Netflix is an American technology and media services provider and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California. It was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in California. The company's core business is a paid subscription video streaming service. Subscribers can watch an extensive archive of various movies and TV series online. This includes Netflix-produced movies and series. As of April 2020, Netflix has 193 million paid subscribers worldwide and 73 million in the US.