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Dropbox, Inc 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 Dropbox, Inc.

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ToolGPAMedia kit · October 2026
The company behind
Dropbox Paper

Dropbox, Inc

Media kit

Paper is made by Dropbox, Inc., the file storage company listed on Nasdaq as DBX. Across the whole company the money comes from paid storage and collaboration plans for individuals, families and teams; Paper itself comes with a Dropbox account rather than being sold on its own.

Founded
2007
Based in
San Francisco
Chief executive
Drew Houston
Ownership
Publicly traded

Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from Dropbox, Inc’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by Dropbox, Inc. toolgpa.com

Part 01 · Company

The company

Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it

2007

The year Dropbox, Inc was founded, in San Francisco

In a sentence

Paper is made by Dropbox, Inc., the file storage company listed on Nasdaq as DBX. Across the whole company the money comes from paid storage and collaboration plans for individuals, families and teams; Paper itself comes with a Dropbox account rather than being sold on its own.

In a paragraph

Dropbox, Inc was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California, the business address on its filings; it calls itself a Virtual First company. Drew Houston is its co-Founder and Co-CEO.

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Fact sheet

Company
Dropbox, Inc
Founded
2007
Based in
San Francisco, California, the business address on its filings; it calls itself a Virtual First company
Website
dropbox.com/paper
Products we list
Dropbox Paper
Ownership: Publicly traded
Listed on Nasdaq as DBX across the whole company. Its fact sheet dates the flotation to March 2018, and its filings name the registrant as Dropbox, Inc.

Leadership

  • Drew Houston

    Co-Founder and Co-CEO

  • Ashraf Alkarmi

    Co-CEO

  • Ali Dasdan

    Chief Technology Officer

  • Mike Torres

    Chief Product Officer

What they make

Dropbox Paper, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.

Dropbox Paper

Free collaborative documents that live in a Dropbox account

Docs & WikisFrom $9.99 per month, billed yearlyFree plan

3.2GPA

Best for free shared docs for people already on Dropbox. It's at its best with meeting notes and briefs, where you comment, mention people and hand out to-dos with due dates.

  • AValue
  • AFree
  • CFeatures
  • BEase
  • BPlatforms
Dropbox Paper: 3.2 GPA on ToolGPA3.2GPAVery goodGraded by ToolGPA

Dropbox Paper’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

4

Announcements since Sep 10, 2026

Lately

  1. Sep 29, 2026Put your Dropbox project context to work with Muse, from Meta
  2. Sep 24, 2026Dropbox and SpaceXAI turn project context into durable work in the Cursor Marketplace and Grok Bot
  3. Sep 17, 2026Put your Dropbox context to work in Google Gemini
  4. Sep 10, 2026Dropbox brings trusted project context directly into the ChatGPT Library

Official channels

Only accounts Dropbox, Inc’s own site links to. No personal addresses.

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