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Animoto is a cloud-based video creation service that produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows.〔(Animoto raises $25M to invest in mobile video creation — Tech News and Analysis )〕 Animoto is based in New York City with an office in San Francisco.〔(Animoto celebrates its fifth birthday with 6 million users )〕 ==Company History== Animoto was founded in 2006 by Jason Hsiao, Brad Jefferson, Steve Clifton and Tom Clifton because of the poor video quality found on the internet.〔(Animoto: The No-Infrastructure Startup | Fast Company | Business + Innovation )〕 Animoto’s patented Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology allows users to turn photos, video clips and music into video slideshows. Animoto’s founders include former producers of ABC, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central and the Documentary Group. Animoto launched a Facebook application during the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival. The application experienced viral growth in April 2008. According to the New York Times, by mid-April, Animoto's Facebook application had nearly 750,000 people sign up in three days. At the peak, almost 25,000 people tried Animoto in a single hour. Animoto decided to use Amazon's cloud computing servers in order to meet the growing number of subscribers.〔(Animoto: When scalability becomes a matter of prosperity or death - The Next Web )〕 In June 2009, the Animoto launched an iPhone app, allowing users to create video using pictures on their mobile phone. By January 2013, the company had reached 6 million users and received a patent for its Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Animoto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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