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Arista Networks

Makes equipment and programs that connect the computers in data centers.

📖 Its story

In 2004, three computer experts, Andy Bechtolsheim, David Cheriton and Kenneth Duda, started a company in California. At first it was called Arastra. They wanted information to travel super fast between the thousands of computers in data centers.

💵 How it makes money

It sells network equipment and programs to cloud companies and data centers.

🤯 Fun fact

Andy Bechtolsheim was one of Google's first investors: in 1998 he gave them a check for 100,000 dollars.

👍 The good part

Artificial intelligence needs very fast networks, and its equipment is a favorite for that.

⚠️ The risk

A few very big customers, like Microsoft and Meta, buy a big part of what it sells.

🧠 Did you get it?

What was Arista Networks called at the beginning?

Its stock
ANET
on the NYSE stock exchange
$159.16
▼ 10.82% today
▲ 21.47% this year
In the game: 159.16 Monis per share (1 Moni = 1 dollar).
Price as of November 5 at 6:49 PM ET, delayed.

🗂️ Quick facts

  • Founded in: 2004
  • Founded by: Andy Bechtolsheim, David Cheriton and Kenneth Duda
  • Home: Santa Clara, California

🔎 How to find it on the stock market

  1. Search the internet for ANET stock.
  2. You can also find it in your parents' investing app with the letters ANET.
  3. Check how much one share costs and whether today it's green (went up) or red (went down).

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