Acquisition
Jun 2026Roblox 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.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
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
Jun 2026
Jan 2021 · Altimeter Capital; Dragoneer Investment Group
People & investors
Leadership
Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chair of the Board
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Safety Officer
Investors
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)
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$4B–$5B annually; FY2025 reported revenue was $4.9B
Signals & risks
Other
Oct 2023Roblox 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.
SourceOther
Feb 2026Latest news
Roblox Investor Relations · Jun 2026
Roblox globally rolled out age-based account types, parental controls, expanded game review, and chat protections.
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.
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.
Roblox Newsroom · Feb 2026
Roblox reported age-check adoption and described age-based chat, trusted connections, and safety controls.
Open Positions
220 jobs at Roblox
Principal Frontend Software Engineer - Discovery UX
On-site
Software Engineering
San Mateo, CA, United States
Today
On-site
Full-time