# Witbe

> Witbe is a French-American technology company that automates the testing and monitoring of video services the way real viewers actually experience them. Using its Witbox robots and software suite, Witbe runs continuous, non-intrusive tests on real devices - set-top boxes, smart TVs, phones, streaming sticks - across any network, measuring Quality of Experience (QoE) rather than backend Quality of Service. Founded in 2000 and listed on Euronext Growth, it serves more than 300 operators, broadcasters, and OTT providers in over 50 countries, and in 2025 launched Witbe Agentic AI to let teams script and run video tests using natural language.

- **Founded:** 2000
- **Headquarters:** Nanterre (Paris region), France
- **Founders:** Jean-Michel Planche (Co-founder, SVP Strategy / Innovation & Technology), Marie-Veronique Lacaze (Co-founder, President & CEO)
- **Team size:** Around 130-140 employees (130 excluding VIE at mid-2024; 146 at end of 2023).
- **Products:** Witbox, Remote Eye Controller (REC), Automated Testing Platform / Agentic SDK, Smartgate, Witbe Agentic AI
- **Notable:** Pioneered the concept of Quality of Experience (QoE) testing using robots that behave like real users., Listed on Euronext Growth (ALWIT) - one of the few pure-play public companies in video QoE., Record EUR 26.1M revenue in 2022 with +36% growth.

## Products & services

- **Witbox** — A hardware robot that physically controls real consumer devices (set-top boxes, smart TVs, phones, streaming devices), capturing their video and audio output to test and monitor the actual viewer experience. Available as Witbox+, Witbox One, Witbox Mini and cloud-hosted Witbe Cloud Devices.
- **Remote Eye Controller (REC)** — Software for remotely accessing and manually controlling any device connected to a Witbox, so distributed QA teams can drive real devices from anywhere.
- **Automated Testing Platform / Agentic SDK** — Script-based and AI-driven test automation on real devices, combining deterministic test scenarios with adaptive agentic AI for video QA, validation and monitoring.
- **Smartgate** — Monitoring and alerting layer that continuously runs test scenarios, detects video incidents, and fires real-time SmartGate alerts to operations teams (virtual NOC).
- **Witbe Agentic AI** — Gen-AI-first, human-in-the-loop automation (launched 2025) letting teams plan and execute tests using natural-language instructions, reuse test plans across devices, and analyze streams with Witbe's VQ-MOS and VQ-ID quality algorithms.
- **Witbe Galaxy** — The unified ecosystem bringing Witbox, REC, Agentic SDK and Smartgate together for AI-driven remote field and lab video testing automation across every screen.

## Achievements

- Pioneered the concept of Quality of Experience (QoE) testing using robots that behave like real users.
- Listed on Euronext Growth (ALWIT) - one of the few pure-play public companies in video QoE.
- Record EUR 26.1M revenue in 2022 with +36% growth.
- Won two CSI Awards at IBC 2025 and launched Witbe Agentic AI.
- Witbox+ named Best in Market by the Media and Entertainment Awards and recommended by BTR's Diamond Technology Reviews.
- Trusted by 300+ clients in 50+ countries including Comcast, Verizon, Cox, Peacock and Orange.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Launched Witbe Agentic AI at IBC 2025 in Amsterdam and won two CSI Awards, including recognition with TAG Video Systems for end-to-end video monitoring.
- **2025-07** — Announced Witbe Agentic AI, a Gen-AI-first, human-in-the-loop automation system for natural-language video test creation.
- **2025-01** — Joined the Digital TV Group (DTG) and featured in its Meet the Member series.
- **2024-10** — Reported H1 2024 revenue of EUR 10.4M (+2%) with EBITDA margin improving to 9.6%.

## Links

- Website: https://www.witbe.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/witbe
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/witbe
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@witbe
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/witbe

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Last updated: 2026-06-11