ABBYY vs Skype Technologies

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 — 14 years before Skype Technologies.

Founded: 1989; 2003
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Milpitas, United States; Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Industry: software industry; software industry
Founders: David Yang; Niklas Zennström, Jaan Tallinn, Janus Friis
Employees: 500; 500
Legal form: corporation; public company
Parent: Not recorded; Microsoft
Website: abbyy.com; skype.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on ABBYY and Skype Technologies.