📁Shade Raises $14M to Revolutionize Cloud Storage for Agencies
Your cloud storage just got a whole lot smarter
TL;DR
Shade, a cloud storage platform designed for agencies and teams, has raised $14 million in funding. The company offers natural language search powered by auto-tagging, making it easy to find specific moments in videos.
Shade is a game-changer for teams that need to collaborate on large files. With its AI-powered search and collaboration platform, users can search for specific scenes or moments in videos using keywords. The company has raised $14 million in funding led by Khosla Ventures, Construct Capital, and Bling Capital. Shade's founders had been friends since high school and have a deep understanding of the needs of their target market. The platform uses facial recognition for labeled individuals and offers a 'streamable' file system that lets users mount their cloud storage to their local filesystem.
Key Points
Shade has raised a total of $20 million in funding from investors including General Catalyst, SignalFire, and Contrary.
The company offers a $20 per seat, per month plan for small teams, including unlimited drives, AI indexing, and 500GB of active storage per seat.
Shade's search system identifies exact moments in videos matching a search query, with users able to search for specific scenes or moments using keywords.
The platform uses facial recognition for labeled individuals and offers a 'streamable' file system that lets users mount their cloud storage to their local filesystem.
Shade has a plan to improve its search across different file types, including images, videos, and documents.
Why It Matters
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