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AppLovin

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AppLovin

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Became one of the largest ad platforms in the world starting with an $8 domain and no VC funding. observed

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—/100
Developer momentum
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Adoption
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downloads / week
Developer
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momentum / 100
Hiring
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eng openings

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Public market APP · Tier 1 · live

$323.96
price
-34.8%
3-mo momentum
69%
annualized vol
6%
of 52-wk range

Capital timeline every dated signal, across tiers

  1. rumor Ask HN: How is AppLovin valued at $180B ↗
  2. rumor Rumors That AppLovin Will Acquire Unity After CEO Steps Down ↗
  3. rumor AppLovin Withdraws Offer to Merge with Unity Software ↗
  4. rumor AppLovin bids $17.5B to acquire Unity ↗
  5. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  6. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  7. rumor AppLovin Acquired Mopub, What does that mean for you? ↗
  8. rumor AppLovin acquires MoPub from Twitter for $1B in cash ↗
  9. rumor Applovin Acquires Twitter's Mopub ↗
  10. rumor Applovin Corp IPO Investment Prospectus S-1 ↗
  11. rumor AppLovin Said to Acquire Berlin’s Adjust in $1B Deal ↗
  12. rumor AppLovin Acquires Machine Zone ↗
  13. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  14. rumor AppLovin scraps acquisition and takes debt financing instead ↗
  15. rumor AppLovin scraps $1.5B acquisition ↗
  16. rumor Why AppLovin was acquired for $1.4B and who's next ↗
  17. rumor AppLovin to Be Acquired by Chinese Investor for $1.4B ↗
  18. rumor AppLovin to Be Acquired by Chinese Investor for $1.4B ↗
  19. rumor AppLovin, Which Raised Less Than $5MM, Acquired for $1.4BN ↗
  20. rumor Mobile ad startup AppLovin in talks for $1.5B acquisition ↗

Narrative vs. reality SEC filings beyond reported funding

Reported narrative · Tier 2
No reported round on record.
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
3 Form D
latest filed 2022-04-15 · none near the reported round

The company has Form D filings on record that our reported-funding data does not cover — a quiet raise worth a look.

Regulatory filings SEC EDGAR · primary source

Form D filings — the company's own authoritative record of a Reg D private raise, filed with the SEC. Primary-source evidence: not commentary, not inference. 3 filings, latest 2022-04-15.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk elevated · 0.31

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 179 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention · some SEC filings on record. ▲ 179 AppLovin nonconsensual installs 2025-10-14 ↗

