Waldo Photos
Waldo Photos is a mobile photo delivery platform that uses AI, facial recognition, and location awareness to seamlessly deliver photos to users' smartphones via text and app alerts. The company offers solutions for both personal use, allowing individuals to receive photos taken by others at events, and for organizations like schools, camps, sports leagues, and businesses, providing them with smart photo galleries. Waldo also caters to professional photographers with WaldoPro, offering AI-powered sorting, automated delivery, and copyright protection to enhance sales and customer experience. Their offerings include personal plans like Waldo Plus and Waldo Gold, as well as business solutions and services for professional photographers.
Waldo Photos
Waldo Photos is a mobile photo delivery platform that uses AI, facial recognition, and location awareness to seamlessly deliver photos to users' smartphones via text and app alerts. The company offers solutions for both personal use, allowing individuals to receive photos taken by others at events, and for organizations like schools, camps, sports leagues, and businesses, providing them with smart photo galleries. Waldo also caters to professional photographers with WaldoPro, offering AI-powered sorting, automated delivery, and copyright protection to enhance sales and customer experience. Their offerings include personal plans like Waldo Plus and Waldo Gold, as well as business solutions and services for professional photographers.
TL;DR
What: AI-powered photo delivery and management platform for consumers, organizations, and professional photographers
HQ / Founded: Austin, Texas; founded circa 2016
Tech: Facial recognition, jersey recognition, GPS/time matching, object recognition
Funding (reported): $9.0M total (including $5M seed in 2016 and ~$4M round in 2018/2019)
Employees (reported): 24
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Event/community photography, photo discovery/delivery, professional photography workflow automation
Founded
2016
Industry
Photography / Photo delivery and management
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
$5,000,000
Seed round reported as $5M (Upfront led with $4M)
$4,000,000
Round reported in company sources and databases; reported participation from Upfront Ventures and Geekdom Fund
Investor Signal
“Backed by venture firms including Upfront Ventures, Lewis & Clark Ventures, and Geekdom Fund”