It looks like the capital continues to flow into startups looking to provide some easy way for users to share GIFs, with another startup called Emogi announcing today that it’s raised $12.6 million in a new financing round. Already there’s an enormous activity in the GIF space, of all things. Google earlier this year acquired […]
View More GIF and sticker platform Emogi gets $12.6M as the battle of GIF startups continues to heat upCategory: Tenor
Gfycat starts rolling out 360 degree GIF content
GIFs offer a way to compress a ton of information into a small amount of space, and while Gfycat has positioned itself as more of a short-form video centric platform, it’s going to take a step further to see what a step beyond a standard GIF looks like. The company today said it would be […]
View More Gfycat starts rolling out 360 degree GIF contentGfycat ramps up its focus on game clips and highlights as it hits 180M monthly users
Gfycat is already a pretty popular host for lots of content like short clips from shows and movies, but there’s also a pretty substantial store of content centered around gaming — which is why the company is starting to put some extra focus on it. Gfycat, which is centered around creator tools to make those […]
View More Gfycat ramps up its focus on game clips and highlights as it hits 180M monthly usersGIF search is coming to LinkedIn messaging through Google’s GIF engine Tenor
Tenor is now going to exclusively power GIF searches in LinkedIn messaging after Google a few weeks ago, adding yet another service to its already pretty large portfolio of messaging platforms. Tenor has long positioned itself as a GIF search tool working across a number of different platforms, ranging from its own keyboard to Facebook […]
View More GIF search is coming to LinkedIn messaging through Google’s GIF engine TenorGfycat looks to be a hub of content for AR experience development
If all goes well, some GIF creators may start seeing their GIFs show up in augmented reality experiences, based on a new deal that’s happening with Gfycat this morning. Gfycat said it would be working with a company called Metaverse that, like many tools of its kind, is looking to make it easier to build […]
View More Gfycat looks to be a hub of content for AR experience developmentGiphy held talks to raise a massive new funding round
We’re hearing from a number of sources that Giphy, the big platform for hosting GIFs that also runs a GIF keyboard, held talks to raise huge new financing round — though it’s not clear if it ever crossed the finish line. Sources pegged the round at something as high as around $100 million, but that may have changed over time. We’ve been hearing about this for some time… Read More
Tenor hits 12B searches in its GIF keyboard every month
David McIntosh’s startup Tenor builds a GIF keyboard — but he actually hopes you’ll spend as little time searching on it as possible.
Instead, Tenor’s aim has been to collapse the amount of time it takes for you to find a GIF you like and send it to a friend. Instead of trying to get people to come to the service and kind browse around on the keyboard or a different… Read More