Beamr Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: BMR), a leader in video optimization
technology and solutions, today issued a Letter to Shareholders
from Sharon Carmel, Chief Executive Officer.
Dear Shareholders:
As we look toward a promising and exciting year
ahead, I am proud to reflect on Beamr’s achievements throughout
2024, including our financial results and strong cash position for
2024, our recent accomplishments so far in Q1 2025, and look
forward to our plans for Q2 2025. We believe that during 2025,
Beamr will capitalize on the significant validation it has created
in 2024 and convert prospects in the sales funnel into significant
revenue growth in the next quarters.
2024 Highlights
Beamr Cloud and AI workflows
On February 20, 2024, we launched the Beamr
Cloud SaaS solution, which enables high-efficiency, high-quality
and scalable video processing at attractive pricing. Our new video
cloud service, accelerated by GPUs, offers more capabilities than
we initially expected, which include easy and cost-effective video
standards modernization from AVC to HEVC and AV1.
Following the launch of Beamr Cloud, throughout
the year, we continued to strengthen our relationships with
industry leaders, such as NVIDIA, to highlight the benefits and
features of using our technology in real time with AI video
workflows.
In Q2 2024, we successfully executed on our
product development plan, and the first AI video capabilities were
integrated into Beamr Cloud. The AI video
enhancements allow automatic caption and transcription
generation for videos in multiple languages. Incorporating these AI
features was a first step in augmenting Beamr Cloud with
cutting-edge services.
We incorporated customer feedback by enhancing
Beamr Cloud’s core functionality, making it ready for adoption at
scale, which includes:
- Giving users more control over the compression process using
custom presets; and
- Adding packaging for streaming.
Furthermore, we plan to continue introducing
improvements to Beamr Cloud, making it easier to use and allow
customers higher configurability and flexibly using the
service.
Collaborations with Industry Giants
In 2024, Beamr highlighted its market presence
by participating in eight leading trade shows and conferences,
including ACM Mile High Video, GTC, NAB, SIGGRAPH, Oracle
CloudWorld, IBC ,Demuxed and AWS re:Invent.
In IBC, Beamr showcased a demo of live video
optimization at 4K and up to 60 frames per second (4Kp60). In
SIGGRAPH, we presented with Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure (OCI) an optimized production of large,
high-quality, high-resolution videos rendered from 3D design.
During these events, Beamr executives delivered
high-impact presentations to hundreds of industry professionals,
showcasing our innovative technology and expanding SaaS solutions.
Furthermore, we held over 100 face-to-face meetings with existing
and prospective customers. These efforts focused on differentiating
Beamr in the video market and highlighting the value of our
high-quality, high-efficiency, GPU-accelerated SaaS offerings to
key and prospective customers in emerging markets, such as Media
& Entertainment, User-Generated content and
Internet-of-Things.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Beamr Cloud was
launched on OCI in June 2024. OCI is the second
cloud service that provides to its customers Beamr's GPU-based
video optimization services, following AWS.
David Hicks, Oracle’s group vice president,
Worldwide ISV Cloud Business Development commented: "Beamr’s
commitment to innovation with the Oracle Cloud and quality
execution helps our mutual customers receive cloud-enabled,
automated, and scalable video processing solutions ready to meet
critical business needs.”.
The collaboration with OCI has opened up access
to customers of both companies to the newest generation of GPUs,
and preliminary testing showed the potential for increased video
processing speed by up to 30%. Alongside the enhanced service on a
second cloud platform, Beamr has achieved “Powered by Oracle
Cloud Expertise” status and was chosen as one
of OCI’s AI innovators.
Fundraising Activities
Following our initial public offering on Nasdaq
in March 2023, in February 2024, we raised gross proceeds of $13.8
million in an underwritten offering. At the end of 2024, we had
$16.4 million in cash and cash equivalents.
