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Applied Materials is a major semiconductor equipment manufacturer whose tools are critical to chip fabrication. It is tangentially relevant to AI safety through its role in the semiconductor supply chain that enables AI compute infrastructure.
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Applied Materials is a leading American semiconductor equipment company founded in 1967, headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It supplies manufacturing equipment, services, and software for semiconductors, flat panel displays, and solar products. It is the second largest semiconductor equipment supplier globally by revenue, behind ASML.
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- •Founded in 1967, Applied Materials is the world's second largest semiconductor equipment supplier by revenue, behind ASML.
- •The company supplies equipment and software critical to manufacturing integrated circuit chips used in electronics and AI hardware.
- •Applied Materials has ~36,500 employees and reported $28.37 billion in revenue as of 2025.
- •The company has a global presence including technology centers in Japan and China, and has made several strategic acquisitions.
- •Its tools (e.g., CVD machines) are foundational to semiconductor fabrication processes that underpin AI compute.
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| Entity | Property | Value | As Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Materials | Headquarters | Santa Clara, CA | — |
| Applied Materials | Website | https://www.appliedmaterials.com | — |
| Applied Materials | Country | United States | — |
| Applied Materials | Founded Date | Nov 1967 | — |
| Applied Materials | Legal Structure | Public company (NASDAQ: AMAT) | — |
| Applied Materials | Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_Materials | — |
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American semiconductor equipment company
Applied Materials, Inc. Company type Public Traded as Nasdaq :  AMAT
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Industry Semiconductors Founded November 10, 1967 ; 58 years ago  ( 1967-11-10 ) Founder Michael A. McNeilly Headquarters Santa Clara, California , U.S. Area served Worldwide Key people Gary E. Dickerson ( President & CEO )
Thomas J. Iannotti ( Chairman )
Revenue US$ 28.37 billion (2025) Operating income US$8.289 billion (2025) Net income US$6.998 billion (2025) Total assets US$36.30 billion (2025) Total equity US$20.42 billion (2025) Number of employees 36,500 (2025) Website appliedmaterials.com Footnotes / references
Financials as of October 26, 2025 [update] . [ 1 ]
Applied Materials, Inc. is an American corporation that supplies equipment, services and software for the manufacture of semiconductor ( integrated circuit ) chips for electronics, flat panel displays for computers, smartphones, televisions, and solar products . The company also supplies equipment to produce coatings for flexible electronics , packaging and other applications. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California , [ 2 ] and is the second largest supplier of semiconductor equipment in the world based on revenue behind Dutch company ASML . [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
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Founded in 1967 by Michael A. McNeilly and others, Applied Materials went public in 1972 on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations ( NASDAQ ), a then-recently established stock exchange. In subsequent years, the company diversified, until James C. Morgan became CEO in 1976 and returned the company's focus to its core business of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] By 1978, sales increased by 17%. [ 7 ]
In 1984, Applied Materials became the first U.S. semiconductor equipment manufacturer to open its own technology center in Japan , [ 8 ] and the first semiconductor equipment company to operate a service center in China . [ 9 ] In 1987, Applied introduced a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) machine called the Precision 5000, which differed from existing machines by incorporating diverse processes into a single machine that had multiple process chambers. [ 10 ]
In 1992, the corporation settled a lawsuit with three former employees for an estimated $600,000. The suit complained that the employees had been driven out of the company after complaining about the courses Applied Scholastics had been hired to teach there. [ 11 ]
In 1993, the Applied Materials' Precision 5000 was ind
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