Raw observations 51 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name AppLovin observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 179 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32406563", "title": "AppLovin bids $17.5B to acquire Unity", "points": 150, "created_at": "2022-08-10", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32406563", "title": "AppLovin bids $17.5B to acquire Unity", "points": 150, "created_at": "2022-08-10", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32406563", "title": "AppLovin bids $17.5B to acquire Unity", "points": 150, "created_at": "2022-08-10", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": observed artifact ↗ 2026-01-27 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32406563", "title": "AppLovin bids $17.5B to acquire Unity", "points": 150, "created_at": "2022-08-10", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": observed artifact ↗ 2026-01-27 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32406563", "title": "AppLovin bids $17.5B to acquire Unity", "points": 150, "created_at": "2022-08-10", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": observed artifact ↗ 2026-01-27 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32406563", "title": "AppLovin bids $17.5B to acquire Unity", "points": 150, "created_at": "2022-08-10", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": observed artifact ↗ 2026-01-27 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45584226", "title": "AppLovin nonconsensual installs", "points": 179, "created_at": "2025-10-14"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45584226", "title": "AppLovin nonconsensual installs", "points": 179, "created_at": "2025-10-14"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45584226", "title": "AppLovin nonconsensual installs", "points": 179, "created_at": "2025-10-14"} observed artifact ↗ 2025-10-14 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45584226", "title": "AppLovin nonconsensual installs", "points": 179, "created_at": "2025-10-14"} observed artifact ↗ 2025-10-14 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45584226", "title": "AppLovin nonconsensual installs", "points": 179, "created_at": "2025-10-14"} observed artifact ↗ 2025-10-14 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45584226", "title": "AppLovin nonconsensual installs", "points": 179, "created_at": "2025-10-14"} observed artifact ↗ 2025-10-14 normalized 0.20
description Became one of the largest ad platforms in the world starting with an $8 domain and no VC funding. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
index.ai_tie AI_ADJACENT observed classify 2026-07-25 derived 0.60
market.public {"price": 424.54, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 343, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -13.5, "range_position": 0.2, "volatility_pct": 70.4} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 415.425, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 349.21, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -14.1, "range_position": 0.17, "volatility_pct": 69.5} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-22 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 315.44, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 303.17, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -37, "range_position": 0.03, "volatility_pct": 76.7} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 315.44, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 303.17, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -37, "range_position": 0.03, "volatility_pct": 76.7} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-17 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 311.98, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 303.17, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -35.9, "range_position": 0.02, "volatility_pct": 77.3} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-18 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 307.26, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 303.17, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -35.6, "range_position": 0.01, "volatility_pct": 76.6} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-19 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 305.77, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 298, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -36.5, "range_position": 0.02, "volatility_pct": 76.5} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-24 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 298.59, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -41.9, "range_position": 0, "volatility_pct": 75.1} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-25 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 310.54, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -39.6, "range_position": 0.03, "volatility_pct": 75.1} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-26 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 308.11, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -45.7, "range_position": 0.02, "volatility_pct": 71.6} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-27 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 312.63, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -47.9, "range_position": 0.03, "volatility_pct": 70.5} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-28 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 317.76, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -49, "range_position": 0.05, "volatility_pct": 70.8} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-29 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 317.76, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -48.2, "range_position": 0.05, "volatility_pct": 70.4} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-30 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 317.76, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -48.2, "range_position": 0.05, "volatility_pct": 70.4} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-31 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 311.74, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -48.5, "range_position": 0.03, "volatility_pct": 70.8} observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-02 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 319.05, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -44.1, "range_position": 0.05, "volatility_pct": 70.5} observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-03 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 313.58, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -43.9, "range_position": 0.04, "volatility_pct": 70} observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-04 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 320.56, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -42.5, "range_position": 0.05, "volatility_pct": 70.3} observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-05 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 320.56, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -42.5, "range_position": 0.05, "volatility_pct": 70.3} observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-06 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 320.56, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -42.5, "range_position": 0.05, "volatility_pct": 70.3} observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-07 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 311.25, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -44.8, "range_position": 0.03, "volatility_pct": 70.3} observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-08 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 314.49, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -34.3, "range_position": 0.04, "volatility_pct": 69.2} observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-11 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 323.96, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -34.8, "range_position": 0.06, "volatility_pct": 69} observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-12 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 323.96, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -34.8, "range_position": 0.06, "volatility_pct": 69} observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-13 superseded 0.90
market.public {"price": 323.96, "ticker": "APP", "week52_low": 297.5, "week52_high": 745.61, "momentum_pct": -34.8, "range_position": 0.06, "volatility_pct": 69} observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-14 normalized 0.90
sec.cik 0001751008 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.count 3 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.filings [{"cik": "0001751008", "form": "D/A", "filed": "2022-04-15", "accession": "0001751008-22-000006", "index_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751008/000175100822000006/0001751008-22-000006- observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.99
sec.form_d.filings [{"cik": "0001751008", "form": "D/A", "filed": "2022-04-15", "accession": "0001751008-22-000006", "index_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751008/000175100822000006/0001751008-22-000006- observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.99
sec.form_d.filings [{"cik": "0001751008", "form": "D/A", "filed": "2022-04-15", "accession": "0001751008-22-000006", "index_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751008/000175100822000006/0001751008-22-000006- observed artifact ↗ 2022-04-15 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.latest_filed 2022-04-15 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.related_persons {"filed": "2022-04-15", "persons": [{"last_name": "Foroughi", "first_name": "Adam", "clarification": null, "relationships": ["Executive Officer", "Director"]}, {"last_name": "Chen", "first_name": "Her observed url 2022-04-15 normalized 0.99
sector emerging derived calc 2026-08-08 normalized 0.50
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "www.youtube.com/watch — applovin", "source_id": "01KZA3EJRS5Z401JYKJ03G6PHK-m-6f76bf69ae6969b3", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:65ee4853e4959266ef167ee9061933c9898c6e3a5ef observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-06 normalized 0.95