2025: Capitalizing on Market Validation and
Materializing the Sales Funnel into Significant
Revenues
Market Validation: Amazon Web Services - ISV Accelerate
In Q1 2025, Beamr joined the AWS ISV Accelerate
program, a global co-sell initiative for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
partners. As an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) in the program,
Beamr demonstrates strong alignment with AWS’s go-to-market
strategies and initiatives. Beamr had progressed from listing on
AWS Marketplace to becoming an ISV Accelerate Member in just three
months.
In order to achieve the high bar to ISV
Accelerate program, Beamr was required to have 10 opportunities
with AWS and go through a Foundational Technology Review (FTR),
which validates that our solution is well-architected and using
best practices specific to our SaaS.
The AWS ISV program offers key benefits to drive
visibility and co-selling opportunities. By joining, Beamr can
expand sales operations through the AWS sales organization and the
AWS Marketplace, driving increased growth for Beamr Cloud - the
video optimization service that is seamlessly connected with AWS S3
cloud storage service. For example, AWS Account Managers are
eligible for incentives when selling Beamr Cloud through AWS
Marketplace. They also gain exposure to ISVs through solution
partner recommendation engines.
AI Video Webinar
In January 2025, Beamr hosted a webinar titled:
“The Future of AI Video – From Infrastructure to Experience”. The
webinar featured Richard Kerris, VP of Media & Entertainment at
NVIDIA, Jeffrey Schick, VP Strategic Client Engagement Media &
Entertainment at Oracle and myself. The webinar discussed the
platforms and technologies that drive the AI video revolution, and
explored the opportunities and challenges of AI -powered media
content.
Webinar hosted by Beamr about AI video
Keynote to Industry Leaders
In February 2025, Beamr participated in the ACM
Mile-High-Video, and I presented a keynote titled: “Is the Future
of Video Processing Destined for GPU?”. The ACM
Mile-High-Video conference is a flagship video formats and
streaming event, held annually in Denver, and organized by
engineers and researchers from both industry and academia.
This month, Beamr will participate in NVIDIA GTC
2025, with my session discussing the evolution of video compression
and the ability to efficiently enhance videos with AI-driven
capabilities in real-time during video transcoding, utilizing GPU
acceleration.
CEO Sharon Carmel presenting keynote at ACM Mile-High Video
2025
SaaS planning for 2025 – from Capabilities to
Solutions
In 2025, we plan to introduce more solutions, as
part of our evolving strategy - to further develop our technology,
enhance Beamr Cloud’s video workflows and introduce more AI-driven
capabilities. This is all based on the numerous meetings we have
conducted with prospective customers, as well as on the events we
held and attended by industry leaders providing valuable
feedback.
The key target markets we are focused on
include:
- Media & entertainment
- User-generated content
- Internet of things - autonomous vehicles, and other machine
learning-driven industries; and
All identified markets that rely on video as a
core component of their business operations can benefit from our
offering of GPU-accelerated, high-quality and AI-driven video
pipelines, whether deployed via cloud platforms, such as AWS
and OCI, private cloud environments for enterprises, or on-premises
infrastructure.
In addition, we plan to continue to advancing
our core capabilities and maintain leadership in AI video. Some of
the planned core capabilities include:
- Increasing subjective and objective video quality, and
- Turning lower resolution videos to high resolution videos using
super resolution.
We anticipate a strong year ahead,
with expanded participation in top industry events, increased
customer and partner collaborations, and a deeper commitment to
strategic partnerships.
In just the first two months of 2025, Beamr has
taken its partnership with AWS to the next level, to a co-sale
level, has hosted industry leading companies in its own event and
has been chosen to present its technology and achievements at
leading industry conferences. We believe this validation shows the
recognition that Beamr has achieved in the market.
The plan for the upcoming quarters and the rest
of 2025 is to capitalize on the strong industry recognition and
sales pipeline that we have been developing, and we are expecting
significant growth in our revenues in 2025 from our existing sales
funnel.
