The company behind Jitsi Meet
8x8
Jitsi Meet is an open-source project whose technology and team 8x8, Inc. acquired from Atlassian in 2018. 8x8 earns most of its revenue from subscriptions to its cloud communications services, and it also runs a hosted version called Jitsi as a Service.
Read on Oct 6, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Jitsi Meet at a glance
- Chief executive
- Samuel Wilson
- Founded
- 1987
- Based in
- Campbell, California
- Team
- 1,819 people
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
Jitsi Meet's CEO and founders
The people 8x8 names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there.
Company details
- Ownership
- Publicly traded. 8x8, Inc. trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol EGHT, according to its annual report for the year to March 2026. Jitsi is a trademark of 8x8, which acquired the Jitsi technology and team from Atlassian in 2018. sec.gov
- Founded
- 1987 sec.gov
- Based in
- Campbell, California sec.gov
- Team
- 8x8 reported 1,819 full-time employees as of March 31, 2026, 70% of them outside the United States. sec.gov
- Hiring
- 8x8's careers page lists 17 jobs across the company; the first ten shown are in customer support, sales, finance and engineering, most of them in the Philippines. 8x8.com
Jitsi Meet on social media and the web
Only accounts 8x8 links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
Jitsi Meet news and launches
- Oct 1, 2026Introducing Multi-screen support for Jitsi Meet
- Sep 2, 2026Introducing Document PiP for browser meetings
- Aug 20, 2026Tracing calls through backend components
- Jul 14, 2026A new architecture for transcription (and more)
Questions about Jitsi Meet the company
Who is the CEO of Jitsi Meet?
Samuel Wilson is 8x8's chief Executive Officer, according to 8x8.com, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
When was Jitsi Meet founded?
8x8 was founded in 1987, according to sec.gov.
Is Jitsi Meet funded by investors?
8x8, Inc. trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol EGHT, according to its annual report for the year to March 2026. Jitsi is a trademark of 8x8, which acquired the Jitsi technology and team from Atlassian in 2018. Its money comes from the listed company, not from rounds of its own.
Who owns Jitsi Meet?
8x8, Inc. trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol EGHT, according to its annual report for the year to March 2026. Jitsi is a trademark of 8x8, which acquired the Jitsi technology and team from Atlassian in 2018.
Where is Jitsi Meet based?
8x8 gives its base as Campbell, California.
How many people work at Jitsi Meet?
8x8 reported 1,819 full-time employees as of March 31, 2026, 70% of them outside the United States.
Is Jitsi Meet hiring?
8x8's careers page lists 17 jobs across the company; the first ten shown are in customer support, sales, finance and engineering, most of them in the Philippines.
Is Jitsi Meet on social media?
8x8 links to its own accounts on YouTube. The links are on this page, taken from 8x8's own site.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 6, 2026. Facts come from 8x8’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.