| Revenue \| ![Increase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png) [US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar "United States dollar")4\.67 billion (2025) \| \| [Operating income](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes "Earnings before interest and taxes") \| ![Increase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\$813 million (2025) \| \| [Net income](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_income "Net income") \| ![Increase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\$1.01 billion (2025) \| \| [Total assets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset "Asset") \| ![Increase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\$11.0 billion (2025) \| \| [Total equity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_$finance$ "Equity (finance)") \| ![Increase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png) US\$8.96 billion (2025) \| \| Number of employees \| 7,412 (2025) \| \| Website \| [zoom.com](https://www.zoom.com/) \| \| Footnotes / references Financials as of January 31, 2025.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-10K-1) \| \| Zoom Communications, Inc. (formerly Zoom Video Communications, Inc., commonly shortened to Zoom, and stylized as zoom) is an American communications technology company headquartered in [San Jose, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California "San Jose, California"), United States. It is primarily known for the videoconferencing application [Zoom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_$software$ "Zoom (software)"). The company was founded in 2011 by [Eric Yuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Yuan "Eric Yuan"), a former [Cisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_Systems "Cisco Systems") engineer and executive. It launched its software in 2013.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-backstory-2) Its software products have faced public and media scrutiny related to [security](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security "Computer security") and [privacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_privacy "Information privacy") issues, though the company has taken measures to address these issues.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-4)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Lopez_2020-5) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg/250px-Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zoom_Communications_Logo.svg) Former logo (2014-2022) Zoom was founded by [Eric Yuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Yuan "Eric Yuan"), a former corporate vice president for [Cisco Webex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_Webex "Cisco Webex").[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-6) He left Cisco in April 2011 with 40 engineers to start a new company,[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-backstory-2) originally named Saasbee, Inc.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) The company had trouble finding investors because many people thought the videotelephony market was already saturated.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) In June 2011, the company raised \$3 million of [seed money](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_money "Seed money") from WebEx founder [Subrah Iyar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrah_Iyar "Subrah Iyar"), former [Cisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco "Cisco") SVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman, and [venture capitalists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital "Venture capital") Matt Ocko, [TSVC](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TSVC&action=edit&redlink=1 "TSVC (page does not exist)"), and Bill Tai.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) In May 2012, the company changed its name to Zoom, influenced by [Thacher Hurd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thacher_Hurd "Thacher Hurd")'s children's book Zoom City.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) In September 2012, Zoom launched a beta version that could host conferences with up to 15 video participants.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-8) In November 2012, the company signed [Stanford University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University "Stanford University") as its first customer.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-young-7) The service was launched in January 2013 after the company raised a \$6 million [Series A round](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A_round "Series A round") from [Qualcomm Ventures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Ventures "Qualcomm Ventures"), [Yahoo\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo! "Yahoo!") founder [Jerry Yang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Yang "Jerry Yang"), WebEx founder [Subrah Iyar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrah_Iyar "Subrah Iyar"), and former [Cisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco "Cisco") SVP and General Counsel Dan Scheinman.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-9) Zoom launched version 1.0 of the program allowing the maximum number of participants per conference to be 25.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-10) By the end of its first month, Zoom had 400,000 users and by May 2013 it had 1 million users.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-drive-11)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-12) In July 2013, Zoom established partnerships with [B2B](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business-to-business "Business-to-business") collaboration software providers, such as Redbooth (then Teambox),[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-13) and also created a program named Works with Zoom, which established partnerships with [Logitech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logitech "Logitech"), Vaddio,[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-14) and [InFocus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InFocus "InFocus").[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-15)[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-17) In September 2013, the company raised \$6.5 million in a Series B round from Horizon Ventures, and existing investors. At that time, it had 3 million daily meeting participants.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-drive-11) On February 4, 2015, the company received [US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US$ "US$")30 million in Series C funding from investors including [Emergence Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emergence_Capital&action=edit&redlink=1 "Emergence Capital (page does not exist)"), [Horizons Ventures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizons_Ventures "Horizons Ventures") ([Li Ka-shing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ka-shing "Li Ka-shing")), [Qualcomm Ventures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Ventures "Qualcomm Ventures"), [Jerry Yang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Yang "Jerry Yang"), and [Patrick Soon-Shiong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Soon-Shiong "Patrick Soon-Shiong").