TinyPNG is an online image compression tool created in the Netherlands in 2014, typically reducing file size by 50-80% through smart lossy compression, with 500 free API compressions per month - a common choice for front-end and website image optimization.
Imgix, founded in 2012 in Portland, USA, is a leading real-time image processing and optimization CDN platform. Through its Rendering API, it delivers scaling, cropping, format conversion, filters, and smart cropping via URL parameters, completing a $110M Series C in 2022.
Instart Logic, a pioneer in smart CDN founded in 2010 in the United States, invented the Learnable CDN concept using machine learning, browser prefetch (SmartPrefetch), automatic WebP conversion, and page load optimization. Acquired by Akamai in 2021, its core technology now lives in the Akamai intelligent edge platform.