Stream
Stream provides scalable APIs and SDKs for developers to build real-time chat, video, and activity feeds into their applications.
At a Glance
- Developer-led startups
- Mid-market software companies
- Enterprise organizations
AI Tools by Stream
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Vision Agents
Real Time Video AI Framework
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Latest News
Stream Launches Vision Agents: Open-Source SDK for Building Low-Latency Vision AI Apps
Stream Recognized in Built In Colorado '100 Best Midsize Places to Work'
Moving Up-Stream: A Bold Refreshed Brand Identity
Announcing Stream's Video API Powered by Our Global Edge Network
Products & Services
Enterprise-grade chat messaging infrastructure with features like threads, reactions, and AI moderation.
Real-time video and audio calling, audio rooms, and live streaming powered by a global edge network.
Scalable infrastructure for building news feeds, notification systems, and social discovery features.
AI-powered moderation tools to ensure safe user interactions and content compliance.
Market Position
Stream positions itself as the high-performance, developer-friendly alternative to Sendbird and PubNub, emphasizing its Global Edge Network and superior UI components.
Leadership
Founders
Thierry Schellenbach
Co-founder and CEO. Previously founded Fashiolista (a Pinterest-like social network) where he served as CTO. Alumnus of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Tommaso Barbugli
Co-founder and CTO. Previously Lead Engineer at Fashiolista. Expert in Python and Django; author of several open-source libraries.
Executive Team
Thierry Schellenbach
CEO & Co-founder
Dutch entrepreneur, founder of Fashiolista, Techstars alum.
Tommaso Barbugli
CTO & Co-founder
Technical leader, expert in scalable backend systems and real-time infrastructure.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Thierry Schellenbach and Tommaso Barbugli co-founded Stream after struggling to scale activity feeds at their previous startup, Fashiolista. They realized that infrastructure for feeds and chat was a common bottleneck for developers and decided to build it as a service.
Business Model
Revenue Model
SaaS subscription model based on Monthly Active Users (MAU) and concurrent connections.
Pricing Tiers
1,000 MAU, 100 concurrent connections, community support.
10,000 MAU, 500 concurrent connections, advanced moderation, Global Edge network.
10,000 MAU, all Start features plus HIPAA compliance, multi-tenancy, and advanced search.
Scales to millions of MAU, 99.999% SLA, AI moderation, dedicated support, and SAML/SSO.
Target Markets
- Developer-led startups
- Mid-market software companies
- Enterprise organizations
- In-app messaging for social networks
- Livestreaming and virtual events
- Notification and activity feeds for marketplaces
- Telehealth communication
- Gaming community chat
- TaskRabbit
- NBC Sports
- Stanford University
- Patreon