[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-18) At that time, Zoom had 40 million users, with 65,000 organizations subscribed and a total of 1 billion meeting minutes since it was established.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-19) Over the course of 2015 and 2016, the company integrated its software with [Slack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_$software$ "Slack (software)"), [Salesforce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce "Salesforce"), and [Skype for Business](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_for_Business "Skype for Business").[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-20)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-22) With version 2.5 in October 2015, Zoom increased the maximum number of participants allowed per conference to 50[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-23) and later to 1,000 for business customers.[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-25) In November 2015, former president of [RingCentral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RingCentral "RingCentral") David Berman was named president of the company, and [Peter Gassner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gassner "Peter Gassner"), the founder and [CEO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer "Chief executive officer") of [Veeva Systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veeva_Systems "Veeva Systems"), joined Zoom's [board of directors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_directors "Board of directors").[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-26) In January 2017, the company raised US\$100 million in Series D funding from [Sequoia Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_Capital "Sequoia Capital") at a US\$1 billion valuation,[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-27) making it a [unicorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn_$finance$ "Unicorn (finance)").[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Ray_2020-28)[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-29) In April 2017, Zoom launched a scalable [telehealth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telehealth "Telehealth") product allowing doctors to host remote consultations with patients.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-30)[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-31) In May, Zoom announced integration with [Polycom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycom "Polycom")'s conferencing systems, enabling features such as multiple screen and device meetings, HD and wireless screen sharing, and calendar integration with [Microsoft Outlook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook "Microsoft Outlook"), [Google Calendar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Calendar "Google Calendar"), and [iCal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICal "ICal").[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-32) From September 25–27, 2017, Zoom hosted Zoomtopia 2017, its first annual user conference. At this conference, Zoom announced a partnership with [Meta Platforms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms "Meta Platforms") to integrate Zoom with [augmented reality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality "Augmented reality"), integration with Slack and [Workplace by Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_by_Facebook "Workplace by Facebook"), and first steps towards an [artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence "Artificial intelligence") (AI) [speech recognition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_recognition "Speech recognition") program.[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-33)[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-34) On April 18, 2019, the company became a [public company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_company "Public company") via an [initial public offering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering "Initial public offering"); since then, it has been listed on [Nasdaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq "Nasdaq") under the ticker symbol ZM. After pricing at US\$36 per share, the share price increased over 72% on the first day of trading.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-35)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-value-36) Prior to the IPO, [Dropbox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox_$service$ "Dropbox (service)") invested \$5 million in Zoom.[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-37) The company first became profitable in 2019.[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-38)[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-The_DBT_News_2020-39)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-value-36) Due to the increase in [remote work](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_work "Remote work"), [distance education](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education "Distance education"), and remote [social relations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_relation "Social relation") during the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic "COVID-19 pandemic"), usage increased substantially and the Zoom [mobile app](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_app "Mobile app") was the 5th most downloaded mobile app in 2020, behind [TikTok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok "TikTok"), [WhatsApp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp "WhatsApp"), [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook"), and [Instagram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram "Instagram").[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-40) The company offered its services free to [K–12](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%E2%80%9312 "K–12") schools in many countries.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-k12-41)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-42) On April 30, the company joined the [Nasdaq-100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq-100 "Nasdaq-100") stock index.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-43) The next month, Zoom acquired [Keybase](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keybase "Keybase"), a company specializing in end-to-end encryption,[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-44) and in June, the company hired its first [chief diversity officer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_diversity_officer "Chief diversity officer"), Damien Hooper-Campbell.