Box

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Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

Box, Inc. is a publicly traded enterprise software company providing an Intelligent Content Management platform. It helps organizations securely store, govern, share, collaborate on, sign, classify, retain, and apply AI/workflow automation to unstructured content.

Primary product

Box Intelligent Content Management platform, including Box AI, Enterprise Advanced, Box Shield, Box Relay/Automate, Box Sign, Box Governance, and developer APIs.

Founded

2005

Headquarters

Redwood City, California, United States

Team size

Approximately 2,500–3,000 worldwide

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Technology, Information and Internet

Sub-industry

Enterprise cloud content management / SaaS / collaboration and workflow automation

Offices

Redwood City, California

San Francisco, California

Los Angeles, California

Austin, Texas

Chicago, Illinois

New York City, New York

Washington, DC

London, United Kingdom

Warsaw and Wrocław, Poland

Tokyo and Osaka, Japan

Business model

Subscription SaaS

Enterprise seat-based licensing

Usage-based API and AI entitlements

Professional and premier services

Enterprise agreements with annual, multi-year, quarterly, or monthly billing

Funding

Stage

Public company; latest disclosed financing was post-IPO growth financing

Total raised

$1.1B

Latest round

KKR-led convertible preferred stock / post-IPO investment · May 2021

Latest amount

$500M

KKR-led convertible preferred investment

May 2021 · KKR

$500M

Post-IPO equity

Jan 2021

$315M

IPO

Jan 2015 · Public offering

$175M

Series G

Jul 2014 · Coatue / TPG

$150M

Series F

Dec 2013

$100M

Series E / pre-IPO extensions

Jan 2013 · General Atlantic

$150M

Series E

Jul 2012 · General Atlantic

$125M

Series D and extensions

Jan 2011 · Meritech Capital Partners

$138M

Series C

Apr 2010 · Scale Venture Partners

$15M

Series B extension

Oct 2009 · USVP

$7.1M

Series B

Jan 2008 · USVP

$6M

Series A

Oct 2006 · DFJ

$1.5M

Seed

Jan 2005 · Mark Cuban

$350K

People & investors

Leadership

Aaron Levie

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Dylan Smith

Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer

Olivia Nottebohm

Chief Operating Officer

Founders

Jeff Queisser

Co-founder

Sam Ghods

Co-founder

Investors

Andreessen Horowitz

Bessemer Venture Partners

Meritech Capital Partners

Mitsui

New Enterprise Associates

Salesforce Ventures

Sapphire Ventures

Scale Venture Partners

Telstra

TPG Growth

USVP

Work & culture

Box describes a purpose-driven, inclusive, hybrid workplace emphasizing authenticity, ownership, customer focus, candid feedback, psychological safety, experimentation, innovation, and career growth.

Work style

Hybrid

Compensation

Box publicly signals equity ownership and fair, transparent, performance-based pay. Specific salary ranges and sponsorship terms vary by role and location and were not established here.

Benefits

Equity for new hires and employee stock plan

Flexible time off, holidays, birthday leave, and volunteer time off

Sabbatical after seven years

Healthcare and mental-health support

Monthly wellness subsidy

Paid parental leave

Fertility and family-forming benefits, including Carrot

Annual hackathon and professional-development programs

Employee resource and interest groups

Product & market

Pricing

Tiered subscription pricing based on users/seats, functionality, customer requirements, API usage, and AI entitlements; enterprise contracts are commonly annual or multi-year. Enterprise Advanced carries a reported 30%–40% price premium over Enterprise Plus.

Differentiators

—Secure end-to-end content lifecycle management rather than simple file storage
—Enterprise security, governance, compliance, retention, and e-discovery
—Neutral integrations across best-of-breed enterprise applications
—AI grounded in customer-controlled enterprise content
—Workflow automation, e-signature, classification, and content processing in one platform
—Global enterprise scale with 100,000+ paying organizations

Technology

Google Cloud Platform

Python

Scala

Node.js

Box APIs and generated SDKs

Box AI and large-language-model integrations

LangChain

LangGraph

Cloud infrastructure and observability

FedRAMP, eDiscovery, and GxP compliance systems

Customers

JLL

Morgan Stanley

Nationwide

AstraZeneca

Mayo Clinic

University of Virginia Health System

Robinhood Markets

Zurich Insurance Group

Novo Nordisk

Sony Music Entertainment

Ace Hardware

Chanel

DLA Piper

Department of Energy

100,000+ paying organizations

Competitors

Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive

Google Drive / Google Workspace

OpenText Documentum

Dropbox

Egnyte

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $1.18B–$1.28B annually (FY2026 reported revenue $1.177B; FY2027 company outlook approximately $1.275B)

Estimated monthly visits

44.5M

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Signals & risks

Other

May 2026

Investors remained concerned about AI disruption and commoditization of document-management software; shares declined after a Q1 FY2027 earnings report despite revenue growth.

Source

Other

Jan 2026

The 10-K identifies competition, dependence on third-party cloud hosting including Google Cloud, security vulnerabilities, intellectual-property claims, and international operating complexity as material risks.

Source

Latest news

Box Hit Double-Digit Revenue Growth for the First Time in 3 Years, AI Is Why

TIKR · Jun 2026

Analysis attributed improved growth and pricing to Enterprise Advanced and described the strategic shift from file storage toward AI-powered content infrastructure.

Box Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2027 Financial Results

Box Investor Relations · May 2026

Revenue rose 11% year over year to $305.9M; Box highlighted adoption of Enterprise Advanced, Box Agent, and Box Automate and raised FY2027 revenue guidance.

Box barely beats the Street’s expectations and nervous investors back away

SiliconANGLE · May 2026

Coverage of the Q1 results, market reaction, AI-related competitive concerns, and Box’s revised FY2027 outlook.

Box Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026 Financial Results

Box Investor Relations / Business Wire · Mar 2026

FY2026 revenue reached $1.177B; Enterprise Advanced customers represented 10% of revenue and Box emphasized AI-powered intelligent workflows.

Box Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Document Management

Box Investor Relations · Jan 2026

Box cited its secure content layer and AI-agent workflow capabilities as differentiators in enterprise document management.

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SourcesBox FY2026 Form 10-K Box FY2026 results Box careers Box Life at Box Box engineering careers KKR investment announcement Funding history Semrush traffic estimate Box FY2027 Q1 results