Imgix

Imgix, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, founded in 2011, employs approximately 50 individuals, and reported $5.1M in revenue as of 2023. The company operates as a visual media infrastructure platform, providing real-time image and video processing capabilities. It leverages a media content delivery network (CDN) for global distribution and a rendering engine for automated resizing, cropping, and optimization. The service integrates file-based encoding and packaging to deliver assets to various devices, and utilizes content and workflow orchestration (MAM) to facilitate asset storage, organization, and collaborative management. Initially launched via Y Combinator, the platform enables enterprises to automate visual media transformations to enhance technical performance and user engagement.