{{short description|New York-based software company founded between 2006-2007}} {{Promotional|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox company | name = Kaltura, Inc. | logo = Kaltura logo-black-static.png | logo_size = 200px | type = Public | traded_as = {{NASDAQ|KLTR}} | founder = {{ubl|Ron Yekutiel|Michal Tsur|Shay David|Eran Etam}} | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Ron Yekutiel (co-founder, chairman, CEO) | industry = Video SaaS | genre = | products = Virtual event, Online video platform, Educational technology, CloudTV, Enterprise software | revenue = {{Increase}}$175.2 Million (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/kltr/revenue/|title=Kaltura stock profile}}</ref> | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 569 <small>(July 2024)</small> | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|https://corp.kaltura.com/|kaltura.com}} | footnotes = <ref name="Christine Lagorio-Chafkin">{{cite web|first=Christine|last=Lagorio-Chafkin|title=How Kaltura Went From Free-Spirited Collaboration Tool to the Future of Online Video|url=http://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/kaltura-openness-and-growth.html|access-date=September 18, 2016|work=Inc.|date=February 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Todd|last=Longwell|title=OTT Tech Provider Kaltura Scores $50M in Pre-IPO Funding|url=http://www.thevideoink.com/news/ott-tech-provider-kaltura-scores-50m-in-pre-ipo-funding/|access-date=August 24, 2016|publisher=videoink}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ron Yekutiel interview on Startup Camel Podcast|url=http://startupcamel.com/ep-62-ron-yakutiel-kaltura|access-date=February 28, 2015|publisher=Startup Camel|archive-date=August 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801145405/http://startupcamel.com/ep-62-ron-yakutiel-kaltura/|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kaltura Co-Founder and President Dr. Michal Tsur Talks About Her Start-Ups|date=April 10, 2014 |url=https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2014/04/10/kaltura-co-founder-and-president-dr-michal-tsur-talks-about-her-start-ups/|access-date=August 24, 2016|publisher=Jewish Business News}}</ref> | intl = | foundation = {{start date and age|2006}} | location_city = New York City, New York | location_country = US | location = | locations = | market cap = }}
'''Kaltura, Inc.''' is a New York-based software company founded in 2006.<ref name="urlConversation with Kaltura Founder Ron Yekutiel | CenterNetworks">{{cite web |url=http://www.centernetworks.com/conversation-with-kaltura-founder |title=Conversation with Kaltura Founder Ron Yekutiel | work=CenterNetworks }}</ref> It operates in several major markets: webinars and virtual events, enterprise video content management and online video platform (OVP), educational technology (virtual classroom), and Cloud TV software; and offers products such as a video portal, an LMS and CMS (course management system) extension, a virtual event and webinar platform, and a TV streaming app.
==History==
Kaltura was founded in the fall of 2006 and was launched at the TechCrunch40 industry event in San Francisco on September 18, 2007. At that time, the company had 20 employees, and had received $2.1 million in funding from business angels and Californian VC fund Avalon Ventures.<ref name="tc07">Mark Hendrickson: [https://techcrunch.com/2007/09/18/kaltura-wins-spot-as-40th-company-at-techcrunch40/ Kaltura Wins Spot as 40th Company at TechCrunch40] TechCrunch, September 18, 2007</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2007/12/21/open-web-awards-winners/|date=December 21, 2007|title=Open Web Awards: Final Winners Announced!|publisher=Mashable}}</ref>
In 2007, Kaltura began a partnership with the New York Public Library, whose team was headed by Joshua Greenberg, to enhance online rich media in the library's digital collection.
