Cloudinary Explained

Cloudinary Ltd.
Type:Private
Founder:Itai Lahan (CEO)
Tal Lev-Ami (CTO)
Nadav Soferman (CPO)
Location City:Santa Clara, California
Num Employees:325 (Oct 2021)
Location Country:United States
Foundation:2012
Area Served:Worldwide
Industry:Technology
Products:Image and video management

Cloudinary is a SaaS technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with offices in Israel, England, Poland, and Singapore. The company provides cloud-based image and video management services. It enables users to upload, store, manage, manipulate, and deliver images and video for websites and apps.[1] [2]

History

Cloudinary was founded in 2011 in Israel[3] by Itai Lahan (CEO), Tal Lev-Ami (CTO), and Nadav Soferman (CPO). Cloudinary grew organically, building a profitable SaaS service, without venture capital funding.[4] In 2015, the company received a strategic investment from Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP),[5] which was BVP's 100th investment in cloud companies.[6]

In 2014, Cloudinary announced fully integrated image processing add-ons leveraging technologies by Imagga, URL2PNG, Aspose, WebPurify and others.[7] In 2015, Cloudinary opened its U.S. headquarters in Palo Alto, California, and added video management to its services.[8] In 2019, the company moved to Santa Clara, California, and launched tools for responsive breakpoint generation.[9] Cloudinary was named among Forbes' The Cloud 100 Rising Stars 2019.[10]

On 7 April 2020, Cloudinary launched its upgraded WordPress plug-in for streamlined picture and video processing, and revealed its designation as a WordPress VIP Platform Partner, a select group of partners evaluated for consistency, protection, ease of use and size.[11]

Cloudinary also has Cloudinary React SDK, which is a library that provides a convenient way to integrate Cloudinary's media management capabilities into React applications. It offers a range of components and hooks that enable developers to easily upload, manipulate, and display images and videos from Cloudinary in their React applications.[12]

Easily save the Image to Cloudinary and image URLs to MongoDB database through API in react's framework Next Js.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cloudinary Features Overview. cloudinary.com.
  2. Web site: Delgado. Rick. 4 Interesting Business Ideas Utilizing the Cloud. Tech.co. Tech Cocktail. 5 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Pozin. Ilya. 24 Israeli Companies You Should Watch For. Forbes. 16 September 2015.
  4. Web site: Bootstrapping a SaaS for Developers with Itai Lahan. softwareengineeringdaily.com. Software engineering daily. 30 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Cloudinary Raises Funding from Bessemer Venture Partners. www.finsmes.com. FINSMES. 20 December 2015.
  6. Web site: Fisher. Adam. 20 Years of Betting Big on the Cloud: Cloudinary is Bessemer's 100th Cloud Investment. www.bvp.com. Bessemer Venture Partners. 16 December 2015. 13 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816054811/https://www.bvp.com/blog/20-years-betting-big-on-cloud-cloudinary-bessemer%E2%80%99s-100th-cloud-investment. 16 August 2016. dead.
  7. Web site: Cloudinary Expands One-Stop Shop for Cloud-Based Image Management; Announces New Image Processing Add-Ons. www.businesswire.com. Business Wire. 5 March 2014.
  8. Web site: Dove. Jackie. Cloudinary adds video to its roster of services. thenextweb.com. The Next Web. 5 May 2015.
  9. Web site: Soferman. Nadav. Responsive Image Breakpoints Generator, A New Open Source Tool. www.smashingmagazine.com. Smashing Magazine. 26 January 2016.
  10. Web site: The Cloud 100 Rising Stars 2019: Meet The 20 Up-And-Comers in Tech's Hottest Category. Cai. Kenrick. Forbes. en. 2020-03-26.
  11. Web site: 7 April 2020. Cloudinary Launches Enhanced WordPress Plugin, Named a WordPress VIP Technology Partner. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200410112810/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200407005190/en/Cloudinary-Launches-Enhanced-WordPress-Plugin-Named-WordPress . 2020-04-10 . 24 August 2020. businesswire.
  12. Web site: 5 April 2023. Upload Images to Cloudinary With React JS. mridul.tech. en.
  13. Web site: 19 Feb 2024. Cloudinary Setup In Next.Js: A Step-By-Step. techayu.com. en.