Beamr makes video and image compression software. Its core technology, Content-Adaptive Bitrate (CABR), reduces video file sizes by up to 50% while preserving visual quality — meaning compressed video looks identical to the original to human viewers and ML models alike. CABR works by re-encoding each video frame at progressively lower bitrates until it finds the smallest file size that remains perceptually identical to the original, using Beamr's proprietary Beamr Quality Measure (BQM) algorithm to assess quality. Beamr sells to two customer types: Media and Entertainment (M&E) companies — including Netflix, Paramount, and JioHotstar — that use Beamr to cut storage and delivery costs, and autonomous vehicle (AV) developers that use Beamr to compress massive training video datasets without degrading ML model accuracy. Beamr sells primarily through direct enterprise sales and licenses its software under annual or multi-year contracts, with a transition underway toward usage-based, metered billing as Beamr expands its cloud and GPU-accelerated products. Beamr's GPU-accelerated product, NVENC-CABR, is built on NVIDIA's hardware encoder and is available on AWS and Oracle Cloud. Beamr is early-stage, with several proof-of-concept engagements underway with Tier-1 AV developers that it aims to convert into commercial contracts. Beamr's product portfolio spans AVC and HEVC software encoders, a JPEG recompression tool (JPEGmini), and an AV-specific video compression solution launched in 2025. Beamr holds 53 issued patents covering core aspects of its CABR and BQM technology.
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