What year was Apple Inc. founded?

1976 is correct because the company that became Apple Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. They started as Apple Computer Company and debuted the Apple I that year; the firm incorporated in 1977 and later renamed itself Apple Inc. in 2007 to reflect products beyond computers. The other dates mark different milestones: 1980 was the IPO, while 1974 and 1978 don’t align