Real time AI Video Upscaling in the browser
The story of Vectorly — four pivots, three years, and a Hopin acquisition. From video compression to AI upscaling to virtual backgrounds. Founded 2018, acquired by Hopin December 2021.
Real time AI Video Upscaling in the browser launched on March 2, 2021 with 24 votes, #1,366 of 3,696 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.
In plain words
Real time AI Video Upscaling in the browser is an AI tool that enhances video quality directly in a web browser without requiring downloads or installations. It uses artificial intelligence to upscale videos to higher resolutions in real time. The product is designed for anyone needing to improve video quality quickly and conveniently through a browser interface. Its main distinction is offering upscaling capabilities as a browser-based solution, eliminating setup friction for users.
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From the sources
Four products. Three years. One acquisition. The story of how a video compression startup found product-market fit on the fourth try — and what happened after. Vectorly was born from the pivot of dot Learn , an e-learning app I had built to serve students in West Africa. When the consumer product failed to scale, we kept the underlying video compression technology — a technique I'd developed to compress educational video by 10x — and tried to commercialize it directly as a B2B company. We raised roughly $600k in pre-seed funding from experienced investors including founders of Hulu and Elemental Technologies, giving us about 2.5 years of runway to figure it out. What followed was three…from vectorly.io
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