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LiveControl
LiveControl is a Santa Monica-based company that turns any venue into a broadcast studio without an on-site crew. It combines proprietary PTZ camera hardware and an encoder with cloud software and a nationwide network of professional videographers who remotely pan, tilt, zoom, switch angles, and produce live events - for houses of worship, funeral homes, schools, theaters, conferences, and corporate clients. Founded in 2018 and backed by a $30M Series A led by Coatue, LiveControl produces tens of thousands of professionally streamed events each year at a fraction of the cost of hiring a traditional production team.
Jacob Braunstein
Jacob Braunstein is the co-founder and CEO of LiveControl, a Santa Monica company that turns any venue into a professional live-video studio using PTZ robotic cameras run by a remote team of producers. He invented the remote-camera system at the core of the platform, which now produces thousands of streamed events each month for churches, schools, theaters, government bodies and memorial services. Braunstein was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and has raised roughly $33 million, including a $30 million Series A led by Coatue Management in 2021.
DARVIS
DARVIS is a health-tech company that uses AI-powered computer vision to give hospitals real-time visibility into their supply rooms. Its flagship product, Digital Shelves, uses smart PTZ cameras to continuously monitor inventory fill-levels and scan barcodes automatically, replacing manual counting with live consumption data, predictive demand planning, and automated reordering. Born in the gaming industry in 2015, the company pivoted to healthcare supply chain and now serves systems such as MD Anderson Cancer Center while operating from Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a hub in Hamburg, Germany, and a presence in Houston, Texas.