2024 Financial Results
Regarding our financial results for 2024:
- Revenues increased by $0.15 million
or 5% to $3.06 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, from
$2.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was
primarily due to transactions with new customers versus other
transactions that were terminated.
- Cost of revenues increased by $0.14
million to $0.24 million the year ended December 31, 2024, compared
to $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase
was primarily due to the amortization of internal-used software
costs.
- Research and development expenses
increased by $1.06 million, or 58% to $2.9 million for the year
ended December 31, 2024, from $1.8 million for the year ended
December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily due to an increase of
$0.4 million in salaries, due to increased personnel and an
increase of $0.48 million in professional fees due to additional
sub-contractors and cloud costs.
- Selling and marketing expenses
increased by $0.31 million, or 88% to $0.67 million for the year
ended December 31, 2024, from $0.36 million in 2023. The increase
was primarily due to an increase in personnel and an increase in
conference costs.
- General and administrative expenses
increased by $0.96 million, or 64% to $2.4 million for the year
ended December 31, 2024, from $1.5 million in 2023. The increase
was primarily due to increased personnel, increase in professional
fees related to public company requirements and increased travel
expenses to conferences.
- Financing expenses, net decreased
by $0.3 million, or 141% to ($0.09) million for the year ended
December 31, 2024, from $(0.2) million in 2023. The decrease was
primarily due to changes in fair value of liabilities offset by
interest income on bank deposits.
- Net loss for the year ended
December 31, 2024 was $3.3 million or $0.22 basic net loss per
ordinary share, compared to a net loss of $0.7 million, or $0.06
basic net loss per ordinary share, in the year ended December 31,
2023.
- Beamr ended 2024 with $16.4 million
in cash and cash equivalents, compared to $6.1 million as of
December 31, 2023.
In closing, 2024 represented a year of
significant progress for Beamr as we executed on our plan by
releasing and upgrading Beamr Cloud with AI video processes and
workflows, participating in top industry events and increasing our
customer and partner collaborations. Importantly, with our cash
position at the end of 2024, we continue to have the financial
flexibility to both accelerate the growth of our existing business
and pursue compelling business development opportunities, a process
we are actively engaged in.
Respectfully,
Sharon CarmelChief Executive Officer, Beamr Imaging Ltd.
A copy of Beamr’s annual report on Form 20-F for
the year ended December 31, 2024 has been filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
at https://www.sec.gov/ and posted on Beamr’s investor
relations website at https://www.investors.beamr.com/. Beamr
will deliver a hard copy of its annual report, including its
complete audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge,
to its shareholders upon request
at investorrelations@beamr.com.
About Beamr
Beamr (Nasdaq: BMR) is a world leader in
content-adaptive video optimization and modernization. The company
serves top media companies like Netflix and Paramount. Beamr’s
inventive perceptual optimization technology (CABR) is backed by 53
patents and won the Emmy® award for Technology and Engineering. The
innovative technology reduces video file size by up to 50% while
guaranteeing quality.
Beamr Cloud is a high-performance, GPU-based
video optimization and modernization service designed for
businesses and video professionals across diverse industries. It is
conveniently available to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle
Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) customers. Beamr Cloud enables video
modernization to advanced formats such as AV1 and HEVC, and is
ready for video AI workflows. For more details, please
visit www.beamr.com
Forward-Looking Statements
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include, among other things, statements about Beamr’s strategic and
business plans, technology, relationships, objectives and
expectations for its business, the impact of trends on and interest
in its business, intellectual property or product and its future
results, operations and financial performance and condition,
including its expectations for significant revenue growth in 2025.
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uncertainties affecting the Company, reference is made to the
Company’s reports filed from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including, but not limited to, the
risks detailed in the Company’s annual report filed with the SEC on
March 4, 2025 and in subsequent filings with the SEC.
Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made
as of the date hereof and the Company undertakes no duty to update
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