EyeEm

EyeEm
Type of businessPrivately held company
Type of site
HeadquartersKohlfurter Str 41/43,
Berlin
,
Germany
Area servedWorldwide
Owner
Founder(s)
  • Florian Meissner
  • Ramzi Rizk
  • Gen Sadakane
  • Lorenz Aschoff
CEOFlorian Meissner
EmployeesOver 70
URLwww.eyeem.com
Launched2011; 13 years ago (2011)
Current statusActive

EyeEm (originally Eye'em), pronounced "I am",[1] is a German technology company that provides services related to photography. It was co-founded by Florian Meissner, Ramzi Rizk, Gen Sadakane, and Lorenz Aschoff in Berlin in 2011.[2][3]

With a community of over 18 million users and 70 million photos as of August 2016,[4] the company uses artificial intelligence to find the images to license to brands, agencies or individuals.[5] Eyeem.com and the EyeEm mobile app offer photographers the ability to share photographs and discuss photography.[6]

In June 2021, it was acquired by Talenthouse.[7] In October 2023, six months after the German company filed for bankruptcy,[8] it was announced that EyeEm had been acquired by Freepik.[9]

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  2. ^ Pakarklis, Emil (2014-07-03). "How Flo Meissner Created EyeEm Photo Sharing Network". iPhone Photography School. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  3. ^ "German Handelsregister - EyeEm". Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  4. ^ Cade, DL (2016-07-27). "Exclusive: EyeEm Wooing Flickr Users, Opens Up Web Uploader to Everyone". PetaPixel. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  5. ^ Scott, Mark (2015-09-18). "From EyeEm, Technology to See and Tag Photos". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  6. ^ Lee, Tyler (2015-04-16). "EyeEm Wants To Help You Sell Your Smartphone Photos but they won't pay you even if they have commissioned work from you, they won't pay you". Ubergizmo. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  7. ^ Butcher, Mike (29 March 2022). "Talenthouse flotation finally reveals a $40M exit for EyeEm, Europe's almost-Instagram". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  8. ^ "EyeEm, once Europe's challenger to Instagram, files for bankruptcy". Tech.eu. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  9. ^ "Freepik completes acquisition of stock photography firm EyeEm". Business Leader. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-21.