A Middle-Out Compression Solution Making Data Storage Problems Smaller

Founded:

February 1, 2014

Employees:

5 in CrunchBase

Total Equity Funding

$5.2M in 2 Rounds from 2 Investors

Most Recent Funding

$5M Series A on April 27, 2015

Headquarters:

Palo Alto, CA

Founders:

Nelson Bighetti,
Richard Hendricks

Categories:

SaaS, Cloud Computing

Website:

Pied Piper[piedpiper.com]

Company details:

In its original incarnation, Pied Piper was a songwriter-oriented music app that made it easier for songwriters to determine if their work infringed on other’s copyright. And frankly, we still think that wasn’t a terrible idea, and we were kind of looking forward to doing it, because who doesn’t like music, right?

However, based on user feedback that was suboptimal and on occasion downright mean, we are now currently pivoting to a SaaS model to create a new “compression cloud” solution that covers a far wider user base. This new strategy brings us a clearer path to monetization and helps us even avoid the crappy licensing models for Lempel-Ziv-Welch in .gif files (among others). Because Lord knows, there aren’t enough compressed .gif files in the world that have cats making faces with rap lyrics underneath them.

But it is safe to say, we intend to deploy an integrated, multi-platform functionality of all conceivable applications of the algorithm, that we hope will make the world a better place through compression services across diversified market segments.

Current Team (5)

Richard Hendricks
CEO/President

Dinesh Chugtai
Lead Engineer

Bertram Gilfoyle
Systems Architect

Erlich Bachman
Chief Evangelism Officer

Jared Donald Dunn
Head of Business Development

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Unlucky Luke

Jun 19, 2016 @ 8:04pm

That was totally badass. Until it wasn't.

Pab

Jun 19, 2016 @ 7:28pm

You just disappeared up your own ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Richard Hendricks

Jun 19, 2016 @ 7:27pm

Jobs was a poser. He didn't even write code.

Pab

Jun 19, 2016 @ 7:27pm

That's why I started this place, to do something big.
To make a difference. You know, like Steve Jobs.

Richard Hendricks

Jun 19, 2016 @ 7:19pm

Look, guys, for thousands of years, guys like us gave gotten the ♥♥♥♥ kicked out of us. But now, for the first time, we're living in an era, where we can be in charge and build empires. We could be the vikings of our day.

Unlucky Luke

Jun 19, 2016 @ 7:18pm

I prevent cross-site scripting. I monitor for DDoS attacks, emergency database rollbacks, and faulty transaction handlings. The Internet - heard of it? - transfers half a petabyte of data minute; do you have any idea how that happens? All those YouPorn ones and zeroes streaming directly to your ♥♥♥♥♥♥ little smartphone day after day, every ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ who ♥♥♥♥♥ his pants if he can't get the new dubstep Skrillex remix in under twelve seconds? It's not magic, it's talent and sweat. People like me ensure your packets get delivered unsniffed. So what do I do? I makes sure that one bad config on one key component doesn't bankrupt the entire ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ company. That's what the ♥♥♥♥ I do.

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