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title: "Claris: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: ", is a computer software development company formed as a subsidiary company of Apple Computer in 1987. It was given the source code and copyrights to several programs that were owned by Apple, notably MacWrite and MacPaint, in order to separate Apple's application software activities from its hardware and operating systems activities."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-claris
type: Organization
wikidata: Q1095605
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claris
website: https://www.claris.com
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Claris

> , is a computer software development company formed as a subsidiary company of Apple Computer in 1987. It was given the source code and copyrights to several programs that were owned by Apple, notably MacWrite and MacPaint, in order to separate Apple's application software activities from its hardware and operating systems activities.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1987-01-01
- Headquarters: Cupertino
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.claris.com
- Also known as: Claris Inc., Claris International, Claris International Inc.
- Industries: software industry

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/ClarisOfficial

## Ownership

Parent: [Apple Inc.](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-apple-inc.md)

## Products

- software

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Claris, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-claris#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1095605, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claris

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