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Animoto

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Animoto generates custom, professional-looking slideshows from user-uploaded music and photos. Their “patent-pending Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology and high-end motion design” drives the web app. They say the Cinematic A.I. analyzes users’ photos and music like an actual director and editor. For instance, to analyze music the genre, song structure, energy, rhythm, instrumentation, and vocals are all taken into consideration.

Once completed, videos can be emailed, downloaded and embedded into other sites. The company says no two videos are ever the same.

Animoto’s founders have a good amount of experience in the entertainment industry having produced shows for MTV, Comedy Central and ABC among other things. The company is based in New York City, but also has an office in San Francisco.

Slide and RockYou are Animoto’s biggest competitors, but the company sees them more as potential partners since neither is doing what Animoto is doing.

In May 2008 Amazon funded the startup with an undisclosed amount.

As of June 2008, Animoto videos can be purchased on DVD or downloaded in DVD-quality formats directly from the Animoto website, and users can enjoy their videos on computers, televisions, and even large projection screens.

Milestones

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  Animoto added Brad Garlinghouse as Member, Board of Directors. (4/10/12)
  Posted 5/15/12 at 9:45am
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  Animoto added Brad Garlinghouse as Member, Board of Directors. (4/1/12)
  Posted 5/15/12 at 9:44am
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  Animoto added Siddharth Jain as VP, Engineering. (3/1/12)
  Posted 3/22/12 at 10:45pm
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  Animoto added Ben Spero as board of directors. (6/29/11)
  Posted 6/28/11 at 11:39pm
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  Animoto added Chris Korhonen as UX Designer. (1/1/09)
  Posted 1/13/11 at 6:22pm
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  Animoto added Matt McIlwain as Board of Directors.
  Posted 6/17/09 at 8:11pm
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  Animoto added Steve Jang as Advisor.
  Posted 5/5/09 at 11:54am
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  Animoto added Tom Clifton as Co-Founder & Creative Director.
  Posted 9/6/07 at 3:55am
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  Animoto added Stevie Clifton as Co-Founder & CTO.
  Posted 9/6/07 at 3:54am
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  Animoto added Jason Hsiao as Co-Founder & President.
  Posted 9/6/07 at 3:54am
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  Animoto received $25M in Series C funding. (6/29/11)
  Posted 6/29/11 at 8:13am via techcrunch.com
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  Animoto received $4.4M in Series B funding. (6/18/09)
  Posted 6/17/09 at 8:03pm via techcrunch.com
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  Animoto received $600k in Series A funding. (8/1/07)
  Posted 8/25/08 at 10:05pm
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  Animoto — Announces 250,000 users, 4 million videos, 50 million views (8/26/08)
  Posted 8/25/08 at 11:05pm

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Animoto

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Website	animoto.com
Stage	Live
Tags	photos, music, slideshow, video, ad-supported-software

Animoto is a web application that, with the click of a button, produces videos using images and music that a user selects. Using their patent-pending Artificial Intelligence developed to think like an actual editor & director, the resulting video has the emotional impact of a movie trailer and the visual energy of a music video.

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2. Animoto Is Already Cash-Flow Positive, Raises Another Round To Go To 11 (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Animoto In It To Win It, Takes $25 Million In Third Venture Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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