Adobe in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Adobe.
Adobe Firefly is made by Adobe, a software company listed on Nasdaq. Adobe earns most of its money from subscriptions to Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, Adobe Express and Firefly plans, and from selling customer-experience software to businesses through Experience Cloud.
Founded
1982
Based in
San Jose
Chief executive
Shantanu Narayen
Team
31,360 people
Ownership
Publicly traded
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from Adobe’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by Adobe. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
The company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
1982
The year Adobe was founded, in San Jose
In a sentence
Adobe Firefly is made by Adobe, a software company listed on Nasdaq. Adobe earns most of its money from subscriptions to Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, Adobe Express and Firefly plans, and from selling customer-experience software to businesses through Experience Cloud.
In a paragraph
Adobe was founded in 1982 and is based in San Jose, California. Shantanu Narayen is its chair and CEO; becomes executive chair on December 1, 2026; John Warnock and Charles Geschke are co-founders. 31,360 people across the whole company as of November 28, 2025, half of them in the United States, according to its annual report.
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Fact sheet
Company
Adobe
Founded
1982
Based in
San Jose, California
Team
31,360 people across the whole company as of November 28, 2025, half of them in the United States, according to its annual report
Website
adobe.com/products/firefly.html
Products we list
Adobe Firefly
Ownership: Publicly traded
Adobe Inc. is a public company listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker ADBE, as its own press releases state.
Leadership
SN
Shantanu Narayen
Chair and CEO; becomes executive chair on December 1, 2026
AC
Anil Chakravarthy
President, Customer Experience Orchestration; CEO from December 1, 2026
299 open jobs across the whole company, 183 of them in the United States, 50 in India, 13 in Romania and 12 in the United Kingdom.
Affiliate program
Run through Partnerize: 85% of the first month's price on monthly plans and on yearly plans paid monthly, or 8.33% of the first year on yearly plans paid up front, for eligible Adobe plans bought within 30 days of a click.
What they make
Adobe Firefly, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
Adobe Firefly
Adobe's image, video and audio generator, with partner models
#1 of 22 AI image and video generatorsFrom $9.99 per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthlyFree plan4.7 on the App Store
3.0GPA
Our pick for most people who want to make pictures. Adobe Firefly makes images, video, audio and vectors, and its credits also work inside Photoshop, Premiere and Illustrator.
BValue
CFree
AFeatures
BEase
BPlatforms
Adobe Firefly’s grade as a badge for its own site, free: it updates itself and links to the review. Code at toolgpa.com/badges.
Part 03 · News
News and contacts
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
This media kit is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Adobe’s pages, news reports, investors’ announcements and public filings said on the dates shown, with our own grades. It is not made, paid for or approved by Adobe, and Adobe’s names and logos are trademarks of their owner. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; no one can pay for a grade. Product pictures are Adobe’s own, from its website and app-store listings.
