EyeEm

EyeEm is a marketplace and photography community of over 20 million users, connecting talented creators with leading brands and providing access to the most powerful creative imagery worldwide.

EyeEm is a marketplace and photography community of over 20 million users, connecting talented creators with leading brands and providing access to the most powerful creative imagery worldwide.
Artificial Intelligence
Milestones
Founded in 2011 Exit in 2018
Investment year
2014
Investment stage
Series A
Investment status
Exited
Deal team
Tom Henriksson
EyeEm is a marketplace and photography community of over 20 million users, connecting talented creators with leading brands and providing access to the most powerful creative imagery worldwide.

With rising demand for authentic, high-quality visual content, EyeEm develops technology to showcase the best images from a global community of leading photographers. The platform is powered by patented AI-based computer vision software that automatically analyses image content and is fueled by a worldwide network of creators telling real stories from around the world.

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The state of agentic AI in 2025: what’s working, what isn’t, and what’s next

At the start of the year, “2025: The Year of Agents” sounded like headline bait. Eight months in, it feels like an understatement. Sam Altman said agents would “join the workforce” in 2025. Satya Nadella expects them to replace segments of knowledge work. Marc Benioff wants Salesforce to be the “#1 provider of digital labour.” That’s not future tense anymore - today, agents are moving tickets, shipping code, and digesting documents.
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What we’ve learned from the front lines of AI-enabled services

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Enterprise automation market industry update: automation after GenAI

At OpenOcean, we’ve long believed in automation software’s potential. It’s been a core theme in our investment focus for years, giving us early and continued exposure to exciting developments in the field.
Tom Henriksson
Tom Henriksson
General Partner
Tom Henriksson
Tom Henriksson
General Partner
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence