2012 establishments in California

Coursera Inc. () is an American for-profit online university, earlier operating as a global massive open online course provider from 2012 until 2021. It was founded in 2012 by Stanford University computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. Coursera works with universities and other organizations to offer online courses, certifications, and degrees in a variety of subjects.

social network and dating platform

Coinbase Global, Inc. is an American cryptocurrency exchange. It was founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam. Coinbase has over 100 million users, and is the largest U.S. based cryptocurrency exchange as well as the world's biggest bitcoin custodian, as of 2024. The company operates in more than 100 countries and holds nearly US$516 billion in assets, including nearly 12 percent of all bitcoin in existence and 11 percent of all staked Ether.

American pay television network

web mapping service provided by Apple Inc

American video game developer

The Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA, ) is an American labor union formed in 2012 by the merger of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. It represents approximately 170,000 media professionals worldwide. SAG-AFTRA is a member of the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States. SAG-AFTRA is also a member of the International Federation of Actors.

Lyft, Inc. is an American company offering ride-hailing services, motorized scooters, and bicycle-sharing systems in the United States and Canada, and, via its Free Now mobile app, Europe. Lyft is the second-largest ridesharing company in the United States after Uber. It has 25 million active riders and coordinates 9 million rides per day.

American basketball team

Cloud9 Esports, Inc., or simply Cloud9 (C9), is an American professional esports company based in Santa Monica, California. The company was originally founded as a professional League of Legends team by Jack and Paullie Etienne in May 2013 and was incorporated into Cloud9 Esports, Inc. on September 6, 2016. Cloud9 has received in total raised equity via venture capital funding and was ranked the world's fifth-most valuable esports organization in mid-2022.

privacy-focused social network

music award for solo vocal or instrumental recording

cloud-based data-warehousing startup

American professional soccer team based in Sacramento, California

150px|thumb|The Instacart logo is a simplified carrot. Logo since 2022.

American metalcore supergroup

GothBoiClique (also abbreviated as GBC) is an American emo rap collective based in Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 2013 by Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Cold Hart, Ghoste and Horse Head. The group's name comes from a beat that Cold Hart sent to Wicca Phase Springs Eternal. In 2016, the group released their first mixtape, ''Yeah It's True''.

American independent film distributor

university program partnership between Minerva Project and Keck Graduate Institute based in San Francisco

virtual reality technology subsidiary of Meta Platforms (formerly Oculus VR)

Airtable is an American cloud collaboration service company headquartered in San Francisco. It was founded in 2012 by Howie Liu, Andrew Ofstad, and Emmett Nicholas. It provides spreadsheet, database, and AI agent services.

light-rail line running between East Los Angeles and Santa Monica

American film production company

American record label

Los Angeles Metro station

U.S. National Monument in Keene, Kern County, California

Los Angeles Metro station

American company operating a browser extension that applies coupons

creator and a developer of the Ripple payment protocol and exchange network.

Los Angeles Metro Rail station

former US Army post in California

Los Angeles Metro station

Los Angeles Metro station

American website collecting celebrity birthdays and birthdate information

American electronic dance music duo

themed land at Disney California Adventure

Los Angeles Metro station

American rock band

Los Angeles Metro station

amusment ride opened in 2012

American indie rock band

Simulated slot car type dark ride attraction

Los Angeles Metro station

Los Angeles Metro station

drop tower ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California

American television and movie studio by Microsoft

Dayseeker is an American post-hardcore band formed in Orange County, California, in 2012. The group consists of vocalist Rory Rodriguez, bassist Ramone Valerio and drummer Zac Mayfield. They are currently signed to Spinefarm Records and have released six studio albums. Their most recent studio album, Creature in the Black Night, was released on October 24, 2025.

video gaming web series hosted by Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan

HackerOne Inc. is a cybersecurity operations technology company managed by certified information system security professionals who conduct vulnerability threat assessments to identify bugs found on a website, application or server. It was one of the first companies to embrace and utilize crowd-sourced security and cybersecurity researchers as linchpins of its business model; pioneering bug bounty and coordinated vulnerability disclosure. As of December 2022, HackerOne's network had paid over $230 million in bounties. HackerOne's customers include U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of De

American nonprofit

HashiCorp, Inc. is an American software company with a freemium business model based in San Francisco, California. HashiCorp provides tools and products that enable developers, operators and security professionals to provision, secure, run and connect cloud-computing infrastructure. It was founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar. The company name HashiCorp is a portmanteau of co-founder last name Hashimoto and Corporation.

volcano observatory in Eastern California

Annual music festival in Sacramento, California

American animal advocacy nonprofit

U.S. financial services company

American financial services company

Los Angeles Metro station