The story
Founded by Luke Nosek, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel on Dec 1998.1
Private company
Confinity
Former American software company
Confinity Inc. was an American software company based in Silicon Valley, best known as the creator of PayPal. It was founded in December 1998 by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, and Yu Pan initially as a PalmPilot payments and cryptography company before pivoting to an email-based payments product.2 It ceased to exist in 2000.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
Dec 1998Founded1
- Industrysoftware industry1
- HeadquartersChampaign County1
- Websitewww.confinity.com
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Confinity Inc. was an American software company based in Silicon Valley, best known as the creator of PayPal. It was founded in December 1998 by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, and Yu Pan initially as a PalmPilot payments and cryptography company before pivoting to an email-based payments product.2
Leadership
Who has led Confinity, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- FounderLuke Nosek1
- FounderMax Levchin1
- FounderPeter Thiel1
Products and brands
- PayPal
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- Websitewww.confinity.com1
- WikipediaConfinity
- WikidataQ5160123
Sources
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- 1WikidataConfinity on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaConfinity on Wikipedia