Dublin-based tech firm, Overcast HQ, has announced anUS$1.2 million bridging round to help the world’s largest brands and broadcasters manage terabytes of video content with AI and a suite of cloud solutions.
The round brings together a series of heavyweight angel investors including Paddy Flynn, VP of Maps for Google, Professor Anil Kokaram, Chair of Electronic Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, and former lead of the Media Algorithms team at YouTube, David Shackleton, who sold Openback to X (formerly Twitter), as well as George Kilpatrick, Overcast HQ’s Chief Revenue Officer. The company is also currently working with PwC as it builds towards a Series A funding round to turbocharge growth.
The company was founded by CEO, Philippe Brodeur, and works with brands including Diageo, Royal Opera House, Vodafone and Yeti. It recently announced the launch of powerful new Generative AI capabilities that enable customers to automate metadata tagging, find content with conversational search functionality and increase speed-to-market.
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