Daimler-Benz AG was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motor vehicles, and internal combustion engines; which was founded in 1926. An Agreement of Mutual Interest which was valid until year 2000 was signed on 1 May 1924 between Karl Benz's Benz & Cie., and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, which had been founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. Daimler had died in 1900 and Maybach had left in 1907.