Layoff
Jun 2023Public LinkedIn posts from employees said Mux had another round of layoffs in late May 2023, affecting product, engineering, and design teams.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
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
88 Stevenson St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
34-37 Liverpool Street, London EC2M 7PP, UK
Business model
usage-based SaaS/API
pay-as-you-go
annual enterprise contracts
self-serve plans
free tier
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Co-founder and CEO
Co-founder and CTO
Co-founder and Product Architect
VP of Developer Experience
SVP Revenue
CFO
Work & culture
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
flexible vacation and paid company holidays
competitive health insurance
family leave
funded fertility benefits
SNOO rental
no-meeting Thursdays
quarterly focus weeks
FSA and funded HSA
professional development stipend
lunch stipend for remote and hybrid employees
fully paid STD/LTD/group life insurance
equipment reimbursement
cell phone reimbursement
Product & market
Pricing
Usage-based pricing with free tier, pay-as-you-go self-serve plans, and enterprise contracts for higher-volume customers.
Differentiators
- —API-first video infrastructure built for developers
- —Mux Data analytics bundled with video delivery
- —just-in-time encoding to reduce cost and latency
- —low-latency live streaming support
- —rapid integration / developer-first workflows
- —built-in AI workflows via Mux Robots
- —cold storage and cost-optimization features
- —player + analytics + delivery in one platform
Technology
TypeScript
JavaScript
React
React Native
Swift
Kotlin
Python
PostgreSQL
CockroachDB
Kafka
Redis
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Grafana
Datadog
Snowflake
ClickHouse
gRPC
Fastly
Customers
Substack
HubSpot
Vimeo
Paramount
PBS
Patreon
Synthesia
Yelp
Disciple
Cutsio
Fuertafit
Sendr
Competitors
Cloudflare Stream
Brightcove
Vimeo
AWS MediaConvert
AWS IVS
Bitmovin
Wowza
Cloudinary
Scale & contact
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
Signals & risks
Shutdown
Jan 2024Mux announced shutdown of Real-Time Video, Studio, and Web Broadcast SDK products; the /spaces and /studios APIs were no longer available, while Live and On-Demand stayed up.
SourceLatest news
Mux · Jul 2026
Mux expanded Mux Robots with six workflows for captions, dubbing, thumbnails, and engagement insights, signaling a bigger push into AI-native video tooling.
Mux · Jun 2026
A customer case study showing Mux Video, Mux Robots, and Mux Player used to build searchable video libraries and AI-powered video workflows.
Mux · Jun 2026
Mux introduced Find Scenes and Shots, adding structured video understanding for AI and navigation workflows.
Mux · Jun 2026
Mux released a React Native video player integrating Mux Data and Mux Robots capabilities.
Mux · Jul 2025
Synthesia discussed using Mux for delivery, analytics, and cost control while scaling AI video generation.
Jobs and careers at Mux
1 job at Mux
Technical Customer Success Manager
Remote
Revenue
London, England, United Kingdom
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time