Mux (company)
| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Streaming media |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founder | Jonathan Dahl, Steve Heffernan, Matthew McClure, Adam Brown |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Products | Mux Data, Mux Video |
| Website | www.mux.com |
Mux is a video technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California.[1] Mux focuses on video streaming infrastructure software and video performance analytics.[2]
History
[edit]Mux was founded in 2015 by Jonathan Dahl, Steve Heffernan, Matthew McClure, and Adam Brown.[3] Jonathan Dahl and Steve Heffernan are the founders of Zencoder, a cloud encoding company sold to Brightcove in 2012.[4] The name “Mux” is short for “multiplexing,” a reference to combining multiple signals into one in digital media.
Mux has raised a total of $11.8m from Accel Partners, YCombinator, Lowercase Capital, Susa Ventures, SV Angel, and more.[5][3] Mux is member of Heavybit[6] and went through the YCombinator program in 2016.[7][8]
Mux's first product was a quality of service (QoS) analytics platform to measure a viewer's experience while watching video.[2][9] In 2018, Mux announced an API for video streaming[10][11] using per-title encoding,[12] a technique similar to that used by Netflix.[13]
References
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- ^ a b Chowdhry, Amit. "Mux: The Story Behind This Video Performance Analytics Service". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ a b "Video analytics service Mux raises $9 million led by Accel". VentureBeat. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ "Brightcove Acquires Cloud Encoding Vendor Zencoder, As Revenues Increase 41% To $21.6 Million In Q2 – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ "Video Analytics Startup Mux Raises $2.8M, Hopes To Make Video Streams More User-Friendly | AdExchanger". AdExchanger. 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ "Heavybit Welcomes New Member: Mux | Heavybit". Heavybit. 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ "The top 8 startups from Y Combinator Winter '16 Demo Day 2 – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ Combinator, Y. "Mux Is Google Analytics for Video". Y Combinator. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ "Here are the 59 startups that demoed at Y Combinator Winter '16 Demo Day 2 – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ "Mux Opens Early Access to Mux Video API". ProgrammableWeb. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ Dreier, Troy (2017-11-14). "Mux Branches Out With Mux Video, Promises Easy Optimization". Streaming Media Magazine. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ "Mux Launches Instant Per-Title Encoding, Improving Video Quality For Everyone". Streaming Media Magazine. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ Blog, Netflix Technology (2015-12-14). "Per-Title Encode Optimization". Netflix TechBlog. Retrieved 2018-04-18.