Comments on: Amazon Funds Animoto Music Video Creator http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:55:45 -0800 hourly 1 By: Animoto Is Already Cash-Flow Positive, Raises Another Round To Go To 11 | Stoth http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2809426 Animoto Is Already Cash-Flow Positive, Raises Another Round To Go To 11 | Stoth Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:23:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2809426 [...] has raised $5 million in funding total so far, including money from Amazon back in May that was rolled into this round. Prior to that a group of personal investors provided [...] [...] has raised $5 million in funding total so far, including money from Amazon back in May that was rolled into this round. Prior to that a group of personal investors provided [...]

]]> By: Animoto Is Already Cash-Flow Positive, Raises Another Round To Go To 11 | Viningmedia Nieuws http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2809359 Animoto Is Already Cash-Flow Positive, Raises Another Round To Go To 11 | Viningmedia Nieuws Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:39:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2809359 [...] has raised $5 million in funding total so far, including money from Amazon back in May that was rolled into this round. Prior to that a group of personal investors provided [...] [...] has raised $5 million in funding total so far, including money from Amazon back in May that was rolled into this round. Prior to that a group of personal investors provided [...]

]]> By: Animoto Is Already Cash-Flow Positive, But Raises Another Round To Go To 11 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2809334 Animoto Is Already Cash-Flow Positive, But Raises Another Round To Go To 11 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:18:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2809334 [...] has raised $5 million in funding total so far, including money from Amazon back in May that was rolled into this round. Prior to that a group of personal investors provided [...] [...] has raised $5 million in funding total so far, including money from Amazon back in May that was rolled into this round. Prior to that a group of personal investors provided [...]

]]> By: Animoto - Slide Shows From Scratch - 4-U | FOOLSVILLE 2.0 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2497654 Animoto - Slide Shows From Scratch - 4-U | FOOLSVILLE 2.0 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:37:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2497654 [...] Amazon Funds Animoto Music Video Creator Fool Factor: 3.5 Share and Enjoy: [...] [...] Amazon Funds Animoto Music Video Creator Fool Factor: 3.5 Share and Enjoy: [...]

]]> By: Next-gen UGC web app from Animoto « Spin On Demand http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2455812 Next-gen UGC web app from Animoto « Spin On Demand Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:12:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2455812 [...] 5:21PM: Further digging revealed that Animoto is, in fact, using Amazon’s cloud computing platform to deliver this [...] [...] 5:21PM: Further digging revealed that Animoto is, in fact, using Amazon’s cloud computing platform to deliver this [...]

]]> By: Happy Birthday Animoto. You Guys Make Me Happy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2447444 Happy Birthday Animoto. You Guys Make Me Happy Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:55:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2447444 [...] date they’ve taken two rounds of financing, including an undisclosed amount from Amazon in May [...] [...] date they’ve taken two rounds of financing, including an undisclosed amount from Amazon in May [...]

]]> By: Low Han Yew’s Journal» Blog Archive » Need Help Creating Videos? Animoto! http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2392233 Low Han Yew’s Journal» Blog Archive » Need Help Creating Videos? Animoto! Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:59:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2392233 [...] Animoto (Education Version) Animoto Coupon Codes Animoto Google Video - 60 Seconds Introduction What TechCrunch says… What PC World says… What Google [...] [...] Animoto (Education Version) Animoto Coupon Codes Animoto Google Video – 60 Seconds Introduction What TechCrunch says… What PC World says… What Google [...]

]]> By: Terence Swee http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2371450 Terence Swee Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:44:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2371450 Congratulations to our friends at Animoto on getting funded. These guys keep us on our toes! :-) Phillip Molly Malone and Batterylife: If you are looking for music video mashups for your videos AND photos in several unique styles, try muvee (www.muvee.com) Started by a bunch of musician-researcher-geeks, we have been doing this for 7 years now. Our technology powers the music video creation on Nokia and LG phones and Nikon S-Series Cameras. Our PC apps are installed on HP Consumer notebooks and desktops. We recently launched an online version of it here: www.shwup.com Try it and let us know what you think. Its in beta, and we are putting more features each month. TS (founder-CEO, muvee) (San Francisco/Singapore/Tokyo/Seoul) Congratulations to our friends at Animoto on getting funded. These guys keep us on our toes! :-)

Phillip Molly Malone and Batterylife: If you are looking for music video mashups for your videos AND photos in several unique styles, try muvee (www.muvee.com)

Started by a bunch of musician-researcher-geeks, we have been doing this for 7 years now. Our technology powers the music video creation on Nokia and LG phones and Nikon S-Series Cameras. Our PC apps are installed on HP Consumer notebooks and desktops. We recently launched an online version of it here: http://www.shwup.com
Try it and let us know what you think. Its in beta, and we are putting more features each month.

