Roblox

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Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

Roblox Corporation is a public gaming and creation platform founded in 2004. It combines a user-generated-experience engine, social communication, creator tools, discovery, and a virtual economy; its stated mission is to connect people through safe, civil, optimistic shared experiences. FY2025 revenue was $4.9B and bookings were $6.8B, with more than 144M DAUs in Q4 2025.

Primary product

Roblox: a multiplayer user-generated gaming/creation platform and engine, including Roblox Studio, creator monetization, social features, and the Robux virtual economy.

Founded

2004

Headquarters

3150 South Delaware Street, San Mateo, California 94403, United States

Team size

3,000–4,000 full-time employees; 3,065 as of December 31, 2025

Work style

Onsite

Industry

Gaming and software development

Sub-industry

User-generated content platforms, online games, virtual worlds, creator economy, and social entertainment

Offices

San Mateo, California, United States

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Business model

Virtual-currency and digital-goods economy through Robux

Revenue share/economic participation with creators and developers

Subscriptions and premium user offerings

Advertising, brand partnerships, and immersive commerce

Platform and creator services

Funding

Stage

Public company; post-IPO equity financing

Total raised

$918M

Latest round

Post-IPO equity · Jun 2026

Latest amount

$44.6M

Post-IPO equity

Jun 2026

$44.6M

Series H

Jan 2021 · Altimeter Capital; Dragoneer Investment Group

$520M

Series G

Feb 2020 · Andreessen Horowitz

$150M

Series F

Sep 2018 · Greylock Partners; Tiger Global Management

$150M

Series C

Mar 2017 · Meritech; Index Ventures

$92M

Series A

Jun 2011 · First Round Capital; Altos Ventures

$4M

Seed

Jul 2009 · First Round Capital; Altos Ventures

$2.2M

People & investors

Leadership

David Baszucki

Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chair of the Board

Naveen Chopra

Chief Financial Officer

Matt Kaufman

Chief Safety Officer

Investors

Altimeter Capital

Altos Ventures

Andreessen Horowitz

Dragoneer Investment Group

First Round Capital

Greylock Partners

Index Ventures

Investment Group of Santa Barbara

Tiger Global Management

Warner Music Group

Work & culture

Roblox describes an innovation-first, creator-focused culture centered on optimism, civility, safety, collaboration, and outsized employee impact. The company emphasizes in-person collaboration and mentorship, especially for engineering and early-career employees.

Work style

Onsite

Visa sponsorship

Limited

Compensation

US job postings disclose role- and location-specific base-pay ranges; full-time employees are eligible for equity and benefits. At least some postings state that Roblox may not support future H-1B sponsorship or certain visa categories, so sponsorship is role-dependent.

Benefits

Health, wealth, and happiness-focused Total Rewards program

Market-competitive compensation and equity eligibility

Health measurement and personalized health coaching

Onsite nutrition programs

Mental and emotional health support

Time off and leave programs

Relocation support for applicable office-based roles

Product & market

Pricing

Free-to-play access with optional Robux purchases, subscriptions/premium offerings, and in-experience digital goods; creator and brand monetization generate additional platform economics.

Differentiators

—Large-scale user-generated content ecosystem
—Integrated engine, creation tools, social graph, discovery, and economy
—Massive creator flywheel and creator payouts
—Cross-platform multiplayer and persistent virtual experiences
—Strong focus on youth safety, age assurance, moderation, and parental controls
—Vertically integrated AI and platform infrastructure

Technology

Roblox Engine

Roblox Studio

Lua/Luau scripting

C++ (engine and systems roles)

Distributed microservices

Redis and federated Redis caching

Envoy

Cloud-scale observability, logs, traces, and profiling

Machine learning and generative AI

Facial age estimation and identity verification

Automated canary deployment and CI/CD

Customers

Players and families

Independent game and experience creators

Developers and studios

Brands and advertisers

Educators and educational institutions

Competitors

Epic Games/Fortnite and UEFN

Minecraft/Microsoft

Rec Room

Unity

Fortnite Creative

VRChat

TikTok and other social-entertainment platforms

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$4B–$5B annually; FY2025 reported revenue was $4.9B

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Jun 2026

Roblox acquired Morpheus AI’s team and technology and added founders from Dynamics Lab and Lucid AI to advance its Roblox Reality and interactive generative-world strategy.

Source

Other

Oct 2023

Roblox announced a transition away from most remote work, asking many remote employees to work from San Mateo three days per week or take severance; exceptions included certain remote-required teams and niche expertise.

Source

Other

Feb 2026

Roblox expanded mandatory age-check and age-based communication controls, reflecting ongoing child-safety, regulatory, moderation, and reputational exposure.

Source

Latest news

Roblox Kids and Roblox Select Accounts Now Available Worldwide

Roblox Investor Relations · Jun 2026

Roblox globally rolled out age-based account types, parental controls, expanded game review, and chat protections.

Pioneering AI Founders Join to Accelerate Roblox Reality Vision

Roblox Newsroom · Jun 2026

Roblox announced Morpheus AI technology and talent acquisition plus strategic additions from Dynamics Lab and Lucid AI for interactive AI worlds.

How Roblox’s Cache Sustained 1.38B QPS Beyond Redis Limits

Roblox Engineering Blog · Mar 2026

Engineering described a federated Redis architecture scaling to thousands of nodes after Grow a Garden drove exceptional concurrent-user and traffic growth.

Moving Beyond Self-Reported Age

Roblox Newsroom · Feb 2026

Roblox reported age-check adoption and described age-based chat, trusted connections, and safety controls.

Roblox Appoints Naveen Chopra as Chief Financial Officer

Roblox Investor Relations · Jun 2025

Naveen Chopra became CFO effective June 30, 2025, succeeding Michael Guthrie.

About / team / leadership Careers Company homepage Engineering blog GitHub organization Investor relations Job listings LinkedIn company page Safety Center X account

SourcesRoblox 2025 Annual Report and 2026 Proxy Roblox FY2025 10-K Roblox Careers Roblox Total Rewards Roblox Work Policy Announcement Roblox Engineering Tools Roblox Morpheus AI announcement Roblox CFO appointment Roblox age-based protections

Jobs and careers at Roblox

245 jobs at Roblox

Engineering Director, Storage

On-site

Software Engineering

San Mateo, CA, United States

Today

On-site

Full-time