Pinterest, Inc. operates a visual discovery platform that helps users find inspiration and ideas for projects ranging from home design and fashion to cooking and travel. Users create and curate "Pins" — images or videos linked to content — organized on thematic boards. The service is available through its website and mobile applications and emphasizes personalized recommendations and visual search to surface relevant content based on user interests.
The company's primary revenue model is advertising, offering promoted content formats that integrate into user feeds and search results. Pinterest provides tools and ad products aimed at brands and retailers, including shopping integrations, catalog management, conversion tracking and audience targeting to help advertisers reach users with intent-driven discovery. The platform also invests in features that support commerce, such as product tagging, storefronts and partnerships that connect Pins to merchant websites.
Pinterest was founded in 2010 by Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp and Paul Sciarra and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company completed its initial public offering in April 2019. Over time Pinterest has evolved from a bookmarking-style product into a visual discovery engine that leverages machine learning to improve recommendations, visual search and personalization.
Pinterest serves a global audience, operating in multiple countries and languages through its apps and web platform. Leadership changes in recent years include the appointment of Bill Ready as chief executive officer in 2022, while co-founder Ben Silbermann transitioned to an executive chairman role. The company continues to focus on expanding commerce capabilities, improving content relevance and maintaining user safety and content moderation across its service.