In January 2008, the Wikimedia Foundation and Kaltura announced that they had begun a collaboration aimed at bringing rich-media to Wikipedia and other wiki websites.<ref>[https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Invites_Users_to_Take_Part_in_Open%2C_Collaborative_Video_Experiment Wikipedia Invites Users to Take Part in Open, Collaborative Video Experiment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108072403/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Invites_Users_to_Take_Part_in_Open,_Collaborative_Video_Experiment |date=January 8, 2017 }}. Wikimedia press release, January 17, 2008</ref> The technology behind this project is a form of video-wiki software (of open source purport) that was integrated into the MediaWiki platform as an extension, allowing users to add collaborative video players that enable all users to add and edit images, sounds, diagrams, animations and movies in the same manner as they do today with text.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sawers|first=Paul|date=2012-11-08|title=Wikipedia Launches its HTML5 Video Player|url=https://thenextweb.com/media/2012/11/08/after-a-5-year-beta-period-wikipedia-finally-gets-its-html5-video-player/|access-date=2020-11-23|website=The Next Web|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-11-09|title=Wikipedia Gains a New Video Player, Thanks to Kaltura|url=https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=86100|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Streaming Media Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>
Kaltura was a sponsor of the Wikimania 2008 event, where it announced that it is sponsoring Michael Dale, a video developer, to support the further development of a 100% open source video editing solution integrated into MediaWiki.<ref>{{cite web|author=Joanie Dale says |url=http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/07/23/kaltura-sponsors-michael-dale-open-source-video-developer/ |title=Kaltura sponsors Michael Dale, open source video developer — Wikimedia blog |publisher=Blog.wikimedia.org |date=July 23, 2008 |access-date=September 13, 2013}}</ref> Kaltura is also a founder of the Open Video Alliance, a group of organizations, academics, artists and entrepreneurs, geared towards promoting open standards for video on the web.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Open Source Threatens to Disrupt, Expand Online Video Market|language=en-us|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/07/open-source-threatens-to-disrupt-expand-online-video-market/|access-date=2021-02-23|issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2011-07-14|title=BLACKBOARD : and Kaltura Partner to Offer Rich-Media Tools to Educational Institutions|url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/BLACKBOARD-INC-8523/news/BLACKBOARD-nbsp-and-Kaltura-Partner-to-Offer-Rich-Media-Tools-to-Educational-Institutions-13708340/|access-date=2021-03-23|website=www.marketscreener.com|language=en}}</ref>
Apart from serving educational institutes like Harvard, Yale, NYU, and others, Kaltura also helps media companies and telcos like Vodafone, Watch Brasil, and Bouygues Telecom, as well as enterprises like Oracle, SAP, Intel, Bank of America, and AT&T.
===From 2010-present===
In July 2011, Blackboard Inc. and Kaltura announced a partnership to integrate Kaltura's media solution in Blackboard Learn (TM) in a bid to offer rich media tools to educational institutions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=Blackboard and Kaltura Partner to Offer Rich-Media Tools to Educational Institutions|url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/BLACKBOARD-INC-8523/news/BLACKBOARD-nbsp-and-Kaltura-Partner-to-Offer-Rich-Media-Tools-to-Educational-Institutions-13708340/|access-date=2021-03-08|website=www.marketscreener.com|date=July 14, 2011 |language=en}}</ref>
In May 2014, Kaltura purchased pay TV service Tvinci to widen its scope of video solutions to include over-the-top (OTT) TV capabilities.<ref>Tom Cheredar: [https://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/kaltura-buys-tvinci-to-become-the-swiss-army-knife-of-video-platforms/ Kaltura buys Tvinci to become the Swiss army knife of video platforms] VentureBeat, May 1, 2014</ref> In August 2016, Kaltura announced that it had raised $50 million from Goldman Sachs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/08/08/open-source-video-platform-kaltura-raises-50m-from-goldman-sachs-confirms-plans-to-ipo/|date=August 8, 2016|title=Open-source video platform Kaltura raises $50M from Goldman Sachs, confirms plans to IPO|publisher=VentureBeat}}</ref> Also in 2016, Kaltura partnered with Inception, 24i Media, Encompass and Harmonic to showcase OTT experiences.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-09-07|title=Kaltura in VR Alliance|url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/09/07/kaltura-in-vr-alliance/|access-date=2021-03-08|website=Broadband TV News|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2019, Kaltura crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenues (ARR).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/22/the-100m-arr-club-welcomes-four-new-members/|title=The $100M ARR club welcomes four new members|website=TechCrunch|date=January 22, 2020 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>
