Beamr

About Beamr

Beamr Imaging Ltd. is a technology company specializing in video encoding, transcoding, and optimization solutions. Founded in October 2009 by Sharon Carmel and Dror Gill in Herzliya, Israel, the company aimed to address challenges in digital content delivery. Carmel, a serial entrepreneur with a background in video and software, founded previous companies like Emblaze and BeInSync. Beamr's initial focus was on photo compression, leading to the launch of its first product, JPEGmini, in 2012.

The company's business model is centered on licensing its technology and offering a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, Beamr Cloud. Revenue is generated through software sales, technology licensing, and subscription services. Beamr serves a B2B client base that includes major media companies, streaming platforms, content distributors, and Hollywood studios such as Netflix and Paramount. The company has also expanded its focus to the autonomous vehicle market, providing video compression for machine learning training data. Beamr went public on the NASDAQ (BMR) in February 2023.

Beamr's core technology is its Emmy® award-winning Content-Adaptive Bitrate (CABR) system, which can reduce video file sizes by up to 50% without compromising perceptual quality. This technology is backed by 53 international patents. The company offers a suite of software encoders and the Beamr Cloud, a GPU-accelerated video processing service available on platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The platform supports modern formats like AV1 and HEVC and is integrating AI-driven capabilities such as automatic captioning and transcription. Strategic partnerships with companies like NVIDIA, AWS, and Oracle enhance its technological capabilities and market reach.