Public LinkedIn posts from employees said Mux had another round of layoffs in late May 2023, affecting product, engineering, and design teams.
SourcePublic company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Mux is a developer-focused video infrastructure company that helps teams build live and on-demand video products with APIs, analytics, and newer AI workflows. Its core offering is Mux Video, paired with Mux Data for quality-of-experience analytics and Mux Player for playback.
Primary product
Developer-first video infrastructure APIs: Mux Video and Mux Data
Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
51-200
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Video infrastructure / developer tools
Offices
2 jobs at Mux
Business model
Leadership
Co-founder and CEO
Co-founder and CTO
Co-founder and Product Architect
VP of Developer Experience
SVP Revenue
CFO
Investors
Remote-equal and high-autonomy, with an emphasis on being human, clear and direct, customer-obsessed, and bias-for-action. The company also highlights keeping a healthy, diverse team and doing a lot with a little.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Public job postings show senior engineering roles at roughly $190K-$235K base range, alongside a benefits package that includes competitive health coverage, stipends, and paid leave.
Benefits
Pricing
Usage-based pricing with free tier, pay-as-you-go self-serve plans, and enterprise contracts for higher-volume customers.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$10M-$20M annual revenue estimate; one third-party profile pegs revenue near $12M
Estimated monthly visits
1M
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Public LinkedIn posts from employees said Mux had another round of layoffs in late May 2023, affecting product, engineering, and design teams.
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