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Zencoder (YC W10) — Video encoding API, open source video player (video.js)

Zencoder is a cloud-based video and audio encoding product suite from Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV), a leading global provider of cloud content services. The Zencoder service provides customers with high quality, reliable encoding of live and on-demand video and access to unlimited video encoding power without having to pay for, manage and scale expensive hardware and software.

Zencoder is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2010 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Video Encoding API, Open source video player (video.js). The founders listed are Jon Dahl (Founder/CEO), Steve Heffernan (Founder/Head of Product Design & Marketing), Brandon Arbini (Founder/Vice President of Product Development and Engineering) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 17, 2012).

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Zencoder

New accelerator entry · 2012-01-17 · the record

Winter 2010
batch
11
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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BatchWinter 2010
Announced2012-01-17
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size11
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Infrastructure
SectorsVideo, API
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://zencoder.com

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Zencoder is a cloud-based video and audio encoding product suite from Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV), a leading global provider of cloud content services. The Zencoder service provides customers with high quality, reliable encoding of live and on-demand video and access to unlimited video encoding power without having to pay for, manage and scale expensive hardware and software.

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