Austin Big Tech companies
Austin has become one of the few U.S. cities where nearly every major Big Tech player has a significant footprint. While Silicon Valley and Seattle remain corporate headquarters, Austin offers something unique: an intersection of talent, affordability, renewable energy, and proximity to the Texas Triangle’s growing industrial and data center deployments.
The presence of these global companies reinforces Austin’s role as a strategic node in the Fifth Industrial Revolution (5IR):
- AI & Cloud – Meta, Google, and Amazon anchor compute, SaaS, and hyperscale data deployments.
- Semiconductors – Apple and Tesla are major drivers of chip supply chains (working closely with Samsung’s Taylor fab).
- Energy & Sustainability – Tesla and AWS connect Austin to clean energy resources across Texas.
- Workforce & Talent – These firms attract global talent to Austin while benefiting from UT Austin’s STEM pipeline.
2025-2026 List
| Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Adobe | Austin |
| Amazon | Domain |
| Apple | Domain |
| Austin | |
| Domain | |
| IBM | Domain |
| Meta Platforms (Facebook) | Domain |
| TikTok | Austin |
Austin’s Big Tech cluster demonstrates how the city punches far above its weight, serving as both a proving ground for global strategies and a deployment hub for next-generation AI, cloud, semiconductor, and electrification.