Employees posted that Apollo GraphQL carried out a company-wide layoff affecting a large portion of GTM and most of the People team.
SourceApollo helps engineering teams accelerate delivery.
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Updated Jul 29, 2026
Apollo GraphQL is a remote-first, globally distributed developer-tools company that builds GraphOS: a supergraph/API orchestration platform for unifying GraphQL and REST APIs, managing schemas, and safely operating APIs at enterprise scale.
Primary product
Apollo GraphOS
Founded
2016
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
220+
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
GraphQL API orchestration / developer tools
Offices
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Business model
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Head of Finance
Simon McCann
Head of Global Sales
VP of Marketing
Head of People & Talent Acquisition
Chief Customer Officer
VP of Product
Chief Marketing Officer
Investors
Apollo describes itself as smart, kind, flexible, and remote-first, with a globally distributed team and values centered on empowering others, stewardship, caring, and growth mindset.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
No public salary bands were found; Apollo signals competitive, country-specific benefits and usage-based pricing for customers, but not employee compensation ranges.
Benefits
Pricing
Freemium plus usage-based GraphOS pricing; Free, Developer, Standard, and Enterprise tiers, with Developer starting at $5 per million requests and Enterprise/Standard custom-priced.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$30M-$40M
Estimated monthly visits
14.2K
Traffic estimate as of May 2026
Employees posted that Apollo GraphQL carried out a company-wide layoff affecting a large portion of GTM and most of the People team.
SourceA CEO note posted publicly reported Apollo GraphQL reduced headcount by approximately 15%.
SourceCrunchbase reports Apollo GraphQL acquired FathomDB on Oct. 7, 2014.
SourceApollo GraphQL blog · Jul 2026
Apollo introduced new usage-based pricing plans, including Developer and Standard plans, plus enhanced MCP Server and other GraphOS upgrades.
Apollo GraphQL blog · May 2026
Apollo said it opened a new San Francisco headquarters at 201 California Street while reaffirming that remote work remains core to its operating model.
Apollo GraphQL newsroom · Oct 2025
Apollo launched MCP Server 1.0, GraphOS MCP Tools, and the GraphOS Operator for Kubernetes, emphasizing agentic AI and enterprise API orchestration.
Apollo GraphQL newsroom · Jun 2025
Apollo expanded MCP Server and GraphOS with AI-ready capabilities, performance improvements, and new subscription plans; the release said GraphOS orchestrates over 1 trillion operations monthly.
Apollo GraphQL newsroom · Feb 2025
Apollo announced GA for Apollo Connectors for REST APIs and GraphOS Router 2.0, positioning GraphOS as a faster, more accessible API orchestration platform.