ABBYY vs MySQL AB

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

ABBYY is the older of the two, founded in 1989 — 12 years before MySQL AB.

Founded: 1989; 2001
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Milpitas, United States; Solna Municipality, Sweden
Industry: software industry; software industry
Founders: David Yang; Michael Widenius, David Axmark
Employees: 500; 400
Legal form: corporation; aktiebolag
Parent: Not recorded; Sun Microsystems
Website: abbyy.com; mysql.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on ABBYY and MySQL AB.