Razer Inc. is an American-Singaporean[4][5][6] multinational corporation and technology company that makes, develops, and sells consumer electronics, financial services, and gaming hardware.
The current iteration of Razer was founded in 2005 by Min-Liang Tan, a Singaporean NUS graduate,[8] and Robert Krakoff after they procured the rights to the Razer brand following a large investment from Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing and Singaporean holding company Temasek Holdings.
[24] In April 2018, Razer announced that it was planning to fully acquire the e-payments platform MOL for about $61 million.
[27] On 21 December 2018, Razer announced its new seven-story South-east Asia headquarters in the one-north subzone of Queenstown, Singapore.
[28] Razer held its ground-breaking ceremony on 22 February 2019, with a new digital real estate start-up called Echo Base launched the same day.
Razer suggests that users may be able to transfer purchases to other storefront platforms like Google Play if developers and publishers agree to such.
[34] In October 2020, Razer announced it was launching a new virtual prepaid debit card starting with Singapore in January 2021.
[37] In February 2021, CEO Tan Min-Liang announced that Razer will move its Singapore headquarters to a much larger building that would open in the second quarter of 2021.
Most Razer products are named after predatory or venomous animals, ranging from snakes (mice), insects (mouse mats), arachnids (keyboards), marine creatures (audio), and felines (console peripherals).
[6][54] The mask is designed to allow lip-reading by seeing facial cues when people talk, with LED lights to illuminate the wearer's face in dark environments.
[57] In April 2024, a proposed settlement was announced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that would require Razer to issue over $1.1 million in refunds to customers who purchased Zephyr masks, which the FTC alleges Razer made misleading statements about and failed to have tested by either the Food and Drug Administration or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
With the software, several functions of Razer products can be set, such as RGB lighting, pooling rate, DPI, key profiles, tracking distance, and more.