Yahoo is a digital media and technology company founded in 1994, tracing its origins to a hobby project by two Stanford engineering students. Its technical work spans web search and organization, email technology, digital media and content platforms, and advertising technology, including data and audience analytics and omnichannel advertising solutions delivered to partners and advertisers.
The company's consumer products include Yahoo Mail, for daily communications; Yahoo News; Yahoo Sports; and Yahoo Finance. Alongside these, Yahoo offers data and omnichannel advertising solutions to partners and advertisers. The company operates globally and reports a reach of nearly 900 million people worldwide, having served hundreds of millions of users over more than 30 years in operation.
Yahoo describes its mission as connecting people to what they love, positioning itself as a trusted guide through an always-changing internet. The company states that "tech needs a touch of humanity" and aims to deliver that in its products.
