makes software for creating, producing, and performing music. Since the company was founded by Berlin-based programmers Bernd Roggendorf and Gerhard Behles in 1999, more than seventy developers and business professionals have joined Ableton—many of them active musicians or DJs. Ableton headquarters are in Berlin, Germany. In 2006, the US subsidiary, Ableton Inc., was incorporated in New York City. The flagship product, Live, was introduced to the market in 2001.