Kaltura' solutions and APIs all rest on their proprietary online video platform, offering advanced video management, publishing, and monetization capabilities as well as tools for internal knowledge sharing, learning, training, collaboration, and marketing.<ref>{{cite web |title=GitHub Kaltura |website=GitHub |url=https://github.com/kaltura/server}}</ref> Kaltura built use-case-centric applications for business, media, and education to facilitate the integration of video into specific workflows, from an open, API-focused architecture. The company reportedly had a community of 160,000 registered developers (2018).<ref>{{cite web |title=Create and publish video with open source Kaltura editor |url=https://opensource.com/article/18/9/kaltura-video-editing |website=opensource.com |publisher=Don Watkins |access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref>
In April 2019, Kaltura announced its intention to develop Cloud TV with Dativa through a dedicated data lake.<ref>[https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2019/04/09/kaltura-teams-up-with-dativa-for-cloud-tv-services/ Kaltura teams up with Dativa for cloud TV services] Published by broadbandtvnews.com on April 9, 2019. Consulted on May 29, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/04/09/1799807/0/en/Kaltura-and-Dativa-Enter-Strategic-Partnership-to-Develop-Industry-First-Cloud-TV-Data-Lake.html Kaltura and Dativa Enter Strategic Partnership to Develop Industry First Cloud TV Data Lake] Published by globenewswire.com on April 9, 2019. Consulted on May 29, 2019</ref>
In early 2020 Kaltura announced its acquisition of Newrow, a platform for collaborative online meetings. The integration of Newrow's real-time communication capabilities into Kaltura's video asset management and live broadcast/webcast technology paved the way for a single comprehensive solution to power customers' multiple video needs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=136185|title = Kaltura Expands Enterprise Capabilities with Newrow Acquisition|date = January 23, 2020}}</ref>
In July 2021, Kaltura launched a $150 million IPO, listing on the Nasdaq under the symbol '''KLTR'''. In the 12 months leading up to the IPO, Kaltura booked $132 million in revenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Video SaaS provider Kaltura relaunches $150 million IPO |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/video-saas-provider-kaltura-relaunches-$150-million-ipo-2021-07-12 |website=nasdaq.com |publisher=Renaissance Capital |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>
In May 2022, Kaltura officially launched Kaltura Events, a virtual events platform with modules for event creation and management, as well as event performance measurement (analytics), and event management automation features.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Kaltura Expands Virtual Events Platform |date=May 11, 2022 |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/fr/news-release/2022/05/11/2440787/0/en/Kaltura-Expands-Virtual-Events-Platform.html/ |access-date=11 May 2022}}</ref>
In November 2022, Kaltura launched Kaltura Webinars, a cloud-based platform aimed at making webinars easy to create and manage for marketers and webinar program managers.<ref>{{cite web |title= Kaltura Launches a Unique New Experience for Webinars |url=https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2022/11/10/9710371.htm}}</ref>
In 2023, Kaltura started integrating generative AI capabilities into its digital experience solutions to enrich content, search and discovery, interactivity, and analytics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaltura released a new report |url=https://www.martechcube.com/kaltura-released-a-new-report/ |website=martechcube.com}}</ref>
In 2024, they announced the release of Class Genie, an AI-powered agent that creates hyper-personalized learning experiences for students, based on their individual preferences, engagement patterns, and past interactions, and drawing exclusively from their institution's trusted knowledge base.<ref>{{cite web |title= Kaltura launches video AI-powered Class Genie for personalized student learning experiences |url= https://www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/kaltura-launches-video-ai-powered-class-genie-for-personalized-student-learning-experiences |publisher = Emma Stokes }}</ref> At the annual content and technology convention IBC 2024 Kaltura introduced their new Generative AI capabilities for streaming services, enabling the production of high-quality content at lower costs.<ref>{{cite web |title= Kaltura to Debut New GenAI Features for Streaming Services at IBC2024 |url= https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kaltura-debut-genai-features-streaming-120000223.html }}</ref>
Kaltura currently has offices in Israel, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States.<ref name="Christine Lagorio-Chafkin">{{cite web|first=Christine|last=Lagorio-Chafkin|title=How Kaltura Went From Free-Spirited Collaboration Tool to the Future of Online Video|url=http://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/kaltura-openness-and-growth.html|access-date=September 18, 2016|work=Inc.|date=February 14, 2014}}</ref>
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