| Industry | Software industry |
|---|---|
| Founded | December 1998 |
| Founders | Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, Luke Nosek |
| Defunct | March 2000 |
| Fate | Merged with X.com |
| Successor | PayPal, Inc. |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | PayPal |
Confinity Inc. was an American software company based in Silicon Valley, best known as the creator of PayPal. It was founded in December 1998 by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, and Luke Nosek, initially as a Palm Pilot payments and cryptography company.[1]