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▸ COMPANY PROFILE

Corsair Gaming, Inc.

United States · Founded 1994

www.corsair.com ↗
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Biggest hype missCorsair K100 RGBCorsair markets the K100's iCUE software as seamless, but users on Corsair's own forum report the updater regularly failing or uninstalling itself, prompting Corsair to build a separate browser-based tool just to update firmware without iCUE.

One PixProof is too few to judge a company — this record fills in as more of its claims get checked. Last PixProof Sep 13, 2026.

Quick facts

What is Corsair Gaming, Inc.?
Corsair Gaming, Inc. is an American computer hardware and gaming peripherals company founded in January 1994 as Corsair Microsystems, originally making high-performance memory modules.
Where is Corsair Gaming, Inc. from?
United States. Headquartered in Milpitas, California, U.S.
When was Corsair Gaming, Inc. founded?
In 1994, by Andy Paul, Don Lieberman and John Beekley.
Source: Wikidata ↗

▸ ABOUT CORSAIR GAMING, INC.

Corsair Gaming, Inc. is an American computer hardware and gaming peripherals company founded in January 1994 as Corsair Microsystems, originally making high-performance memory modules. Headquartered in Milpitas, California, it now designs DRAM, power supplies, cooling systems, cases, keyboards, mice and other PC-building and gaming components, and has traded on Nasdaq under ticker CRSR since its September 2020 IPO.

▸ WHO OWNS WHAT

Subsidiaries & acquisitions on record
Origin PCFanatec

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▸ TRACK RECORD

Corsair Gaming, Inc.'s history and the 1 marketing claim we've checked, in date order — so you can see what they promised when, and how it held up.

  1. 1994Founded in Fremont, California as Corsair Microsystems by Andy Paul, Don Lieberman and John Beekley, initially producing L2 cache modules.
  2. 2007Corsair reincorporated in Delaware.
  3. 2018Corsair acquired Elgato Gaming in June, adding streaming hardware to its lineup.
  4. 2019Corsair acquired custom PC builder Origin PC in July.
  5. 2020Corsair completed its IPO on Nasdaq under ticker CRSR in September.
  6. 2023Corsair acquired Drop (formerly Massdrop) in July.
  7. Jan 18, 2023CLAIM · Corsair K100 RGB"Corsair's iCUE software delivers a seamless, dependable control experience for the K100."→ 🔴 BYE THE HYPE Read the PixProof →
  8. 2024Corsair acquired the Fanatec sim-racing product line in September.

Claim dates come from when the claim's own source was published; "Checked" means we couldn't date the claim, so it sits at the date we verified it.

▸ SOCIAL PRESENCE

▸ NOTABLE PRODUCTS

Vengeance DDR5 memoryVengeance DDR5 memoryView / Buy →
K70 mechanical gaming keyboardK70 mechanical gaming keyboardView / Buy →
iCUE LINK (RGB and device control ecosystem)
Elgato (streaming gear, acquired 2018)View / Buy →

▸ SOURCES