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Gen (NASDAQ: GEN) is a global company dedicated to powering Digital Freedom through its trusted Cyber Safety brands, Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender and CCleaner. There’s a new generation, and it’s not Gen X, Y, or Z. It’s Gen D: Generation Digital. Our family of consumer brands is rooted in providing safety for the first digital generations. Now, Gen empowers people to live their digital lives safely, privately, and confidently today and for generations to come. We bring award-winning products and services in cybersecurity, online privacy and identity protection to more than 500 million users in more than 150 countries. Learn more at GenDigital.com.
Overview
Location
United States, Arizona, Tempe
Employees
1001-5000
Founded date
2022
Mentions in press and media 23
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| Sep 24, 2026 | Norton maker Gen Digital in talks to acquire GoDaddy in potential takeover, Financial Times reports | Gen Digital, the cybersecurity company behind Norton and Avast, has approached GoDaddy about a potential acquisition that could bring one of the internet’s largest domain registrars under the same roof as some of the best-known names in con... |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Gen Digital raises annual forecast on strong cybersecurity demand | Aug 6 : Gen Digital raised full-year revenue and profit forecast on Thursday, signaling robust demand for its family of cybersecurity products in the face of growing AI-powered online threats. The digital security company has been capitaliz... |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Every World Cup fan deserves a seat. Norton Neo says its free browser is the ticket | Presented by Norton For 39 days this summer, the planet will be doing roughly the same thing at the same time. The 2026 World Cup spans 104 matches across 16 cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with billions of people likely to... |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Gen Digital overturns $481 million patent award in Columbia University lawsuit | WASHINGTON, March 11 : A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday overturned a $481 million ruling that New York's Columbia University had won against software company Gen Digital for infringing patents related to cybersecurity technology. The ... |
| Jan 26, 2026 | On theCUBE Pod: BitGo’s IPO goes off with a bang, Jensen Huang wants more AI investments and tech takes over Davos Is the BitGo IPO crypto’s bellwether? AI arena stays competitive The foundry race and takeaways from Davos Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | BitGo went public last week, with more initial public offerings expected to come from the cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence sectors. Initial trading jumped 25% over offering price for BitGo, and the stock rose over 3% on the day — ... |
| Dec 30, 2025 | New ‘GhostPairing’ Technique Enables Undetected WhatsApp Access | Image: Generated via Google’s Nano Banana Hackers no longer need to break into WhatsApp accounts. They just let themselves in. Cybersecurity researchers at technology firm Gen Digital have uncovered a new attack that quietly links an attack... |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Rare APT Collaboration Emerges Between Russia and North Korea | Image generated by Google’s Nano Banana A new discovery from Gen Threat Labs indicates that Russia’s Gamaredon and North Korea’s Lazarus may be sharing operational infrastructure — a rare and concerning sign of cooperation between state-spo... |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Steve Blackford Joins PrivacyHawk as Chief Marketing Officer | PrivacyHawk, a leading consumer AI super-agent for personal data protection and automated privacy management, today announced the appointment of former LifeLock senior leader Steve Blackford as its new Chief Marketing Officer. In this role,... |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Gen Digital raises annual revenue forecast on MoneyLion integration, cybersecurity demand | Gen Digital raised its annual revenue forecast for a second consecutive quarter on Thursday, helped by robust demand for its cybersecurity products and the acquisition of fintech firm MoneyLion. A steady stream of high-profile data breaches... |
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FAQ about Gen™
When was Gen™ founded?
Gen™ was founded in 2022.
What has the press written about Gen™?
Parsers VC has collected 23 articles mentioning Gen™, among them “Norton maker Gen Digital in talks to acquire GoDaddy in potential takeover, Financial Times reports” (Sep 24, 2026) and “Gen Digital raises annual forecast on strong cybersecurity demand” (Aug 7, 2026).
Is Gen™ still active?
Yes, Gen™ is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 29, 2026.