TS (founder-CEO, muvee) (San Francisco/Singapore/Tokyo/Seoul)

]]> By: Batterylife http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2299466 Batterylife Thu, 15 May 2008 19:50:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2299466 If you are looking to create slick stuff, quickly in less time then it would take to finish a cup of joe - my God man- Animoto rocks!. Just waiting for the higher quality video files for full screen use that is on the horizon. Unlimited member and its been great. J If you are looking to create slick stuff, quickly in less time then it would take to finish a cup of joe – my God man- Animoto rocks!.

Just waiting for the higher quality video files for full screen use that is on the horizon.

Unlimited member and its been great.

J

]]> By: joe http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2299306 joe Thu, 15 May 2008 18:41:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2299306 Congrats to Animoto on their financing...they're sharp folks, I know they'll use it well. I'm impressed their technology was able to detect the odd time signature of that Pink Floyd song. Most drummer's can't even do that :) To Comment #8 above: AINAL, but I think the 30 second song sample would fall under "Fair Use" due to it's short length. Animoto also has longer videos so that would still be an issue... Congrats to Animoto on their financing…they’re sharp folks, I know they’ll use it well.

I’m impressed their technology was able to detect the odd time signature of that Pink Floyd song. Most drummer’s can’t even do that :)

To Comment #8 above: AINAL, but I think the 30 second song sample would fall under “Fair Use” due to it’s short length. Animoto also has longer videos so that would still be an issue…

]]> By: Peter Antypas http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2299161 Peter Antypas Thu, 15 May 2008 17:25:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2299161 So now we know what the real reason for the Amazon cloud is: - Crowdsource idea development, by making the entrepreneur pay for the infrastructure cost. - When something becomes successful (only 1/1000 consumer apps do), acquire a stake in it - Wait and pray for an exit, all the while covering the cost of the cloud from other operations - Profit! So Amazon is using their cloud as a form of venture capital. Brilliant ;) So now we know what the real reason for the Amazon cloud is:

- Crowdsource idea development, by making the entrepreneur pay for the infrastructure cost.
- When something becomes successful (only 1/1000 consumer apps do), acquire a stake in it
- Wait and pray for an exit, all the while covering the cost of the cloud from other operations
- Profit!

So Amazon is using their cloud as a form of venture capital. Brilliant ;)

]]> By: Phillip Molly Malone http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298869 Phillip Molly Malone Thu, 15 May 2008 15:20:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298869 Congrats on the investment! Hope you are working on incorporating video and have to agree that thsearching of Flickr by Tag would be Huge. You could add a tag like am1 or anything to pick each photo you wanted to use and not have to move them into a set (on top of just the tagging you already have done). Keep up the great work. Molly PS. I am an unlimited member and the service rocks! Congrats on the investment! Hope you are working on incorporating video and have to agree that thsearching of Flickr by Tag would be Huge. You could add a tag like am1 or anything to pick each photo you wanted to use and not have to move them into a set (on top of just the tagging you already have done).

Keep up the great work.
Molly
PS. I am an unlimited member and the service rocks!

]]> By: Animoto Blows http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298795 Animoto Blows Thu, 15 May 2008 14:41:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298795 Really??? Animoto funded by Amazon? Why..... The application is fun to use - about one time. After that it is boring....Would love to see the abondment rate after initial use. Also - love how TechCrunch is using the Pink Floyd song "money" on it's home page. Does TechCrunch have the rights to use that song in a public forum? Does Animoto own the rights? Does Amazon own the rights? That is one of the major problems of the application is the viral use of artists music - people don't own the rights to use virally!! So this will be perfect for Amazon since they have deep pockets and can afford to settle a massive lawsuit. Really???

Animoto funded by Amazon? Why…..

The application is fun to use – about one time. After that it is boring….Would love to see the abondment rate after initial use.

Also – love how TechCrunch is using the Pink Floyd song “money” on it’s home page. Does TechCrunch have the rights to use that song in a public forum? Does Animoto own the rights? Does Amazon own the rights?

That is one of the major problems of the application is the viral use of artists music – people don’t own the rights to use virally!!

So this will be perfect for Amazon since they have deep pockets and can afford to settle a massive lawsuit.

]]> By: PanMan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298676 PanMan Thu, 15 May 2008 13:25:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298676 I don't have any insight in their finances, but I can guess it was either boom or bust for them: They use (or used) 4000 EC2 instances, according to the Rightscale blog: http://blog.rightscale.com/2008/04/23/animoto-facebook-scale-up/ While this is much cheaper than buying 4000 servers, it would cost them a minimum of $288.000/month, without bandwidth or storage fees. That's quite a burn rate for a small startup. On the other hand, with that growth rate, they are one of the best showcases of Amazons platforms scalability. Without Amazon I think the company could have never managed scaling from a few to thousands of servers in a few weeks. So it makes sense for Amazon to keep them alive. Not saying they don't have a cool service, I love their success story, it's one of the great examples of cloud computing. I don’t have any insight in their finances, but I can guess it was either boom or bust for them: They use (or used) 4000 EC2 instances, according to the Rightscale blog: http://blog.rig...ebook-scale-up/
While this is much cheaper than buying 4000 servers, it would cost them a minimum of $288.000/month, without bandwidth or storage fees. That’s quite a burn rate for a small startup.
On the other hand, with that growth rate, they are one of the best showcases of Amazons platforms scalability. Without Amazon I think the company could have never managed scaling from a few to thousands of servers in a few weeks. So it makes sense for Amazon to keep them alive.
Not saying they don’t have a cool service, I love their success story, it’s one of the great examples of cloud computing.

