imgix Named AI Rising Star in the 2024 Merit Awards

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Craig McDonogh
October 11, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, October 14, 2024 – imgix, the leading digital media management, optimization and delivery platform, processing 8 Billion images a day for 60,000 customers,  has been named the gold winner in the AI Rising Star category in the 2024 Merit Awards. The annual awards are designed to recognize the efforts by global industries and the markets they serve. 

imgix was a standout in the AI category by adding a powerful, ever-growing set of AI capabilities to the product in 2024, prioritizing the delivery of exceptional solutions that are designed to make content creation more efficient, resulting in faster webpages, simpler development and unleashed creativity.

Faster webpages mean higher conversion rates and better SEO; simpler development means more productive developers that can eliminate many of the mundane tasks of image management; and unleashed creativity means creators and designers can do more with their images and do it faster with the help of market-leading AI capabilities.

“Winning the gold award in the AI category is validation to the commitment imgix has for responsible AI practices that our customers can confidently leverage to improve how they manage their visual media,” said Chris Zacharias, CEO of imgix. “By processing the world's images, we make the entire Internet smarter, faster, and more captivating.”

About imgix
Imgix streamlines the process of elevating businesses through images and video. By seamlessly integrating their image repositories with our platform, imgix customers effortlessly generate and distribute optimized images to a global audience within minutes - dramatically impacting page load times and SEO. Customers like Unsplash, Porsche, Nikkei and thousands more rely on imgix for comprehensive image management, rendering capabilities, and cutting-edge technologies such as AVIF, HLS transcoding, and generative AI. Through continuous innovation and a commitment to excellence, imgix is shaping the future of digital media. Learn more at www.imgix.com  

Contact:
Craig McDonogh
Head of Marketing, imgix
craig.mcdonogh@imgix.com