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-time1-45) Zoom announced its first [hardware as a service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_as_a_service "Hardware as a service") products in July 2020, bundling its videoconferencing software with third-party hardware by DTEN, Neat, [Poly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly_$company$ "Poly (company)"), and [Yealink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yealink_Network_Technology "Yealink Network Technology"), and running on the [ServiceNow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ServiceNow "ServiceNow") platform. It began with Zoom Rooms and Zoom Phone offerings, with those services available to US customers, who can acquire hardware from Zoom for a fixed monthly cost.[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-46)[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-47) On July 15, 2020, the company announced Zoom for Home, a line of products for home use, designed for [remote workers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_work "Remote work"). The first product, Zoom for Home - DTEN ME, includes software by Zoom and hardware by DTEN. It consists of a 27-inch screen with three wide-angle cameras and eight microphones, with Zoom software preloaded on the device. It became available in August 2020.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-48)[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-49) In June 2021, Zoom acquired Kites (Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions), an [artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence "Artificial intelligence")\-based language [translation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation "Translation") company with an aim to reduce [language barriers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_barrier "Language barrier") in video calls.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-50) Zoom's attempt to acquire contact center company Five9 for \$14.7 billion in September of that year was turned down by Five9's shareholders.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-51)[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-52) Zoom announced that it would cut its workforce by 15 percent, or about 1,300 employees, in February 2023, citing unsustainable growth following rapid scaling to manage the demand of the pandemic.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-53) Zoom then acquired [Workvivo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workvivo_$software$ "Workvivo (software)") in April to extend the Zoom platform.[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-54) Zoom dropped out of the Nasdaq-100 in December.[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-55) In November 2024, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. rebranded as Zoom Communications, Inc., dropping 'Video' from its name, to reflect a change towards what CEO Eric Yuan described as "\[an\] AI-first work platform for human connection".[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-56) Zoom announced the acquisition of the AI-powered hiring platform BrightHire for an undisclosed amount a year later.[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-57) ## Privacy and security issues \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoom_Communications&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Privacy and security issues")\] Zoom has been criticized for "security lapses and poor design choices" that have resulted in heightened scrutiny of its software.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-58)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Lopez_2020-5) The company has also been criticized for its privacy and corporate data sharing policies.[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-59)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-60)[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-61) Security researchers and reporters have criticized the company for its lack of transparency and poor [encryption](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption "Encryption") practices. Zoom initially claimed to use "[end-to-end encryption](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption "End-to-end encryption")" in its marketing materials,[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-62) but later clarified it meant "from Zoom end point to Zoom end point" (meaning effectively between Zoom servers and Zoom clients), which [The Intercept](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intercept "The Intercept") described as misleading and "dishonest".[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-63) In March 2020, [New York State Attorney General](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_New_York "Attorney General of New York") [Letitia James](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia_James "Letitia James") launched an inquiry into Zoom's privacy and security practices;[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-nyag-64) the inquiry was closed on May 7, 2020, with Zoom not admitting wrongdoing, but agreeing to take added security measures.[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-65) In the same month, a class-action lawsuit against Zoom was filed in the [United States District Court for the Northern District of California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_California "United States District Court for the Northern District of California"). According to the lawsuit, Zoom violated the privacy of its users by sharing personal data with [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook"), [Google](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google "Google"), and [LinkedIn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn "LinkedIn"), did not prevent hackers from disrupting Zoom sessions, and erroneously claimed to offer end-to-end encryption on Zoom sessions. Zoom settled this lawsuit for \$86 million.[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-66) On April 1, 2020, Zoom announced a 90-day freeze on releasing new features, to focus on fixing privacy and security issues on Zoom. On July 1, 2020, Yuan wrote a blog post detailing efforts taken by the company to address security and privacy concerns, stating that they released 100 new safety features over the 90-day period. Those efforts include end-to-end encryption for all users, turning on meeting passwords by default, giving users the ability to choose which data centers calls are routed from, consulting with security experts, forming a CISO council, an improved bug bounty program, and working with third parties to help test security. Yuan also stated that Zoom would be releasing a transparency report later in 2020.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-67)[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-68)[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-69) In May 2020, the [Federal Trade Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission "Federal Trade Commission") (FTC) announced that it was looking into Zoom's privacy practices.[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-70) The FTC alleged that since at least 2016, "Zoom maintained the cryptographic keys that could allow Zoom to access the content of its customers' meetings, and secured its Zoom Meetings, in part, with a lower level of encryption than promised."