Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is a communications technology company headquartered in San Jose, California, United States. It provides videotelephony and online chat services through a cloud-based peer-to-peer software platform used for video communications, messaging, voice calls, conference rooms for video meetings, virtual events and contact centers. Zoom also offers an open platform allowing third-party developers to build custom applications on its unified communications platform. The company was founded in 2011 by Eric Yuan, a former Cisco engineer and executive. It launched its software in 2013. Its software products have faced public and media scrutiny related to security and privacy issues, though the company has taken measures to address these issues. Wikipedia