]]> By: Stevie Clifton http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298656 Stevie Clifton Thu, 15 May 2008 13:12:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298656 With our cash infusion we are planning on hiring a cadre of developers to tackle the green screen conundrum, and another group to solve the mysterious PNG problem :). Seriously, we're all excited to get a bit more money in the door so we can bring more people on board, release more features, and keep on innovating. And Carlton, we chose the green screen specifically because of its "movie trailer" feel (and coincidentally it matches the TC color scheme nicely!), but we're always open to suggestions. You can send all burning desires for specific features to feedback@animoto.com. -stevie, animoto cto With our cash infusion we are planning on hiring a cadre of developers to tackle the green screen conundrum, and another group to solve the mysterious PNG problem :) .

Seriously, we’re all excited to get a bit more money in the door so we can bring more people on board, release more features, and keep on innovating. And Carlton, we chose the green screen specifically because of its “movie trailer” feel (and coincidentally it matches the TC color scheme nicely!), but we’re always open to suggestions. You can send all burning desires for specific features to feedback@animoto.com.

-stevie, animoto cto

]]> By: Amazon Funds AWS Darling Animoto « HighContrast http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298596 Amazon Funds AWS Darling Animoto « HighContrast Thu, 15 May 2008 12:39:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298596 [...] My friend Stevie Clifton, CTO at Animoto, pinged me early this morning with the news that Amazon has funded his company. This comes on the heels of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos using Animoto as a great example of how to [...] [...] My friend Stevie Clifton, CTO at Animoto, pinged me early this morning with the news that Amazon has funded his company. This comes on the heels of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos using Animoto as a great example of how to [...]

]]> By: Ouriel Ohayon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298560 Ouriel Ohayon Thu, 15 May 2008 12:16:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298560 Jeff Bezos was hanging next to me at SXSW where i met the animoto guys. I realize now it might not have been a total coincidence Jeff Bezos was hanging next to me at SXSW where i met the animoto guys. I realize now it might not have been a total coincidence

]]> By: Carlton Reid http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298559 Carlton Reid Thu, 15 May 2008 12:15:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298559 I've been using Animoto since the early days. It was great then, brilliant now, and more to come. But the blank green screen is a hopeless teaser. Is adding a snapshot of the content really such a tech hurdle? I’ve been using Animoto since the early days. It was great then, brilliant now, and more to come.

But the blank green screen is a hopeless teaser. Is adding a snapshot of the content really such a tech hurdle?

]]> By: Animoto: When scalability becomes a matter of prosperity or death http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298552 Animoto: When scalability becomes a matter of prosperity or death Thu, 15 May 2008 12:12:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298552 [...] news: Amazon invests in Animoto! Good call Jeff and Werner [...] [...] news: Amazon invests in Animoto! Good call Jeff and Werner [...]

]]> By: Amazon invierte en Animoto http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298543 Amazon invierte en Animoto Thu, 15 May 2008 12:08:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298543 [...] ha realizado una inversión en Animoto, un servicio de creación de vídeos musicales que se lanzó el pasado mes de agosto y [...] [...] ha realizado una inversión en Animoto, un servicio de creación de vídeos musicales que se lanzó el pasado mes de agosto y [...]

]]> By: laloj http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298537 laloj Thu, 15 May 2008 12:05:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298537 http://www.tech-exposed.com I've never used them. Guess I'll give them a look now. How can I get Amazon to invest in me?? http://www.tech-exposed.com

I’ve never used them. Guess I’ll give them a look now.
How can I get Amazon to invest in me??

]]> By: Orli Yakuel http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298522 Orli Yakuel Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298522 I'm not surprises that someone is interested in Animoto, I'm just surprised it's Amazon... Anyway, great news for them, it really is a unique service! I’m not surprises that someone is interested in Animoto, I’m just surprised it’s Amazon…

Anyway, great news for them, it really is a unique service!

]]> By: DC Crowley http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298507 DC Crowley Thu, 15 May 2008 11:52:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298507 excellent! Animoto rocks! excellent! Animoto rocks!

]]> By: Faisal http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-2298474 Faisal Thu, 15 May 2008 11:29:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/amazon-funds-animoto-music-video-creator/#comment-2298474 Search does not work on techcrunch. It is not getting fixed for past three months now. I am saying it again and again. Search does not work on techcrunch. It is not getting fixed for past three months now. I am saying it again and again.

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