Pinterest, Inc.
Visual discovery and bookmarking platform for sharing and curating ideas
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- Sector
- Software
- Headquarters
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Founded
- 2008
- Latest Form D
- $130M, Jun 2017
- Total capital
- $1.2B
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $1.2B
- 7 Form D · last Jun 2017
- 112 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 21
- 19 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#12 of 2705
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$130M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$367M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$160M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$225M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$200M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$100M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$700K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 2705 peers
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- Granted patents#12 · top 1%
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Benjamin SilbermannExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Christine FloresExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Evan SharpExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jeff JordanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jeremy LevineDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michelle WilsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 10 people
- Mike YangExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Natalie FairExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Paul SciarraPromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Todd MorgenfeldExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 21 granted of 40- New patentBody Type Classification Of ContentUSPTOUS 12,770,368
- New patentContent-first Collection GenerationUSPTOUS 12,762,181
- New patentGenerating Content Based On Text And Supplemental InformationUSPTOUS 12,762,757
Show all 40 patent records
- Body Type Classification Of ContentOct 20, 2026 · US 12,770,368Granted
- Content-first Collection GenerationOct 13, 2026 · US 12,762,181Granted
- Generating Content Based On Text And Supplemental InformationOct 13, 2026 · US 12,762,757Granted
- Data Extraction Approach For Retail Crawling EngineSep 22, 2026 · US 12,743,473Granted
- Dynamic Search Input SelectionAug 25, 2026 · US 12,717,840Granted
- Automated Taxomony ExtensionAug 13, 2026 · Application 19048003Pending
- Content-first Collection GenerationAug 6, 2026 · Application 19043408Pending
- Multi-modal Product Embedding GeneratorAug 4, 2026 · US 12,700,028Granted
- Unified Recommendation SystemJul 30, 2026 · Application 19038254Pending
- Multi-object Images And Complementary Object Images RecommendationJul 30, 2026 · Application 19036921Pending
- Associating User-provided Content Items To Interest NodesJul 7, 2026 · US 12,675,485Granted
- Visual Object GraphsJun 18, 2026 · Application 19531520Pending
- Visual Object GraphsJun 18, 2026 · Application 19531519Pending
- Intelligent Video PlaybackJun 16, 2026 · US 12,659,525Granted
- Dynamic Search Control Invocation And Visual SearchJun 4, 2026 · Application 19378266Pending
- Visual Search RefinementJun 4, 2026 · Application 19378285Pending
- Matching User Provided Representations Of Items With Sellers Of Those ItemsJun 2, 2026 · US 12,646,096Granted
- Determining Topics For TaxonomiesJun 2, 2026 · US 12,645,727Granted
- Management Of Objects According To User ContextMay 19, 2026 · US 12,632,459Granted
- Generating Customized Content Using A Generative ModelApr 30, 2026 · Application 18927713Pending
- Aggregated Embeddings For A Corpus GraphApr 21, 2026 · US 12,608,608Granted
- Method, Medium, And System For Facilitating Purchase Of ObjectsApr 2, 2026 · Application 19402829Pending
- Optimal NotificationMar 19, 2026 · Application 19402760Pending
- Systems And Methods For Identifying Complementary Objects Having Similar StylesMar 19, 2026 · Application 19402907Pending
- Determining Linked Spam ContentMar 10, 2026 · US 12,572,741Granted
- Accelerated Training Of A Machine Learning ModelFeb 26, 2026 · Application 19378133Pending
- Accelerated Training Of A Machine Learning ModelFeb 26, 2026 · Application 19378134Pending
- Third Party Content Item Bid Requests With Content Item RecommendationsFeb 19, 2026 · Application 18807685Pending
- Query To Interest MappingFeb 12, 2026 · Application 19360501Pending
- Data Extraction Approach For Retail Crawling EngineJan 15, 2026 · Application 19336426Pending
- Collage Generation Of Complementary ObjectsJan 8, 2026 · Application 18764005Pending
- Data Anomaly Detection Using A Large Language ModelDec 4, 2025 · Application 18733410Pending
- Systems And Methods For Identifying Complementary Objects Having Similar StylesDec 2, 2025 · US 12,488,255Granted
- Query To Interest MappingDec 2, 2025 · US 12,488,005Granted
- Method, Medium, And System For Facilitating Purchase Of ObjectsDec 2, 2025 · US 12,488,379Granted
- Optimal NotificationDec 2, 2025 · US 12,488,400Granted
- Identifying Similar Content In A Multi-item Embedding SpaceNov 18, 2025 · US 12,475,171Granted
- Visual Search RefinementNov 4, 2025 · US 12,461,980Granted
- Dynamic Search Control Invocation And Visual SearchNov 4, 2025 · US 12,461,962Granted
- Accelerated Training Of A Machine Learning ModelNov 4, 2025 · US 12,462,200Granted
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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