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The Real Richard Hendricks from the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley with Al Wegener, Founder and CEO at Anacode


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Anacode reduces AWS S3 storage costs for faster storage, via massively parallel lossless compression. The ONLY storage service on AWS using lossless compression to make YOUR storage reads 2x faster for 35% lower monthly price per TB. Available on AWS via monthly subscription.
Founded Samplify Systems, a venture-backed high-speed compression start-up. Named on 50+ granted Samplify patents. Developed the real-time compression technology, wrote compress/decompress software in C, managed the development of the FPGA hardware prototype, raised a $300k seed round from Charles River Ventures, and attracted a world-class engineering, sales, and marketing team to bring the Samplify vision to market. Raised $23M from Charles River Ventures, Formative Ventures, IDT, and Schlumberger. Visited 50+ customers in US, Europe, and Asia, selling benefits of real-time compression for medical imaging (CT, ultrasound, MRI), seismic (wireline, RTM), wireless (CPRI, LTE, remote radio heads, WiMax), and data conveter (A/D, D/A) applications. Active in recruiting and hiring talented staff of 18+ employees. Quarterly Technical Advisory Board (Stanford, Xilinx, and Graychip/TI members).
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