[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-71) On November 9, 2020, a settlement was reached, requiring the company to implement additional security measures.[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-72) In December 2020, Zoom announced that it was under investigation by the [U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission") (SEC) and the [United States Attorney for the Northern District of California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_for_the_Northern_District_of_California "United States Attorney for the Northern District of California") and that it had received a [subpoena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpoena "Subpoena") in June 2020 from the [United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York "United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York") requesting information on the company's interactions with foreign governments and political parties. Both federal prosecutors also sought information and documentation about security and privacy matters regarding Zoom's practices.[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-73) On December 19, 2020, a former Zoom executive was charged by the [U.S. Department of Justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Justice "U.S. Department of Justice") with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer a means of identification. The charges are related to the alleged disruptions to video meetings commemorating the [1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre "1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre").[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-Al-Heeti_2020-74) Federal prosecutors in [Brooklyn, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York "Brooklyn, New York"), said that Xinjiang "Julien" Jin, then 39, was a [San Jose, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California "San Jose, California")–based company's main liaison with intelligence and law enforcement agencies of China. Zoom later acknowledged it was the company in question. It said in a statement that it had terminated Jin's employment for violating company policies and was cooperating with the prosecutors. Jin is not in custody because he is based in China.[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-just_Chin-75)[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-zoom-76) In February 2021, Zoom announced a new feature called Kiosk Mode, which will allow people visiting offices to check in with a receptionist virtually on a kiosk, without any physical contact.[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-77) A month later, Zoom announced that from August 23, 2021, Zoom would stop selling new and upgraded products directly to customers in mainland China.[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-78)[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-79) Zoom agreed to pay \$85 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the company's alleged sharing of data with Facebook, Linkedin, and Google that year.[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-80) In April 2020, [Citizen Lab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Lab "Citizen Lab") warned that having much of Zoom's research and development in China could "open up Zoom to pressure from Chinese authorities."[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-81) In June 2020, Zoom was criticized for closing multiple accounts of U.S. and Hong Kong–based groups, including that of [Zhou Fengsuo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Fengsuo "Zhou Fengsuo") and two other human rights activists, who were commemorating the [1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre "1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre"). The accounts were later re-opened, with the company stating that in the future it "will have a new process for handling similar situations."[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-time1-45) Zoom responded that it has to "comply with local laws," even "the laws of governments opposed to free speech."[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-WP-China-Zoom-control-82)[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-WSJ-Tiananmen-massacre-83)[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-84) Zoom subsequently admitted to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government.[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-tech_Zoom-85) In response, a bi-partisan group of U.S. senators requested clarification of the incident from the company.[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-86) Partially in response to criticisms of its blocking of the activists accounts as well as expressions of concern by the United States Justice Department, Zoom moved to cease direct sale of its product in mainland China in late August 2020.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-87) In September 2020, following protests and legal concerns raised by the Jewish coalition group \#EndJewHatred, Zoom prevented [San Francisco State University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University "San Francisco State University") from using its video conferencing software to host former Palestinian militant and hijacker [Leila Khaled](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Khaled "Leila Khaled"), a member of the [Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine "Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine") (PFLP). In justifying its decision, Zoom cited the PFLP's designation as a terrorist organization by the United States Government and its efforts to comply with U.S. export control, sanctions, and anti-terrorism laws. [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook") and [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube "YouTube") also joined Zoom in denying their platforms to the conference organizers. Professor [Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabab_Ibrahim_Abdulhadi "Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi"), one of the conference organizers, criticized Zoom, Google's YouTube and Facebook for censoring Palestinian voices.[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-88)[\[89\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-89)[\[90\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-90)[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications#cite_note-91) - [Collaborative software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_software "Collaborative software") - [Comparison of web conferencing software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_conferencing_software "Comparison of web conferencing software") - [List of video telecommunication services and product brands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_telecommunication_services_and_product_brands "List of video telecommunication services and product brands") - [Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on science and technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_science_and_technology "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on science and technology") 1. 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