Giphy, Interview with CEO Alex Chung
Summary
Alex Chung, the founder of the NYC-based company which recently raised funding from well known vc firms (read here), answered our questions and unveiled some impressive milestones already reached.Did multiple startups over the years worked at Paul Allen’s R&D lab, went back to design school at Parsons, directed music videos at MTV, designed a TV for GE, most recently created a YC backed startup called The Fridge that was acquired by Google, and was a hacker in residence at Betaworks where I launched Giphy.We raised the minimum amount of money we needed to grow Giphy to be the gif platform for the internet by the end of the year.Alex: Giphy’s goal is to turn every still image on the internet into a short preview and be the platform to search, share, and discover this content.The greatest thing about NYC is the mix of long standing traditional media and social with the energy of the startup tech community.